The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-22

The Advice that a physician buEEestI
ShOuld be Needed IN HOI weather.
From the New York Sun.
"Do you think that excessive heat
combined with the impure air looked FOL
in The coming season, will have so bad an
effect upon the health Of our children ii
has bsen ~repreaentedP" a physician was
asked.
The probable trouble has no doubt
been much exaggerated" he replied. THE
Typographical advantages Of our city, from
a sanitary point Of view, ara very great,
and It's itCillliss for quick drainage are in
comparable. Each side OF it ia washed by
tidal and river currents, aud the heavy
raias We shall have before SUMMED Is fairly
upon rs will do much to wash The more
d~augeEcu4 germs Of disease from our
streets. wish, however, that our Waier.
ing carts would pnt a lew pounds Of solu,
bic disiuftCtants in every Cask Of sprilk.
ling water hey use, A first class flooding
rain, however, would do more good than
thousand sC4VeUgers' wagOns,a and we shall
probably have showers enough before
summer Ia fairly begun. The heaps ol
collected filth should, Of course, either be
removed or scattered at oucei they are
nests for The breeding OF zymotiC spores.
We shall have some epidemic troubles, Of
course"
do you mean diseases that are confined
TO Q peCially bad localities?"
"Precisely. They have commenced al.
ready, as you will oblerve by the reports
ofty plus"
"Do you think the death rate among
children will be- iuGreased2"
at Ia probable; hut | do not think the
difference between this and other years
will be great enough TO be alarming. More
than half Of our population die before they
are six years old, and there are many
causes initiating Fgainst the health oil
children besides dirty streets. To my mind
we are now considering our surrounding
conditions Of air, &C., somewhat to the
neglect OF the iood question, which comes
very ClOse to US as q matter Of sanitary i'm.
p%oftAnCe."
What 10 the chief cause Of death in
children"
"Cholsra %inisntum and analogous troub.
les carry of the bulk VI them"
and what Is the aus Of cholera infan.
lump
ut may almost always be traced to food
and drink and the manner OF giving them.
You would be surprised to know the nun.
Der Of children who are killed inadvert.
emily by the Carelessness or ignorance OF
mothers or nurees. The majoriLy OF In.
fan's who die in the summe season are
those who are fed by the bottle; the milk
used Is often sour or partly so. Another
prolific Cause OF their death, and an ex.
ceeGlngly Important one, Ia the failure to
provide them with a sufiCienCy Of cool
water to drink"
What percentage Of deaths would you
be willing to say takes place from that
Cause?'
at has been said by those who have
carefully examined the statistics that dur.
ing hot weather the deprivation Of water
has brought about q larger number OF
cases OF death than all other causes com.
bined. They are always too much wrap
ped up, and In any case would perspiTe
very freely. The water lost by peESpira.
ton must be supplied. 40 DR.. Murdoch
stated In bis paper on Cholera Infantum,'
The child is thirsty, not hungry; but not
getting the water, which II does want, 1t
drinks the milk, which II does not want
The consequence is that the stomach is
overloaded with food which II cannot dl.
ges', and which o ferments aud be.
comes q source OF severe irritation. Then
lollows vomiting, purging and cholera in.
fantum."
"How would you remedy the evil?"
"Hsve water without iCe-always nc.
Cesaible to the child, who will then refuse
sour milk aud will eat only when hungry.
Water ls the great indispensable article for
the preventive treatment Of children in
not weather. II 10 important enough to
nursing children, but is life itself to those
reared on the bottle. The result OF its
ludiCious use is that they will then take
milk only when 1t is sweet and will drink
1t only in such quantities a. they will be
able to digest"
"Are infants likely to take too much
watet2"
"Not without they are ~overheated, and
a child who drinks often OF water is much
less likely to get overheAted than one who
Ia deprived OF 1t. A child must be watch.
ed, Of course. As a rule, It's instinct is
l,s best guide. " ID only in the grown up
child that the animal instincts become vi.
tisted and unreliable. You may state
with entire confidence that the free giving
Of water iP, in q msjority Of cases, q po.
tent preventive against the terrible
sCourge oil cholera infantum."