Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-23
hle rnrnres OF the dlsease.

AS an example of shaking off old
fetters, adopting reforms and improved
methods, Berlin is the first among the
cities we have yet visited. With a
filter similar to that of Hamburg, Ber'
lin is assured of good water, and real
izing the equal Importance of good
drainage, has adopted system o1
"Riesel Fielder" or sewage farms
which are an absolute success. The
sewage is forced for miles out of the
city TO the sewage farms by means OF
pumping stations. l have enquired
carefully into the conditions of the
districts around these farms, and find
that the health of those living in the
locality does not suffer. The farms,
like everything else under the control
of the municipality, aie models and SO
perfectly managed that after visit to
one of them one is convinced that farm
ing is one of the fine arts.
The statistics showing the death rate
in Berlin from year to year as houses
and districts were added to the great
drainage system, and also the statis-
tics of the death rate before and after
building the filters, are intensely in
teresting, and prove conclusively that
neglect to provide perfect drainage
system and pure water supply are
dangerous in the extreme.
The municipality protects the con-
sumer in every possible way from the
use of adulterated food, diseased meats
and poor quality of food. They are all
inspected, whether sold in a store or
the large municipal market halls.
Three inspectors pass through the lat
ter daily. If anything is thought to be
unfit for use, it is sent to the police for
examination. Should the suspicion
prove we'll founded, the seller is fned
If ne offends second time the fine is
increased, and at third offense he is
deprived of the permit to sell.
All slaughtering must be done in the
municipal abattoirs, and inspection of
them is very interesting to the student
of good city management. and those
concerned in the health of the COM
munity. The buildings are solidly
erected of brick, and every inch of the
ground is paved except a small part
belonging to the uperintendent. After
passing through the large department
devoted to perfectly kept stables in
which the animals are stalled the few
days after arrival before they are kill
ed, we came to the division where the
work is done. 1t is laid out in Streets
on either side of which are long build
ings, divided into rooms where the |
Strengthening is done. The floors slant |
toward depression provided with out
lets into a sewer connecting with
pumping station, and ten minutes
after the animal is killed everything
has been scrubbed perfectly clean.
The hot day we visited the abattoir,
there was no more odor than in we'll |
kept city meat market, although thou
sands of animals had been killed there |
that week. Four samples of meat are |
taken from each animal and put in q |
mum bered box, which is sent to the |
la boratory, where large number of
expert psychologists make micro
scopic examinations. Several slides
are prepared from each of these four
samples, and the result of the eXamina-
lion is reported according to the num-
Der and the animal stamped good or
bad. The system of supervision is so
perfect that it is quite impossible for a
butcher to take away meat stamped
bad"
House building in Berlin is receiving
most careful attention. There are
iron-clad rules for builders and land
lords.
Thoroughly qualified police inspec-
tors are continually examining build
ings in process of erection to see that
the regulations are complied with.
Cellers in new buildings are no longer
as dwellings, and the number
of people to the size of the dwelling is
limited by law. The untold misery
averted by this measure can only be
known to those who have visited an
oyer crowded tenement house.
We have a great many lessons of |
practical work to learn from the care
full, painstaking Germans, whose thor
ough investigation of a problem,
weighing every point before under
taking to carry out "a scheme, has as
sured them brilliant success in so many
instances. Respectfully
FRANK R. HILL.
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