The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
Typhoid Fever.

Prof. Vaughan, of New York, makes
some interesting statements concerning
typhoid fever, based upon official reports
in this and other countries. In this coun-
try there are annually about 500, 900 cases
of the disease, of which $4,000 terminate
fatally. The cost of these cases. esti-
mated in dollars, and not including physi-
clans fees, is about $64 900, 600 All of
these great losses of lives and money,
Prof. Vaughan says, are caused by COM
plant that is very well understood and
may be prevented, and he asks why it is
not prevented.
Impure water and bad sanitary ar
rangements are the causes of typhoid, the
professor says, and these matters can
certainly be attended to by municipali-
ties. AS an illustration of what may be
done by city towards preventing disease,
he cites the successful efforts of the city
of Munich, Bavaria. From 1852 to 1853
| the annual death rate from typhoid
fever in that city was 24.2 per / 200.
| There were no sewers, no public water
| supply, and the sanitary arrangements of
| the houses ''were almost too disgusting to
| describe" The consequence was that
the place was very hotbed of typhoid.
| In 1889 sanitary reforms were introduced
sewers were constructed, a pure water
supply provided and the condition of the
houses improved. The result of these
reforms was that in 1884 the death rate
| from typhoid fever had dropped to !. A per
| thousand.
Prof. Vaughan thinks that if the towns
| and cities of the United States would see
to it that their supplies of drinking water
! were pure, the number of deaths from
| typhoid fever would drop off as much as
| 10000 year, at least, and if house drain
age systems were made perfect, the de-
| crease would be even greater. Savannah
has already secured an abundance of
water as pure as that enjoyed by any city,
and there is no doubt that the public
health has been benefited by it. What
she now needs is good house drainage
! system. She has never been greatly
troubled by typhoid fever. Still she has
been afflicted by it to some extent of late
years. With good house drainage sys-
tenn she would seldom have a case of it.
The New York Press must be the organ
of the most stupid and prejudiced classes
in the Republican party, to judge from
! the character of STUFF to be found in its
! columns. In recent issue it stated as a
fact that Congressman Wilson and his
| tariff bill have within a week been the
| causes of the loss of more than 1000 900
TO West Virginia, and then explained that
a number of men who had projected 1.-TWO
companies with capital of 5000. 900 each
to open up coal mines and lumber camps
in West Virginia" met last week in Gin
cinnah. At the meeting "the Wilson bill
and its probable effects" were discussed,
when it was unanimously decided to "in-
definitely postpone action" If every pro-
! jected scheme that falls through is to be
counted in a states losses, there is not a
state in the union but loses billions Of
dollars every year.
If the deposed Queen of Hawaii can
hire in Canada men enough to overthrow
the provisional government and replace
her on the throne, it is her privilege to do
SO, and the United States government has
nothing to do with it, The queen was
turned out by a foreign force under official
orders, but the act has been disavowed.
If she can recruit an army in foreign
country without the official knowledge
and sanction of the government of that