Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-25

therefore. tbGonly lines or saIety Wouiu
be in the direction Of preparing to meet
It by every means that will tend to pre-
vent the growth OF the poison. and
check its spread by making the condi-
tions OF It's development IS unfavorable
as possible. These conditions, DR..
SHRADv points out, are first and last
cleanliness, personal and municipal
Filth, bad drainage aud contaminated
water supply will recruit the bacilli IN
a few hours by millions aud scatter the
scourge in every direction. He says;
"Au uucleanly persons will be. when
summer comes. walking threats 10
their fellow men. In these circum-
stances it behO0ves their fellow men 10 see
that there are as few OF them as posi- ole
There is and can be no law compelLhg
men and women 20 battle their bodies with
a designated frequency, but IL is possioIe
bv law 90 afford them opportunities LOT SO
d0in,- Therefore every large American
CITY should establish before next summer
comes plentiful public BATHS conveniently
sifuated for access from the tenement as
tricts. and provided with as many modern
sanitary appliances as is pracucaole.
This would not be a measure OF phllan-
thrOphy. but OF necessary precautlon-
This Is a subject which every Amer
can Board Of Aldermen ought TO LOOK mo
between now and hot weather, and when
should be brought 10 theattention Oh every
State legislature in the nation.
But by far the most important prob
lem, next to general quarantine, which
presents itself In view Of the danger
OF cholera, is not personal cleanliness
but municipal cleanliness. lie says;
If the summer Of 1892 brings with il an
epidemic Of cholera It will oe OBSERVED az
terit has ended, that the cities with the
rleanest streets. the best sewerage systems
and the most thorough plan of sanitary m
sDecti0u were the ones 20 suffer least. No
evD.use- no labor should be spared IN the
effort ta keep Americas cities clean IN
every way.
Death no some hundreds or thousands of
human beings Is by mo- means the only pen
ATTY which an epidemic imposes. An eN-
tens.ve spread OF cholera i'm America next
summer would bring about material losses
SO great as 10 be beyond calculation. IL
would. iu any year, paralyze industries
more. 10 would ruin an enterprise. on the
success OF which every patrlouc American
has fixed his heart-the Worlds Fair at
Chicago.
Every city in America ought to put Itself
tbrorch q "spriuC house cleaning this
wear such as it never knew before Every
effort should be made TO avoid scare,
but. better vet, every eHOrt should DE maae
IN preveut Justification of a scare. The de-
nar,rnent of street cleaning in every e. OF
the Union should be put on its metlie ana
The method of disposal Of sar-oage should
beconsidered with gr-at care ana oettereu
- Dos.ible The plumbing of every city
should be bfougnt 20 state on perleS'lou;
,r.'er,.,ts should be OverhaUled and
cles1ed. Lodging houses should be sub
il..ted 10 the closest scrutiny. Beginning
how. before the cold weather has gone, and
before. therefore, the cholera can (prOba-
blvl be imported, every violation OF sanl-
tarv laws should be summarily and severely
punished.
If these things are done, " concludes
DR.. SuRADY-'ifAmerica and Americans
keep clean and thus attain high stan
dard Of health-we need not fear
cholera epidemic. But il, in the face Of
this seriously threatening danger, the
laws Of national, municipal aud individ-
uaI common sense are violated, we are
almost certain to receive a punishment
that will leave a black blot upon the
pages of American history"