The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-04
SEWERAGE AND H0usE-DEArS
AGE WORMS
sErrle. oct 81. Iss


To THE EDET9E II arr an advocate
az a perfect system cf sewerage works
for seatglc. II sboaid nov be vel
knowm thai The preservation 81 life
ard kealtA Is In great measure de-
renaens on the faithfui prosecution Of
sanitary works
Before exgending the large suEa Of
money proposed by the city council %
improve the water supply, the area
ard system drainage should be en-
IarresI and improved An abundant
sappsy Of water /. provided for flush
ing psIrp.oses By the existing water
eosnpsnses. Admitting that the pres
ent water supply for domestic par-
poses j. not shat il should he, means
could readily be found fbr purifying
the water complained OF by the staple
process q hltration for the removal Of
lapuyities held mechanically. land L
found necessarily chemical operations
fog those chemically combineos and
the pressure on the high levels az
lse ksuet Increased a. 4 small cost com
pared with the outlay for proposed
water works.
pure air. pure water and good food.
are the three agents for promoting lie
and health. Any one Of these ounce
used. OF combining with matter Of de-
Interiors character loses it, vital prop
ertv. and becomes, as Il we're poison.
unit again 20 fulfill its sanitary mis-
SION. ufstii II has been exposed 70 those
reyiyisying influences which VIII re-
store rs vital energy. Air once used
tozss IL vitality. and becomes unit 20
sustain life One part by volnHe Of
caybonic anhyride In one thousand
volumes OF atmospheric air j. c0nsiG-
cred she limit which defines good ar
from had air. Air that Is loaded with
deeofup0sing matter VIII not sas-
tain lie In heath because the oxygen
al the air Is absorbed or used upby the
organic matters which are present
when undergoing decomposition.
The breathing of yitiated air. or AIR
unioatled with dec0mPosiag or other
tleIeterioas matter. will lower the natu-
IA vitality 50 as 10 render the subject
susceptible % disease. and in this state
the subtle germs of disease hold un-
sway. and produce results as
if the person attacked had received a
dose 81 any weil-known specific poi
son
The necessity OF pure water Is as
great a. that Of pure AIR. DeieteFioas
fn stters present IN water as rule, act
more speedily than those present IN
the air. because when conveyed N
water they pass at once BY the rapid |
process OF venous absorption into the
system.
Ii the air OF heaven Is Initiated. or |
our food improper or insufficient. the |
BODY i robbed Of life-giving elements, |
and soon succunlbs to disease and |
death. Ii should be the true aim and |
object OF the sanitary engineer to as
sist nature in her great bat simple |
operations, to facilitate the puritica- |
ton OF the air, 10 prevent dangerous |
impurities entering our supplies OF
walter, TO supply abundance Of these |
life-giying elements, 70 remove as |
speedily as possible. before decom-
commences, all those matters |
eliminated from the animal system |
together with all decomposed refuse. |
From what | have seen OF Seattle, |
this should he practically easy, as
the levels appear to be remarkably
well suited.
Man has no control over a single |
law OF nature, bat II he lives in obedi-
euee 10 those laws he will find that
they are arranged with supreme ben
ficience forhis well being.
The preservation OF the health OF |
every class in a community Is equally |
important 10 the rich and 10 the poor. |
IL 4 important 10 the wealthy that the
poor should be kept in good health,
Tor the influence Of infection, once
into the dwellings Of the
poor. often spreads far and wide, and
4 no respecter OF persons. IL Is i'm
portani 10 the poor man, as his health
Is bis wealth.
The authorities in many cities ap-
pear 10 overlook the hard fact that
while they remain inactive, disease
and death do not.
The modern works of sewerage and
water supply have been the means OF
the state OF public health
and OF saving many lives, and rs a
rule have accomplished the end for
which they were inaugurated. IL il
far more difficult u reduce the death
rate in healthy district and make II
more healthy than Il IS 10 reduce il in
an unhealthy district and make II COM
healthy.
As result from the introduction of
sanitary works In twelve ll2l average
cities in Europe. the saving has been
reduced. Of life, ii per cent. deaths
from typhoid fever. q per cent.
Gro, CLARK, {. +.