Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-17


In the first half of thisye the number of
deaths was 401 less than in the first half of
1888, or 70 less than the average of the first
half of the four years proceeding.
The death rate was 1917 in June for the
large towns; for the small ones 1874 and 14.6
for the whole State. The deaths from zymotio
diseases numbered 1877 and were 2O.2 per
cent. of the total mortality as against 1877
per cent. In May.
Measles, cerebro-spinal fever, diphtheria
and whooping cough were little more fatal
than In the previous month. Typhoid fever
had IS deaths in each month, but consump-
ton had 100 victims against 119 in May,
while pneumonia had only one-half as many,
viz: 80 in May and Al In June.
There was marked increase In diarrhoeal
diseases during June. This has been OBJ
served as an inevitable accompaniment of in
creased temperature, and especially in the
cities. The mean temperature for June was
nearly eight degrees higher than In May, and
the relative humidity also considerably great
or, both of which conditions become strong
factors IN causing disease amid filthy sur
roundings, though comparatively inert where
hygienic conditions are otherwise good.
.piphtheria has prevailed quite extensively
in New Haven during the month-thirty
cases were reported to the health board and
ten were fatal. Its occurrence In almost
every case confirmed the agency of unsanita-
nv surroundings as a condition of its appear
ance. Ergo, New Haven is still dirty in
spots, for all sanitarians recognize diphtheria
as filth disease. In Hartford, too, this dis
ease has been quite prevalent, but has abated
somewhat during June.
SUMNER OUTING.
Under the above head the report adds: The
season has arrived when 1t is the practice
with many persons to leave their homes and
seek recreation and renewed vigor of health
In some rural location.
The much vaunted salubrity Of the coun-
try farmhouse, which was so far beyond
criticism a few years ago, has now, under
the illuminating exposure of modern sanitary
science, lost much of the charming halo of
the goddess Hygei which formerly surrounds
ed It.
The frequent proximity of hen roosts,
COW yards, ill-kept stables and worse pig
stys, the oesspools and privy vaults, with
the probable consequent contamination of
the well, renders many of them places to be
specially avoided. Consider the probable
effect upon the health Of commune
ty II the average country farm
houses, as they are commonly
found, with the above. mentioned appurte-
nances were placed In juxtaposition In
villages and towns. Their aggregation in
close proximity would soon breed pesti
lence.
There are also places not farm houses, no
less objectionable, which have gained popu-
lsrity M summer resorts, and which by rea-
son Of ovsrcrowding and negligence OF sani-
tary laws are dangerous to all who frequent
them. The prevalence of typhoid fever in
the autumn IL partly due TO the exposure
which summer tourists have incurred by q
careless Indifference to the sanitary condi-
tion of the places In which they have so
journed.
Before locating your family for their sum-
mer outing, make sure that You have chosen
for them healty and well kept house, with
good drainage, an unpolluted water supply,
and where an intelligent respect Is paid to
the laws of hygiene.