The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04
HEALTH,

Inc inappropriate uhuAo vi th
swamp" In eontradistlu elton to tn
bills of Mississippi has fixed upon til,
Delta an undeserved notorIety - tb,
home Of mAlaris. There is no mort
malaria in It than there was in th'
orsiries OF Illinois when they were flrsl
cleared and settled. IN NJ CIV clearing
here as we'll az elsewhere with tb,
surroundings of deGsyiug Veget alton
forests Of rOHing trees aud watcl
courses choked and stagnant, malaria
diseases are inevitable. They arc tn
accompaniment of the conquest OF
natu-e, That there is nothing inner
entity unwhoiesQne IN the climate Is
proved by the experiences 3t persons
living on the plantations along the
river, which have long been cleared
aud cultivated, and ip the city OF
6EssnYiIle, in which malRrial affcS-
lions arc a. F&Fn 4s Nv any other oarl
Of the South, The impression 10 genera
oven among residents, that the Summer
otthe Delta is more unwholesome SEQ
son than winter. Ever since the set
Element of the country 1t has been the
practice OF ths Wealthier citizens to
send their families each summer TO
mountainous countries, sea beaches,
springs, and different health aud
pleasure resorts at q distance, This
custom has become fixed by long
habit, although experience has fully
demonstrated that such trips, how
ever agreeable from the standpoint OF q
pleasure seeker, 4re by no means nee
csSsary to the preserVStioI Of Death
Il iGR tact well known TO physician,
that the season most dangerous TO
health IN this climate, as iu GImost al
others, IL The winter aud early spring
with iIs sudden atmospheric chaDxt
aud violent transitions Oftemperature
Were IL uot for the sudden cold cur
Ients ofair WHICH brush the Delta DC
cAsiOnally from The Norlbwesl--tht
friuges Of those bliBzsrds which SWEEP
over the plains aud pralries Of kansas
Nebraska aud Missour--the winters
of this region would scarcely ever
knoW q temperature low enough to
produce leo. The normal tempera.
turo Of the Delta, oven in mid-wintei
Ia one of summer miIdness; but iAl-
iS liable to extremely sudden changes
by reason of these storms from The
northwest; and there is greater NOR
Iality from pneumOEis snd Kindred
diseases ut that season than from any
affection In the summer OF
'All. The even temperature from Nay
until Noyenbsr insures a heallhful
aud Its grAdEsl rise into
Iunmer heat aud decline into the de.
ightfgl autumn weather can DO pro-
'ided for, while il ia almost imp $751;
Die to guard sgaiust tho yiglegl ex.
remeS of winter and spring.
While pneumouia " common, 1t is
nevertheless a singular fact that VA
ives of tho Delta enjoy almost COM
'lsie immunity from consumption,
be Se9uFgs Of the northeast. Even
u families whose natural heritage II
., Its appearance Ia rare; aud cases
lmost without number might be cil-
d in which persons suffering from the
lsesse, even IN al advanced from,
ave come tG The Delta aud not only
covered entirely, DHt liysd long ash
Give lives.
Within the past ten years three
Idles haze died in Greenville, Quo at
1, one at 95 aud oAe Rt 96 years OF
&c, each Of whom had spent RlmOs
er entire life in Washington county.
Lany other examples of advanced age
nItsd 10 good health exist in the
'untry today. An eEapipation OF tho
of the last census shows
at the death rate of certain nor
ern states per thousand of popula. {
Oh 10 as follows. Minnesota, 1l,VS; :
lchigan, 1924; Wisconsin, ILL; II
diana, III OF; llliuois, 1888; Maine, II
10; MASSACHUSETTS,, 204G; Vermont, a
81; New Hampshire, 1883; Con (
cticut, 1887; New York, 2O52; I
'nnSylyAuis, 1888; New Jersey, 9
90. The highest death rate shown
any Southern State is that OF Vir- |,
ala, with 1902 to the thousand. b
10 death rate OF Mississippi is 11.6S. o
ON q carefully tabulated statement n
, death rate in the Yazoo- Missis #
p Delta is shown 10 be l2.6I,-thIs a
rease over The state rate being due ii
our large negro population, among b
ON the 9esLh lSso g!fnvariatly tc
b ID S1I IocAiftfef III