The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-26
Health ard Material Prosperity

F., 4ASo'S1A anu ANoS0AAoA 31OoCSIAsy
The rplDO:t Of the Board of Health
of New Haven contains, In a letter
from, Professor Brewer, President Of
the Bear,l. to the Common Council
Of the city. Il convincing statement
Of the clO>eness Of the relation be-
TIVE. u II .sM"! sanitary condition and
Tx. material prosperity AID wealth o:
n city or community. An individual,
to prosper hv his labor, must he rca.
s"nai,ly we'll the same Is equally
true Of :: community or State. In tn.
intense competition "f modern times,
~. sicnly community can I've prosper
Ou<. It may l.e intelligent, and NOR
III, and iiislm.tri ,lIs, but 1t must be
poor. Hence IL is a duty, imposed
not only Ivy the claim Of the individ-
ual on the community, but also by
the vital interest Of the community
itself, to protect every person In it
against those diseases and dangers
whose power for evil has grown along
with our civilization. The wOEtler-
fully raRitl accumulation o: wealth,
far surprising anything ever wit
messed in the past, which Is one Of the
cha ractcristlcs Of mode m times, Is not
due to Improvements in machinery.
to applications oiscience. to the spread
Of education, the decrease Of wars. or
the more extended production Of the
precious metals. though all these have
contributed their part. &C much a. to
the better average health Of civilized
counties and the longer average term
Of life which Is now secured to work.
inslncn. Even now, a single pesti-
lencc like those with which, Savannah
and Memphis have recently hecn af-
fl;ctct:, may Set the most prosperous
city hack many years. New Haven
has had bu; one visitation If yellow
fever. hut 1t took the city eight or ten
years to recover from the visible et.
fects If II, and q permanent loss of
''w;,at might have been" WIS suf-
fercd ut a critical period in the com.
mercial development Of the city, the
valiie Of which can never bc a:cer-
tanned orgues>e.l. The sanitary work.
which is Of such importance in this
aspect Of civic life, is often overlooked,
because Of its unobtrnsive character,
and 1t Is never more efficient than
when il is least obtruSive. In tho Or
binary pursuits of business. the clang
Of machinery. brilliant scientific APP
nlica!ions. the hustle, ETC.. ''are more
coEspicuously in the eyes Of the pub.
lie than the quiet, persistent, unro.
mantle but heroic fight with unseen
but unwhOlesome influence which
Turk in the air Of our towns. These
influences. mostly growing out Of eur
modes Of life, are ever present in all
our cities, ever growing unless checked
always producing disease, aud from
time 10 time especially inviting pesti-
lence." Few cities can afford to allow
q pestilence to invade them. =" \ sim
gle epidemic, but one-fOurth as had IA
that Of Memphis last year, would cost
this city," says Professor Brewer,
Of New Haven. more. and
leave Us with higher taxes, than the
most expensive system Of sewers and
Of garbage collection that was ever
Of here" Moreover, q pes |,
thence il only an Intensified manifes-
tatiOn of disease, and most Of Its dis
nsfrous effects may be produced by
prolonged but general ill-hcalth and
Il IL perfectly safe to say that no
Northern city can re really prosper
Gus and really sickly at the same
time.-P0pular Science.L0nth!y.