, 1880-11-28
CITY SANITATION.
Some Pressing Reforms Needed.
To The Edifor Of The Chfennp Tf{bftrA

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CHICAGO NOV. a''.lhe.e occurred IN Chi.
Gaso, aecolalns TO o. uie .h naoonal noa.p OF
Health bulletin, s:&S deaths in 1orty-threo
nnr,o<l ~ t;ne from Inn z IN NV ~ 1ssn
T,'ia gI.iot ~ s1a.I sa1 l.va e.a ~ 49,. - - .
| 1nls - "eatl'-t'1e VI ~ pet eent Ill eserS
1000 Inhabitants. For four weeks ending
| are mn Official returns given for Chicago.
.of +na ar,t;rs nn,nhar - daaths ahova
" El10 el1e'1e na'.oet " ueatns sNooso ,so
4s quoted nere ;,psa was Oh anper per cent :or
Again. there was 34.6 per cent or a.9t4 per.
snns the larper nronartion beine Children.
who died from preyentable diseases. or those
forms Of disease that are caused by the ores
encn nj f;ith, ~
Now this exhibit fs startling. First ha-
canse It Shows a a:dnath-rnte Of 5.3 ner cent
| in every 1000 inhabitants which is alone
tiue to imperfect sanitation: second. because
# shnvs that # nnr sanifat'on was ahsoinfn
" @ perfect. It'll Tie deathsrate % would then be- 1o.o
instead of 1G. DE- in every !. 900 Inhabitants. IA
| it nOw is: third. because Il shows tbat ,1enrly
onc-tbri of thnse who die each vear> nnt
| from Inevitable disease. Int frnm thosa
| forms which necessariIy occur either be-
cause OF criminal careesness. culpable mis-
management or positive ignorance az SAN
| itary law.
In New York, where the population is
about two and two-tifths times greater than
| is our own. the deatI1-rate for filth diseases
afnne is univ q : nar cent in every ! IN ins
| habitants This shows sanitary condition
| which is nearly 100 per cent better than is
that of Chicago. It shows-tleaths from
| other forms OF disease being proportionately
| eoual-tllat New York Is healthier than
Chicago; fact whicl, is also true OF London,
| Paris, and Berlin, the three largest cities in
diseases alone is rs Der cent in every ZOO
inhabitants, in Paris Is per cent. and in
| Berlin ). Der cent in every LOCO Inhabitants
In London there is q population Of 1854 I49.
in Paris q population Of 1,9ss,s08, and in
| Berlin q population of 1,096,644; while in
| Chicago there IS a population OF only OR og8
In Iondon not over one-eighth of HE entfre
! number Of deaths occur from the presence
Of fifth. and not over one-seventh Of the death
rate il caused bY filth diseases in either
| Paris or Berlin. and vet here in CHICAGO. a.
| we have shown, about one-thfrd of the death
| rate il the result of these causes alone.
This plan, which is so greatly in vogue
with The Health Commissioner. ct com6ar-
ing the general deatl.-rate Of other cities with
| that Of our own for the purnose of showing
our sanitary condition in contrast with that
Of other great cities j. absolutely senseless,
| sanitation is concerned
Such comparison simply shows that the
| deaths. from natural causes-that Is to say,
deaths from other than Infectious and con-
| tagious forms of lisease-which are more or
less affecteiI bv climatic changes, are compar-
atiyelv less in Chicaco than they nre else
where. This assertion is more especially true
| in reference to organic diseases Of the res
ern seaport towns Consumption alone proper
tionaily increases the deatll-rato consider
| ABLY above that Of Chicago, If we except the
increase that is here due to the prevalence
Of zym0tic disease, Now, the facts, as
| have said. arc startling, and they move
! us u.s. to @ suggest the following with bellef
| that it viii prove beneficial to our future
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