Telegram-herald., 1888-10-27
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Czas~d D. SANITARY Cnreiessnessr-Dr. Lacy
d Halls Obsers 4tiols-
A N.z Yorker recently took a drive Of
sofns dsys wlrb as VIE tareugh Vermont.
Osas day they stopped FOR dinner az a pleasant
country liza, situated Ia a beautiful httle
vilLsxs, Which from It's location should be the
abode Il heaith- After Gluner the New
Yorker fell into conversation with the pastor
OF zoe II TIE village churches1 IL soon came
out that Toe clergyman had previously lived
for some ysars ln one u the larger cities "
Ne- England, having been forced % abandon
the charge u al important church tbore by
impaired healrn. which be wAs here SEEKING
D. recruit The stranger naturally enough,
aaksd tee minister whether he thought there
was more SICKNESS or lcss N the village whers
they we're taking than anOag people IN
equally good circumstances who 1--we IL our
Larger cities
~ hardly know what 20 say" the clergy
man replied "Of course there Is more dis
sass 70 every thousand OF the whole popula-
ton IN a city Ike New York than there Is in
a rural county in Vermont by reason Of the
great excess IN the tenemen, house districts;
but | have grave doubts whether there IS as
much sickness prOportionally IN those quar-
ters % citles here people live IN comfort and
under rigorous sanitary regulations as there
i 10 tbs village. Certainly there IS a great
deal OF sickness and number OF deaths every
year Ia place like this, winch might be- pre-
vented. and wnich would be prevented by the
authorities 10 a vel governed city. To men
ton only a single case, aud this IS not one 70
bs talked about here: One OF the most prom
inent families IN this town, we'll 70 do people,
living N an excellent house and presumed 10
be intelligent in matters Of heath, suffers
constantly from disease. They have had ty
phoid fever and diphthe-ia. and somebody is
aLing most Of the time. They think II strange,
but you would not The truth Is that II they
i've n city they would be- hA led before
the health board within twenty-.our hours
for violating the ordinanoes IN letting al the
waste from their kitchen fow into the yard
and ooze there, polluting the SIR and breed
ing disease"
That there was nothing exceptional In the
village referred 70 Is proved by a very inter
esting and valuable paper which was read by
DIR. Lucy NJ Hall, Of Brooklyn, at the recent
msss1ng Of the Social Science association in
Saratoga, upon The Sanitary Condition Of
Country Homes" She had gathered the
necessary data for judgment By the exani-
nation, during her vacations, OF sixty five
ordinary fArmhouses IN New England, the
middle and the western states She found
that little care Is taken as 70 the character Of
subsosl and that over half were located on
wet clay soils IN moro than half tho cases,
also the houses we're too closely shaded. and
sunlight vas too much excluded from all
pats Of the house. In a majority Of CASES
tcs cellars were found % be damp or vet.
Barus and stables in New England averaged
not more than fifty feet from the houses. and
outhouses less than thirty fest the watarsup-
ply being undoubtedly contaminated BY ono
CT the other Of these causes ia a number
Of Gases Slops wer0 thrown into the
yard from the back door Ia three-quarters
OF the New England farznhoIlsss examined.
Nov for the result DR.. Hau found that
lung affections, diphthsria, typhoid fever and
rhsunatism had played sad havoc IN these
faTrahouscs Nine.y-three per cent. Of the
whole number IN Esw England had record
OF lung fever and diphtheria and - per
cent. Of typhoid fever There Is not psrti-
cle Of doubt that the greater part OK this Dis
ease vas directly dus 70 damp cellars, neg
lsctad stops or contaminated water. IN other
words, was p-eventable. ought 20 have been
prevented and would have been prevented
II the sufferers had lived IN a city with a
thoroughly Efficient health department.
We are glad that attention has been called
% this important matter BY an organization
/ Of sach weight IS shs Social Sc5eace asso-
citation. So many city people pass consid-
cradle part of the warm weather in the c0ua-
Try that the danger Is by no mems confined
I % the permanent residents. Ono OF tee Incl
dental advan ssgss u the vacation season
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/ principles q sanitarv science among the
/ Farming pouzl afion b. their city visitors. -
1 Frank Iesuc's