Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-27
THE LONDON EXHIBIT
Of the Various Kinds of Food, Dress
 and Dwellings
Professor Chandler Gives an Idea Of some of the More Notable Features Of Health
 Exhibition.
New York Snnl

Professor Charles F. Chandler, of Columbia college. New York city. who was appointed commissioner tO the In ternational health exhibition held in Lon don the last summer. has returned and IS now preparing his report. The object of the exhibition was ito illustrate as vividly and in as practical a manner as possible. food. dress. the dwelling. the school. and the workshop. as affecting the conditions cf healthfu! life.
 lt was great fair, said. Professor Chandler to reporter when asked about it after his return. -Dealers in and manufacturers of all kinds of food. of all kinds of dress. and of all kinds of dwellings and hruse fit- tings had their exhibits, and covered an immense amount of space IL was, in fact, an exhibition of the products of civilization. There was nothing there absolutely new. but the bringing of all these things together for comparison was new and interesting. One Of the most important departments was that Of dwellings The subject of houses for the poor k attracting a good deal of attention in London. The models of American tenement houses were carefully studied and discussed. The Eng,isL have furnished Americans with the best plumb ing devices; there they have nothing Co learn from us. The question of treatment Of sewage for the purpose of making valuable fertilizer. or harmless substance that might he thrown into the rivers, has been solved theoretically; but the expense of the process is too great for practical purposes. People talk about the city sell ing iis sewage; but they do not understand tine facts.
 The American system of supervision of matters pertaining to public health has no exact counterpart in London. There k no beard of health, but they accomplish in part the same results in different and inferior way. They look after :uch mat teTs by districts, and the authorities in different districts sometimes work at cross purposes. just as they used to in New York years ago Their police reports show that the laws against the tdulieration of food ere enforced there setter than here. There is public official that must analyZe every parcel of food presented to him charged with being adulterated. and on his report the vender is prosecuted. These matters were the subject of the lectures and conferences held in Prince Albcrt hall regularly.
 llG ~ NAtlll oA lAEE NAlAAllA- ton was discussed. Over there they have a compulsory system, and use humaniZed matter. The people object, and strong societies oppose it. They have never adopted our vaccine form system. Here we say ;o tue public; You can have the pure bovine matter gratis: it k a good thing An imported attempt Co get up an anti-vaccinatiOn society in New York failed
 ~ThCre were large numbers of books published on health subjects during the exhibition Health schools. Health in inc Village. Health Nurseries and Bed ruoms. were the titles of three out of more than score. All were in cheap pamphlet form. and the sale was enormous Pc>ides that there were the publications of various sanitary societies of the kingdom. which sold freely. One of the most novel educa- tiOual efforts of these societies was the printing of health posters IlandbIllS con taining the most valuable information about the care of children, and Of the sick. and of the wounded, and of the homes of rich and poor were distributed and posted on biil-bOards in public places. To supplement these, ornamental circu- lars. printed in rhyme and in other forms which would attract attention, were dis tributed he public could not avoid reading them. and in reading gained val uablc information. What, for instance, would be more likely to attract a mother than neatly printed circular illustrated with q handsome baby. and bearing the title. Rules for the Management of h. fantsg7
 Gould the mother understand the cir cularln
 She could if she could read The at tendance was wonderful and included every class or condition of people. The cabs on the streets displayed signs which read To th. Ilealtheries' The cNhibi- ton was in every way educational PeO- pie went there tO be amused, and were not disappointed; they were also educated in spite Of themselves.
 Have the English inventors surpassed Us in any other way besides closet plumb ing27
 ~Yes. They have gas burner that uses less gas, makes less smoke and gives more light than any American invention. l brought over samples for use in the col lege.
 Another exhibit of interest included lot of models of the recently discovered Roman hath-tubs and bathing tanks erected at Bath during Roman supremacy. There was great enough variety tO show that the Romans knew all about liquid comfort
 Another valuable exhibit contained lot oi compressed lime cartridges They are for use in coal mines in place of gun powder. which is objected tO. because of its gases. The lime brings down the coal and leaves the air untainted
 What was shown in the line of disin- feciantsg-
 Everything. Thi, exhibit demon straicd that the best disinfeciants are those which Ltlong to no one. and on which the profit k 70 small that the vendors cannot afford io advcrfi.c them. The best are also without odor Tie chief objection to carloic acid i> ;hc smell. which leads peO- pie to think they have taken every needed prccauti H. when in fact they have not u.cd ,upu-J to auoGnt Co anything.