Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-22
ITO what do YOU attribute this unusual

ITO what do YOU attribute this unusual
amount of ievor:'
Bad water rocking cesspools, accumu-
latiOns of garbage, and to some extent, oau
d,aina,,e \ contaminated water supply Is
probably responsible for the larger proper
ton of the cases.
.Thcre is q popular idea that the preva-
lence of grippe, last winter, IN some man,
uer favored the introduction OF typhoid
fever Is there anything IN that theory
..There can he little doubt but that the
crime lesseucd the power Of the Individual
In resist the attacks of fever, but not move
here than in other cities where the grippe
raced and where there there has been no
such wholesale visitation OF typhold FEVER.
There must be some specific cause Tor the
presence of the fever germs, nut once the
patieut is attacked, You may blame the
presence of the disease and subsequent
death. on a system and constitution weak
ened by grippe, if YOU will. what concerns
our citizens is the sOurceo OF the FEVER germs
and / have enumerated the most likely
causes Of their existence. IL IS sGolect
calling for speedy attention and intelligent
action by the citizens ana authorizes
How about the general health of the
city" ,....r,o
first six months of this year IS goo more
than in the corresponding period oil last
ycar. and comes within 80 OF reaching the
total number for 1850 Last year there
were 5,iS deaths in Wheeling, whlle TINS
wear we had 2,O in the first quarter ana
32S i'm the second. total Cf i9S. In add
tion there have been - deaths so Tar IN
July. During the last three months end
inc July LIST. lO3 children under hve years
old died. I'm this month so far ~, OF Such
diseases as cholera iufantum, gastro-entlrl-
It's. etc
Ii isa remarkable fact that during the
months Immediately following the great
Tohnstown disaster. there were fewer
deaths i'm this city than there mas Oeeh lulS
year although the water in the OHIO was
observation-disclosures: but the cause is readily
found in the fact that there was general
alarm concerning the condition OF the
water. and il was carefully boiled IN nun
lreds of families before being used, the
Germs of disease thus being electually
killed. Would il not be good idea to re
turn to that excellent precautou. To inter
the water does little good, because most
filters are failures, and the best only strain
the water. without removing the most oOlec-
substances besides, as the water
i'm the river isnow very clear, many people
enormously supposing that because IL looks
clear it must necessarily be pure and neg
lect to even filter il. The fact IS, when the
river water is clearest. i'm midsummer II
is generally the least fitted for potable pur-
poses. and this for several reasons, not nee
essary 10 be here set forth.
II is probably true the other causes emu
merated by DR. Garrison have had snare III
bringing about and maintaining the exist
inc typhoid fever scourge, and it is equally
probable that the somewhat unusual ell
matte condition prevalent during recent
months. notably the excessive rain. nave
had an equal share in bringing about the
disease.
But. be the causes what they may II be
hooves our citizens and the authorities to
take all the prccautiOn possible