The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-19
Ohio State Sanitary Association.

DEAR SIR-We are a committee appointed
at the late meeting of the "OhiO state Santa
ry Association" (held February 6, 1855, to
urge upon the counties, towns, and villages of
our State the great desirability of iocat San
| itdry Societies, auxiliary to the State AssOci-
atioi. We believe that such local societies
can do a grand work, If they will avail them
selves of the recorded experience of Sanitary
Science, in preventing or ameliOrating nume-
rous diseases, and in this way adding to the
sum of human health and happiness. We re-
spectfully beg space in your paper to press on
your readers the vital interests involved in
this new Gospel of Humanity.
VINO SHOULD BE WILLING TO JOIN AND TO
OPERATE SUCH A SOCIETY, AND wHY?-Au
~clergymen should be active in such a cause,
for they well know that physical and moral
uncleanliness are inseparablc-that "Cteanli-
ness is akin to Godliness''-tha the first steps
on the ladder of moral purity are clean faces,
clean bodies, clean clothes, clean food, clean
houses, and clean surroundings.
All teachers should give it a helping hand.
They are in daily communication with child
rem of all classes and orders of society. They
know how pleasant it is to teach clean, bright,
healthy children; how unpleasant and offensive
are the unwashed, the dirty, the squalid.-
They know that dirt breeds sickness, that con-
tagion is the inevitable result, that the eff
cheney of their school is in this way sadly OBJ
structed, and that death clearly traceable to
disobedience of sanitary laws NAV rob them
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Pbitanthr optsts should be eager to spread
abroad whatever tends to make their fellow
men healthier, happier, more efficient workers
in their allotted station in life; to mitigate the
%terrOrs of disease and death; to advance their
community to a higher plane of we'll being and
well-doing.
Lawyers should interest themselves. Not
simply because they are citizens, but because
of their peculiar relation to the making and
the execution of the laws of the State.
Their council and ipHuanca - nraof1y
needed to bring about proper and healthfuf
sanitary legislation and to assist sanitary of
ficers in the performance of their duties.
Capitalists would be surprised to learn
what good investments have been made in
practical sanitary reforms. Sanitary lodging
houses have displaced disease-breeding and
burglar-sheltering slums, changing the whole
aspect of a neigbborhood, and have paid a good
interest on the Investment. Sewage farms
have proved profitable beyond any reasonable
expectations. Abattoirs have quickly super
seeded the old offensive slaughtcrhouses with
good profits to the owners. A wide expert
cnce, now on record, proves that capital in
vested, in sanitary improvements pays.
Business men should take an interest in
sanitary reforms and in spreading a know
ledge of sanitary laws. They know what one
epidemic may cost them in the way of loss of
business and stagnation oftrade. Smallpox,
a clearly preventable disease, is said to have
cost Philadelphia in one epidemic between ten
diNu t"ShtN ilitO VI OlldES III LOSS OF b.
sINEss.
In 1879 the report of a single case of yellow
fever in the south caused n shrinlsage in the
provision market, in the city of Chicago alone,
OF more than a million dollars within twenty
four hours. The present epidemic of cholera
has cost Southern Europe not less than one
hundred million dOlt0rs. To take an inter.
est In sanitary reform is therefore a clear du.
ty as a matter of business.
1t is hardly necessary to add that the hu.
n,,n tha .N,, H. -L..s
: clan should take special interest in ~sanitar,
, reforms. No other class of citizens can 81
fully realize the necessity. The medical pro
| fession has ever been in advance in all mat
tiers pertaining to the health of the people an,
we appeal to the profession to-day in specia
confidence.
q How SHALL SUCH SOCIETIES BE ORGANIZED
u pom reading this circular, let some inter
. ested party at once call a meeting of all thos
o who are known to be in sympathy with thi
n movement for sanitary reform, writing specia
y invitations if necessary. Organize a societ
with proper officers, and hold regular meet
ings for the purpose of mutual instruction i
> everything pertaining to sanitary SCIENCE
Read selections on appropriate topics. Ex
. hibit pictures or diagrams Illustrating tn
truths set forth. Discuss the best method
of accomplishing any given problem. Writ
plain practical essays to be read before the Sc
siety and then, if considered suitable, let the
be published in the papers. Letotganized e
6 fort be brought to bear on City Councils, G
Superintendents of Public Buildings, on m,
nicipal authorities, and on house-holdcrs or
l. h~Ouse-owners, to the end that nuisances me
g be abated, that sources of disease may be ii
. vestigated and diminished and that the nece
sc sity for pure air, good water, and healthf
IS food may be inculcated on the whole comm
nitv.
This committee and the Ohio State Santa
Association earnestly implore every comm
mtg to take this action at once in view of t
apprehended approach of Cholera in the ne
future, and because of the too frequent occu
renee of Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, Dysent
~ and other preventable Filth Diseases in o
midst. If, in our own persons, in our fan
,st lies, or among beloved friends, disease a
death, due to prerentable causes, should owe
IL. whelm us with unhappiness and grief, WI
nj answer can we make when sanitary scien,
pointing out the way of health, invites us
'at walk therein? Who will dare to say, it is t
of hand of the Lord that has desolated q
or, homes, when our own ignorance, or stupidit
o or carelessness is alone at fault?
ms 1t is expected that all such local organic
tions shall be auxiliary to the State Assoc
ton for our mutual advantage. 1t will G
lSe the State Association connection with
or portions of the State, enabling reports, wa
ings and suggestions to be furnished regul
EST ly and promptly when necessary. 1t will
lth so enable the State Association to collect
formation from all sections as to the spr,
&C. of epidemics and the general health of our p
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in RELYING upon the purity of our intenti
:" and the business of our cause, we place t
SITS. matter on the hearts of the people of Ohio.
CO. In behalf of and in the name Of the o
State Sanitary Association.
ISL E. T.. NELSON, A.. NJ, Phi. D.,
For Delaware
l. D. r. SILVER, N. D.,
Tx Sidney
pc G.. S. FRANKLIN, A. NJ. N. D.,
Chillicoth,
o"i WV. j. ScoTT, A. NJ, NJ. D.,
zed Cleveland
ACC. WIN. OWENS, NJ. D.,