The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19
Rsral veutilstisu end Sanitation.

THOSE who have occasion 20 pass BY
farm.houses o. through country villages
n ~ early hour Of the morning. when
the Inhabitants are buried In sleep, will
have observed how thoroughly the
dwellings ars fortified against the al.
mission 0f fresh air. The windows are
Dramatically sealed, and in addition the
sickly light Of kerosene lamp, sresum.
ably In the bedrooms, may be seen
through the intertices Of the shutters.
This terror II tho night air Is one Of the
superstitiOus letters in which the rural
mind Il most firmly held.
Lack ri ventilation 10 but the accom-.
plice Of a far more destructive foe which
nenaces II al sessons residents Oi VII.
lases, towns, end farm. houses poisoned
water. With the ordinary rural resi-.
dencc apd farm. house tho wen il either
Immediately within or near the kitchen
door. A few feet more or less distant
the family prfvy Is located. The con.
tents Of this Sre seldom removed; in
consequence, the soil becomes satsrased
with it, Arninings, which in tbs course Of
time roach % and poison the sources Of
the water supply. In places where the
dwellings are tkickly clustered together,
the evils arising from this system are
greatly enhanced. u Is NIT, therefore,
Surprising TINT We haaS frequently Of
communities tlecimated by diphtheria,
,yphO.nalarial ieycrs. and other contagi.
ON, diseases, whose existence is tracea.
4e directly - water poisoned by the
hoSss aFsiaasE,' St"tethsbtCaImit9 Il
tho village graveyard, which fbr beauty
lq 'sitslh Usually pstshsd bpm . bill
&aibsain6 ahei mhabted. valley 10,
meath. When the town Is not in close
pro,DIplV = The cemetery, the parson.
sge.is slSU . ,be lasststll pear IL gates
Consequently the clerical ineum6ent IL
l,eves dose NTH his defunct parisbi0Dcps,
unlessj wieO h BIZ geneSali0n, elseekl
ssfsty IN MkAA i,17I'l 'TE- -'6alI I'd
| .Re eturv m country homes = periec,
ventilation, q pure supply ,of drinking
Water, AND ,tonse4 hent E6od health 4
nsy ot sscbmplisAment 81 + very smAll
oost,n Tho, opEp ,.wihdQw supplies .th<
I first, while ,tAe Secoh1 is,secarcd with
few tile pines, and the use Df earth clos
Is, or modi6ss,i0aA Of the same, :. II
towns, where the houses are thiOlIi
clustered, . more elaborate system !!
needed aoyss which r4uitsy the co.ops
trtion Of ssighb0rSor Of the constituted
alAhQvitAs.. rThQsax who occupy dc
tacbedy houses within thecircA Of . med
crate, plot OF ground have Il il thcil
pOwet't TO insure themselves almost cn
tl6 lMMhnitt from the Attack Ut dis
esslsl vlAch Gslk#hit otsth " tleieo.is,
sewersse, ana polluted water, Thi
may " lila .trAtsd BY giving,he result
offs practical and successful experiment
under conditions Of exceptional dill
! '&sl SySSs, sahasi Of pr.eki.A Water .,
the Atlalt1G coast on = plot Of hat sand,
soil, raised more than four feet Sb6v''
4 tha level ID, ths osa; there stood an, Of,
farmhouse orumbling with age IN from
i 81 this DWELLING wssi q lava some sixt!
feet u HddeA limiting with q piece q
matlh % shout the same dimensions
which reached to the edge of the by
This marsh tlapks the premises on tn
LETT fSt is entire length, ~ Border
wAihed ,N "A creek Of Gnggish pond
which, through ! narrow AID siltsd In
4 IT, nj tito ocquFrenes a exception,
tidasA receives the tidal 60E., The sz
pert in chills end malarinNs tavers woul,
certainly pnoneuass.it tho shdisg1phs