The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-11-11
[Concluded from FIRST Paecl

Dr. Gihon Of the U.S.N. in his re-
port shows what can be done by Ell
torcement Of the laws Of health, even
against unfavorable climatic condi-
tons. There have been per 1000 in
habitants, only % deaths in 50 years,
Of these five from accident, making
less than two annually. This has been
the result OF careful sanitation on the
station to which / am now attached
and this in spite Of insalubrious eli
mate. In the first 20 years Of this
century the death rate OF small pox
has decreased from 81 to II per 1905
inhabitants. Under perfect sanitary
control, the death rate from all causes
may be reduce! to II per 1000
There remains yet impure air, causing
consumption, scroiula, typhoid and
scarle. fevtrs. blood poisoning and
diphtheria. One-tcnth Of the deaths
are from consumption Dead air OF
cellars and rooms into which the sun
never shines, Stays its thousands.
During the winter and fail the low
temperature Is accompanied by low
baromeric pressure and great moisture
conditions Unftyorable to equalizing
temperature Of body, hence fcbrile
disturbances are numerous
From dampuoS9 comes neGralgias,
consumption8 and rheumatism. From
impure water and badly cooked food
come craving fOc the excitants of
liquors It is stated that 10000
children die annually of starvation.
If they are thinly clad most Of the
food must supply warmth. If they
are growing, what they eat must supply
the substance for bailding up. II
petted and made to pose as geniuses
before admiring friends, the emotional
waste demands renewal. If pressed by
ambition for high grades in school, the
brain demands more than the food
can supply without taking from other
parts Of the body. Unless these con-
! ditiOns be harmonizcd one part must
be developed at the expense Of others,
If local exhaustion be not restored by
resting while the sphere of activity is
changed to some other part, starvation
will waste away the life. One of the
sins of this city is the Middletown
school house. 4 recent visit found
the lower room as we'll ventilated as
its facilities allowed, but the breath Of
90 children befouled the air. On
some seats three are crowded. SAM
tary science demands 1000 cubic feet
of pure air for each person in room,
and 5000 feet entering every hour for
each occupant. There was not to each
child 100 cubic feet Of even the I'M
pure air. The upper room is not much
better. The thermometer is placed
above the heads of the pupils, and is
kept near 60, but about the feet it is
often nearer freezing. This, with not
oVerclean rooms, is the condition I'M
der which growing children are placed
by our School Board.
The condition of hundreds Of thous-
ands Of lives in the slavery of death
appeals to man, the king Of the physi-
cal world to remove disease. He is
adjured by his triumphs, by his glori-
Gus victories over physical forces, by
the might of his mind and the energy
OF his will to help the sorrowing by re-
moving these evils. Civilization the
monument Of this progress, and the
throne from which he extends his
sceptre by its very brightness makes
more conspicuous these plague spots.
Rising with the voices which praise
him may be heard the wall Of suffer
ing, the cry of the starving, aud the
moan of the dying, Among the works
OF his art the haggard starving will
stare, and there will stand cut the fall
OF the noble to misery, and the shaft
OF possibilities rising heavenward will
be seen rudely broken. These forms
and sounds are to you, fellow christian,
the form and voice of the Christ, cry
ing to you Come, am naked, hungry,
thirsty, stranger, sick and in prison,
Come" Do not say Il do not know
Thee, depart from me-" My friend
IN the leper of st. Francis d Assist
lives the Christ.
The duty of our age is to make God
glorious thro His revelation In history
and science. If we regard ourselves