St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-14

G,,%Xy >SK%% Hygiene; or Spring
E1Gazs7A Ssa%SE# and Summer Work
~ SSH for the Health of
~ w the Poor" Summar-
lied, the doctors
plea was for the establishment OF per
manent organization that shall under
take the work of procuring free drink
ing fountains in the city from which the
poor may carry away water for drinking
purposes tOtheir own homes; (which shall
not stop until it has secured bath and
wash houses. to which the family wash
NAV be brought each week, along with
the dirty-faced urchinS, and cleansed OF
the weeks accumulation of dirt; when
shall inauguraIe some scheme by which
the ailing infants of the deniZenS OF our
alleys and pOverty-Stricken by-ways may
be sent out into the country during the
heated term for the fresh air they re-
quIre to keep off the dread cholera IN
fantum that carries off nearly ali OF It's
victims in their second summer; which
shall insist upon the permanent estaO'
lishment of
Outside Refugees.
where the well children of family
may be sent instantly when an lnfec-
tious disease makes It's appearance in
the person of any member OF that fam
lily: which shall bring TO the notice OF
the municipal authorities, the necessity
for the purchase of proper disinfectlng
apparatus, that will be ready to answer
the demand for il the moment such de-
mand is made. These were the sub
jects discussed, and very practical were
the recommendations of DIR. Hewitt,
who has studied every phase OF them,
both in this country and Europe. As TO
asking the city TO supply the public
baths and wash houses, as is done by
larger cities, the doctor thought 1t I'M
practicable, for the reason that st. Paul
is now growing faster than her clothes
and is scarcely able to meet all the de-
mandS for metropolitan institutions
that are daily being forced upon her.
But these may be started by private en-
terpriSe, or cooperation IF charitable
institutions. and the greatest benefit
derived from them.
In regard 10 the method of diSinfect-
ing, DR.. Hewitt said they were using a
new patent apparatus in Milwaukee
that disinfectS all clothing and bedding
by excessive steam heat, at tempera-
ture of from 215 to PIG, throwing the
clothing into drying chamber imme-
diately after. from which they emerge
pure and dry. He, himself, prefers a
simple chamber for the purpose, which
can be perfectly fitted up. including the
horses and wagons for carrying Infected
articles back and forth, for $1,000. The
doctor is level-headed man and 10
alarmiSt, but he gives some startling
figures i'll relation to the death rate
from diphtheria, in this state. which is
one of the most healthful in the United
States. He remarked pungently that
there are yet a few
MOss-Back Physicians
who aver that this deadly disease is not
infectious; and yet whole families are
wiped out of existence by an epidemic
of il, there being III deaths from diph-
liberia alone in this state in 1891. out of
a total population of 100, 600. DR.. Hewitt
urges that the mother is the natural
health officer of the home; and it should
be her duty to see that no decaying
matter is left in the cellar, that Stops
and refuse are not thrown out near the
well where TIE drinking supply comes
from this source, nor yet thrown in adj
iacent alleys to rot ana gerhlnate dis
ease that will creep back intdthe home
and destroy lite. 1t should be her duty
te introduce cleanliness into every
roomeaHd closet of her home, as well as
plenty eff fIeshsaif and sunlight. She
should lat il is. a great wicked
ness 10 eXp6Se small children to the
measles, scarlet fever OF any other
clTildishdseaSe, because she thinks the
children are having them lighter than
usual, and she Is doing them kindness
to get them over these things early in
life.. A child is born into the world
with just so much capital in the way of
health; if inroadS are made on this slim
capital at all early age, the greatest
injury that can be done child has been
worked, however uncOnsciOuSly. No
child should be exposed to even the
lighteSt of these diseases before it is
twelve or fourteen years old and has
laid up stock of strength that will
help it to fight disease successfully. As
for the little children of the poor. when
they are attacked by hot weather dis
eases, the best tonic that can be admin
istered is to cart them out into the
country and toss them down on the
ground, where they will soon be found
engaged i'll their natural summer
work of
Making Mud Pies.
Prof. Gilbert suggested thatone mem
Der of the board Of each institution rep
resented at this meeting should be APP
pointed to serve as a committee on per-
manent organization. and Mrs. Ed
mund Rice was made the chairman,
The following appointments were
made:
Protestant orphan asylum. E. H. Bal
ley; babies home, Mrs. w. ID. Cornish;
free dispensary, Mrs. II. c. Burbank;
relief society. Mrs. Edmund Rice {;
Young Woman's Friendly association.
Mrs. Charles Morris; floating Bethel,
Mrs. II. NJ. Newport and Mrs. H. B..
Willis; Women's Christian home,
Mrs. II. d. Gates; day nursery,
Mrs. c. B. Thurston: Home for
The Friendless, Mrs. Pascal Smith :;
Woman's Exchange, Mrs. Charles
Clarke; Milford house, Mrs. F. B.
Clarke; newsbOys' home, Miss John
ston. a meeting of this committee will
be called by the chairman, Mrs. Rice, at
the rooms of the Ramsey county
auxiliary of the Columbian exposition
in the New York Life building at an
early day. Those present were repre-
sentative women of this city, nearly or
quite all of them being directly inter
ested in some one of our charitable in
situations. While the presence of ProfS.
Gilbert and Phelps served to keep the
gallant health physicianinc ountenance
among so many women. whose names
were MeSdames Severance, Metcalf.
Rice, Wheelock, Edgerton, Smith. Otis,
OrdWay, DriscOll, Woodward, Long,
Justus Rice, SimOnton, Gilman, Skin
ner. Brooks. Mcintyre, j. L. Merriam,
Young, Stevens and Miss HoIbrook.
d.