Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-06

Health onicer Garrison calls Attention to
the pa ger OF Ppurs @At-r.

II" .| Hl-lH n .i. ...'ltIN
sIg.-Ole If The nbst important fact
ID he gathered from h.siorr is the liability
human beings to be attacked by dis
ss-es u sn epidemic nstu,e History
fom tae earliest records to the present
day. furnishes mose than sofiicisnt proc
of ihis isc.
The sweating sickness OF 1885, dis
ee wh'cn soDears o. Pcs siiiei 20 tbs
eors form o. cholera, ard e. bear Close
relation % mei.gnsu. coug-stiVe fever, 90
si.r ih- Blark Plague of London 10 1886
t.d 1000 Tne las, visitation Was tie
year O. fore tae great ire which gave &C.
csl non no toe rebuilding OF isrge portion
or tire city. and improved sanitary AZ
Engagements
TIE Pisgue ol Athe1s. ss IL Vas called
fetsl febrile di sase, which RACED az
Athens durog the Pslop00nssian war, in
lls ftl century before the CHRISTIAN ers,
may be cited Ia illustration Improved
sanitary measures ct modern tines have
largely contributed to immunity from
such v.sitauOus.
But, with ali zoe safeguards that 1t IS
gOssib.a % establish. no people are safe
from the rsvsges of psstiience, e. evi
deoced 10y the devastating epidemics OF
CHOLERA aod We low fever daring ne pres
eot century.
To brief from the year 1890 3. c., whea
GA 600 Isrselitss were destroyed by p.agre
in the wilderness, an ihs ouibfesk OF
en-. ere iu Franc snd Italy, history teens
win the records of noissaie destrucious
ot mankind 10y diseases u az epidemic
character.
The recent aefu destruction If life at
Johrs'nwn usr have been only i1e fore
uluer of gie.ter mlamit,s The people
oi ,.e Ono and Mississippi yailsys are
threatened si,h calamity before which
tha' TO the people of Johnstown ya.es into
msigniicaUcs.
Thousands of bodies of human beings
and animals have been OF, c.ptated
into th' common souGcs of water supply.
These bodies are low undergoing "a putre-
active PROCESS. resulting in horrible con
ANIMATION OF the water.
J. Ike tte nameless hero who rode to his
death, warning the PEOPLE Of the sporoach
of the avalanche of va ers, the people OF
Pitt-borg ATE calling to the people below
to sarl them OF the new danger which
threatens.
The President of the Uaited States hes
been appealed to f.r relief
We may indeed consider this ques-
lion wore for statesmen and governing
bodies than iof physicians. Nevertheless,
% Is necessary t1st the efforts OF The former
sronld be guided b. sach knowledge as
tins science OF the day can etfId Nor Is
suoh Knowledge less 10 be- desired for The
people ia general, ir order 20 counteract
the bauefu effec of such horrible whole
sale pollution. take IL 90 be the bounden
duiy of every sanitary officer 70 publicly
call attention TO the dangers Of the situ.-
zion, and 10 indicate such measures rs
may be necessary for the protec ion of the
masses.
With thee cts before US, let IA now
eudeavo- 10 ascertain how far science Is
able 90 indicate d remedy
II is absolutely dangerous to drink the
water In its present state II Is criminal
90 allow children 70 drink it, What can
be done2 Filtration. as ordinarily prac-
tced, Is Inadequate protection A major
ity Of implements denominated filters, are
nothing of The kind, and of,entimes dan
g-rously deceptive; ard however satisiac-
rory as strainsTs. will prove inefficient in
O. he prs,en, emergency.
Pourous rebsked porcelain, 18th best Of
all subst5ncgs for domestic filters When
flt-atior is employed because Of real dan
Ser OF Infection. the filtered water should
0e boiled. as tht entire absence of sedi-
ment and c.ouiiness does NOT insure thar
oe bacteria of disease nave be5n elimins-
ted.
Boiling water kil's harmful bacteria IN
thirty minutes
Therefore I would moat earnestly eojoin
the boiling of an drinking water FOR at
least oue-nalf hour, as the only Absolutely
l,.isols protection against the dsagers
tbst Turk 10 it, and 20 drink 40 water
other than mineral waters, when -way
from ONE.
GEoBGEI GARRISON, NJ. D.