Daily Republican., 1881-02-22
raE MkA LTH O1 KHE Il STATE.
abs Bfennfal Kepvss Of the Ssate
No .ra Of AeaIan.

proceedings OF the body at its Variou'
meetings, including that for organize
tion, April 2s, 1879, The report In III.
introductory address TO the denerai
Assembly urges the passage OF Ia"
royidipg for the registration OF dea'as'
births and marriages. the secretary
report at the meeting Of January, 49,
ilSS0, shows the following items OF e1-
pense
Salary OF secretary from April
%, 1879, at sl0o per year, sioo oo
Travelling expenses Of seere- m al
po".aa 4 465l
pOt,t, fIco,t & Tovnsepd) % % |
e,,t,ane,v 3 62I
Personal expenses Of the board al
while engaged in its duties, u az
The pamphlet con.sins an interesting
paper on malaria, read at the last
meeting Of the Board by DR.. l.. r.
Bush, The doctor after noting some OF
the causes OF the diseases, says: "rhe
position OF dwellings with reference 70
auy OF Che above causes, and to the
preyatling winds, Is very important
but when unavoidably situated un-
favorably, q grove Ct trees Cana " is
now believed Of the Eucalyptus Is &C.
pecislly effeetivs) will do much 10 ward
off the poisonous air. 30, TOO, should
the careless exposure 70 the chill Of the
levenipg air be- guarded against, AFTER
, the heat and fatiHus Of the day; and
, .lso the coustsrt t use Of pork and strong
vegetables, as boiled cabbage, and
heavy bread, and fried instead OF
, broiled or roasted meat.
With all this, personal and domestic
; cleanliness Is sminently conducive 10
the preservation Of health and the pro
/, lloppation OF life. Too little attention
a lbas' no doubt, been paid 70 the char
acter Of the water used by our citizens
4 | in mslarious districts. Much OF that
ltrom wells in maIarious districts Ia
4 highly impregnsted with magnesia
a and other salts, which render 1t hard,
a and the contiguity Of the privy and
a drinking we'll permits Of the contami'
: nation Of the latter, a condition fur
q ther aggravated at times BY the surface
A drainage directly into 1t. When good
4 spriug water cannot be had, q rain va
ter cis,srn, we'll cemented, will be q
lreal blessing to any family who would
lotherwiss be obliged to drink suoh wa
~ ter as above described. In the ao'ence
n of other means of improving the water,
a it will be found useful TO boil 1t before
II drinking" .-,,
le Reports from the twsnty-tour physi'
d clans. in various parts Of the State
,h show that in the two lower couutie'
In and in the lower halt Of New Castle
ae county, 81 per cent. Of the diseases srt
g. OF malarisl origin; that theSe are 81
ne per cant. less OF malarial teVers IN thai
&, reg ion nov than htteen or twenty year
be ago, and that, notwithstanding this
in there Is a considerable extent OF lant
he yet undrained.
w .'These returns snow that there ha
or been improvement in the various huu
nd dreds by drainage by ditches, and sub
soiling, and that the fertility OF tn
soil has been increased by lime an
phosphatss; and the habits aud condt
ct, ton Of the people have, with few e1
nd ceptions, been changed by education
'er sobriety, personal cleanliness, indu
IL, try, food, aud dwelling, aud that thei
Ia more consideration in regard to IN
prudent exposure to the night air
They report that the use OF 'istetn vi
ter Is very rare; that the water fro
the we'll Is frequently mol
la, or less hard, containing, probabl!
to salts Of magnesis, and, when the vel
IA are shallow, also vegetable matte
shs both OF hieh constituents are unfrisn'
r q lv 10 health when used In considerab
ION quantities. ~
th. "During the autumn OF 1872 thei
,ks WAS less malarial fever than usual, bI
In from the beginning OF the present ys
his lSSO) there has been in most section
re- of the lower counties prevalence
l5e. mslarial disease to greater exte
than has been known during the ave
in age length Of generation, the disea
eak also exhibiting a severity and intra
,ut, tableness quite unwonted. AS to q
1ite oause of this outbreak, there seems !
va. other explanation offered by our phi
/ of si,iaps. as far as heard from, than &
and mildnass Of the winter and the Or
ness and heat OF the SUMMER IN 90
sequence of which the streams had
come low, leaving their banks psru'
we'd ly uncovered, and the beds OF pom
Ired and swamps, by the aosenoe o' "a''
per exposed to the decomposing inhaen
oat, Of = hot summer sun.
srs.
'lS'' az W 'ne -'" snaa;.r them sn,s
si9 physicians consider them equS
liable with the whites to malsIial
Ia seases, and eleven report them less sr
i, lib ;sot Tha nonular impression is, th