The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-25
Frightful Mortality Among {

Frightful Mortality Among Children.
The papers Of New York and Philad ell
phia are discussing the frightful mortali-
ty among infants in their irrespective cities.
In New York for the week ending July %,
793 children under five years of age died.
OF that number AGA We're carried away by
diarrhna. The whole number of deaths
was PSI Estimating the population of
the city at ,s95, l13 the death rate was
3461.
In Philadelphia for the same week, the
number of children under five years of
age that died was Alb. The whole num-
Der of deaths was 677.
The Philadelphia Record, speaking of
the matter says: If there should be fif-
LYNNE deaths in Philadelphia every day
from cholera the city would be left half
depopulated by frightened persons fleeing
from the pestilence. The death rate
from grippe" at no time reached such an
alarming total; yet the incursion of that
strange malady, caused the livelicst APP
prehension. Because, every year, when
the hot months come, the death angel
swoops down and gathers up our little
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talism that is not exceeded by the follow
ers of Mohammed. Yet nothing is more
! certain than that the mortality among in
fants is largely preyentable"
In none of the great cities is there as
much attention paid to the needs of in
fants during the hot months as there
should be They should have pure milk.
pure water and better medical attention
! In the absence of a physiciln'5 care
there are simple remedies that. if
| promptly and properly administered,
would save many lives of infants. The
great majority of the deaths occur, of
course, in the tcn-ment districts.
The system of espionage which the en-
forcemeut Of the South Carolina dispen-
sary law brings about, and to which Judge
Hudson calls attention in a recent ruling,
is oneof the most Objectionable features
of the new law. Under che law, which
is one of police powers and does not grant
a suspect trial by jury, every man is at
the mercy of Whomsoeyer' may please to
turn informer against him; that is. if the
state executive authorities have interpre-
ted the law correctly. They hold that
| upon report of Illicit traffic in liquor being
made, a deputy may obtain a writ of
search and seizure, and ransack the house
of the suspect from garnet TO cellar. I'm
/ der such a system, as Judge Hudson saws.
each and every citizen is placed at the
mercy of the envy, malice and revenge of
a secret spy or hostile neighbor The
dangerous consequences of such license
and immunity given to the malicious
prosecutors are too apparent to call for
comment"
\ Texas gentleman, through the me
dium of the Pittsburg Dispatch, tells peo-
pie how to enjoy vacation. The gentle
man himself, on his outing. had ..been
eatin of few sardines. smokin' of a few
segars, drinkin' of a few drinks of Ticker,
and romancin' aroun, p" and had cork
in good time" After reading these brief
and comprehensive pointers, who may
not carry out q delightful vacation?
Now that the Nawab of Rampur and
the Rajah of Kapurhala are with US. and
there is likelihood of the Maharajah, of
! Bhaunagar sailing across the sea to do US
the honor of visit. it is to be hoped that
the newspapers will pay attention to
them and give the names of some Of our
Lumpkin county statesmen a rest
Little Siam is at present in a more per
picking position than was ever occupied
by Judge Cobb, of Alabama 1t would
take a Philadelphia lawyer to figure out
precisely where she lis at"