Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-02
HOW TO PREVENT CHOLERA.

The following precautions are uni
versally regarded as worthy of obser-
vance:
1. Water is one of the commonest
mediums through which cholera
spreads, but aside from this, typhoid
and malarial fevers, diarrhea, dysen-
terry and other diseases are caused by
impure and polluted water. Hence the
necessity of protecting the supply from
contamination by surface washings and
drainage of filthy soil or premises. or
of wastes from manufacturing establish
ments or byleakage through the ground
from pr%ivy-valts, cesspools, SC.
2. Night-soil, garbage, sewage and
all other forms of decomposing organic
matter are highly prejudicial to health
and their foul odors are indications of
danger. The various methods tor their
proper disposal, so as to render them
harmless, are well understood, and
should be enforced according to the
varying conditions of each locality.
3. Clean streets and alleys, and gut
ters properly drained and kept free
from unsightly and filthy accumula-
tons, are of ever greater importance
during the heat of summer than at
other tunes. The healthy condition of
the atmosphere of a locality largely de-
ponds upon the condition of. its thor
o%ughfares.
4. The rapid decomposition Of most
articles of food during hot weather.
the tainting, souring, willing or rotting
processes = and the arrangements of the
stomach and bowels caused by the use
OF such food, indicate the necessity for
special supervision at this time OF all
food supplies, and of the places where
they are prepared, stored or dispos-
ed of.
5. The foundation of healthy living
is obviously, the individual home and
its surroundings. Houses, cellars, yards
and outbuildings should be carefully
Inspected, and all Accommodations of
garbage, refuse and filth of every de-
scriptiOn should be removed, OF, where
this is not practicable, they should be
rendered harmless BY appropriate treat
ment. No house or premises can be
healthy without proper drainage. If
this is not secured by sewers or under
ground drains, then recourse should be
had to surface drains, SO as to prevent
the possibility of %stagnant water under
the dwelling or in its vicinity. Cellars
should be dry, clean and we'll ventiIa-
ted, 80 that they may not generate foul
air to be drawn mp through the house.
The Medical News, a journal in high
favor among the profession, says: "The
progress of cholera during the past
week has been such as to warrant the
belief that it will spread throughout
Europe during the next thirty DAYS,
and may reach our shores at any time.
Its progress "a be arrested only bv
the most watchtul care Oh the part Of
our quarantine officers for this disease
has always reached our shores by ships.
ScrupulOus cleanliness OIL board ship,
isolation of all suspected cases, abso-
lutte destruction of the fomites Of those
infected, and special care that the wa
ter supply is not contaminated (boiling
it before use if there is any suspicion
of its being impure) would add greatly
to securing the healthfulness of ships;
while municipal cleanliness persistent
ly and Systematically carried out would
leave no indus for the disease to gain a
foothold, ven should it reach our
shores. Protective measures have been
Instituted by nearly all the trans-con-
tlnental powers, and a general feeling
OF alarm seems to pervade the larger
cities which are in the line of the pes
tilential march,"