The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-15

There Is pretty strone conviction In
the minds Of sanitarians and physlcinns
that typhoid fever Is a disease which has
but litae right to exist in civilized com
typhoid fever is a germ-amicrobe. The
causes which produce 1t are as follows
Impure milk. drinking water and impure
ali, also the emanations from rottingchipi
or sawdust, the exhnlatfons from deoaying
vegetables In the cellar. all these may dun
Berously pollute the air. and should hC
avoided. IL is not easy to explain why
reasonably Intelligent people will be st
totally Indifferent to what constitutes trus
hygiene conditions of the home and family
and last though not least the eountiIie
room, In the factory, aud tine factory itself
where hundreds OF people work and live
Tor ten hours every day in the week, hnt
air viii be produced from the causes men
toned.
will say that in every instance whore
there Is case of typhoid fever, the case
should be thoroughly investigated until
the cause is known-as no case exist
without q Gauss. know it will cost money
to make the investigation. Is 1t not bef
ter to pay this money for public health
service than to bury that of as much nc
tual money value in the graveyard. The
following
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
of the City of Portland, Maine. was adop,.
cd September 18th 1880. approved by Vim
Writ Virgin, Justice oil the Supreme
Court October Sd 1890. All shops, stores or
buildings used or occupied Or let for tho
purpose of manufacture or trade, shall be
furnished with suitable and sufficient
water closets and urinals. which III respect
to their construction and supply of water
sinai! be satisfactory to the Board OF
Health,
And any person or persons who shall
use. occupy or let any building or tene-
ment III which trade or manufactured
are carried on, and shall rot furnish tho
same with suitable and sufficient water
closets and urinais satisfactory TO the
Board of Health, shall be subject 10 a
penalty OF i've dollars for each oifense
and five dollars additional for each nionth
that the ofrcnse shall be allowed to con-
tinue.
Attest. signed, Gro. C. BURGESS,
Secretary Board Of Health.
PORTLAND. Oct. 9. 1890.
Such resolution adopted by the
Board of Health OF Wilmington and
approved by the Hon. Grief jus
tice jos. r. COmcgys would work won
ders. Bun how can the Board of Health ex-
anime these places. with bubtwo executive
officers and an appropriation of but $500
per annunl for the health OF this city wit h
popuia tion OF 81 go and an area OF more
than eight square miles. being about {. 800
acres.
SEAFORD. April 18th. 1e9l.-Dr. w. T..
Haiues, Secretary Of the Board of Health,
reports as follows: Cuscs Consumption, G;
tutNlbOnln, ii DIOnCNltlS Acute, 2; Ty-
phoid fever. 8; Malarial fever 10 Group.
4. General health OF the community Is
good.
LAUREL, April 18th, 1s9I.-Dr. ]. A. Ellie
good reports us follows: Cases. CoDsulnp-
ton. 8; Pneumonia, 20; Congestion Of
I.ungs 1; bronchitis acute, s; Diarrhual
diseases, :; pysentery. 8; Measles. 3; Scar
let fever. =; Malarial tever;s Diphtberia
!. Influenza over 100. These statistics
represent the new cases in my own pre-
ticc during the lat month. The health
VI this community has been below the
average. Pneumonia and Influenza hav-
irg been epidemic.
NEw CASTLE, April 10th. 1sai.-Mr.
David Stewart reports the following cases:
Consumption, /; Pneumonia, =; Eron-
chltis acute 12; DyEentcry, g. MeGsels, q;
Mhooping cough. :; Typhoid fever. 81;
Diphtheria. 2; Group 8; Humps. 2; lnfu-
en2n, about 100 caees. Just ow threatened
with an epidemic of Mcnscs.
lelieve Laurel bus no hoard of health.
Abandoned. 10 use. They have estaL-
llshed ii board of trade instead.
L. u. FRAZER,
scc'y State Board of Health.
April 10, 1891.