Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-10-06
NEED OF SANITATION.
Look Oat Fer Microbes Of Deadly
Disease.
Some Sound Advice on the Pres
eryation Of Sound Health
in the Home.

-ary surroundings which have cause
t so much disease and death in the arm
n since the outbreak of the recent wal
a have served to call attention afresh I
9 the necessity of a better knowledge O
- health laws in this country Tha
/ which has happened in camp is 1iabl
5 to happen at home. Instances of ur
:. sanitary home life attract slight al
r tentiOn, owing to their isolation Sucl
T instances occurring in camp are Civ
en- publicity promptly. Indisputabl
: scientific discoveries have demonstrate
= ed that germ life plays the leadin:
: role in practically all of the disease:
of the human body.
| A person with a sound constitution
an active liver, normal skin. healthy
kidneys, and strong heart action, is il
: little danger from germs. Germs lie IN
wait for weak people. There are two
things they do not like One is sun
shine. The other is open air The ga1
ret with its bats and owls, its cobwebs
and dust and debris. is an ideal health
resort compared with the cellar dark.
dingy and damp with its decaying veg
etables and muSty smells The musty
whiff which comes from hidden hooks
in the cellar is populated with a flock
of disease germs compared to which
the frogs which We're sent to plague
| Egypt were but a very lonely comnany
In famous lecture, Henry Ward
| Beecher once said:
''The thoughtless farmer permits his
p0taltoes to rot in the cellar The aris-
| ing miasma finds its way through the
| floor and permeates carpets and fur
| niture and beds. Baby falls sick with
fever and presently is carried ten
| derly away TO its tiny mound in the
! cemetery. Its grief stricken parents
mourn for season and finally become
| reconciled with the consoling thought
that It is ali somehow a prividence of
God. 1t is no such thing. God has had
nothing to do with it, 1t is all due to
rotten potafoes'
Sunli@ht kills germs within a short
time. Germs are not found in noun
tain unlands. They must have moiS-
ture. dampness and darkness They
rnTItinlv in the dark. damp cellar
where neithersunshine nor air currents
ir'vsdeto mOlest them. It is there they
feaSt and set I'D their colonies and
'ningle in myrid forms fions. have
heir empires and renublics and des-
rNotisms and send forth their armies
md navies seeking whom they may de- |
r-o11r. XerXes. Hannibal. Alexander |
Nanoleon We're tov soldiers and their
+he myriads of germs that one unsan-
f-ary cellar is carahIe of turning ont |
''hn germs 10 he found in n barrel of |
~ottino anDleS would outnumher all of |
he soldiers that have carried deadly |
vean0nS since the davS of Adam. The |
7fof'''ch of man. diseased with dvs- |
"enS1a. contains germs. greater in mum |
her than all the hosts who fought on
10Th sides during our civil war of 1861
= The basement of every residence
should be provided with means for ner
hitting the free circulation of air be
Meath the floors. and in all passage
ways. closets and cuddv holes. A wise
nrecaufion against damp stagnant air
N dwellings is TO start little blaze on
The hearth for a short while every
SDring and summer day. In winter |
Germs do not multiply as they do in |
warm weather. The winter fire on the
hearth and the warm indoor air brings
about a constant change of air in the
dwelling. Untidv housekeenerS often |
empty kitchen slops about the kitchen
door in warm weather. where scraps
of vegetables, meats and fruit are per-
mitted to lie and decay. Decay is
caused by germs which attack these
of matter When decay at. |
tacks an apple or scrap of meat or
bread, it means that there are present
more germs in it than can be counted
by single individual in very long
line. These myriadS of germs may be |
depended upon to come back and
plague the untidy housewife who de
loslted her scraps in the kitchen yard
Perhaps typhoid or malarial fever will
-laim some one of the household
ean1iness is next to Goodness The
'leaner and purer and sweeter the :
ion. the greater will be the security :
rom disease. Clean in person, clean
n wearing apparel. clean in cooking
Utensils, clean milk vessels-cleanli- l
Eess should reign supreme if we would
NHrricade against disease
Water plays double role in the mat 6
er of sanitation. Pure water is an es- i
entail in cleansing, purifying, and I
tim ulating the human body 1t is es- |
ential in the disposal of sewage. 1t is c
senttal as a beverage. On the other G
and water is the most potent ally of t
errn life. which cannot subsist unaid |
d by water. Water at rest soon be- {
ONES over populated with germs and /
tagnates
A pitcher of water left standing ov- @
+ night becomes so laden with germs
s to unfit it for drinking purposes. /
When the germs of typhoid fever \
tart on their missions of death about II
neighborhood, they sometimes follow i,
treams of water. Milk peddlars who q
7ash their cans in infected water of
IN carry typhoid germs into many Il
ONES. The excretion of typhoid pa a
nets should be rendered harmless by =
eat or some powerful disinfectant to ,.
revent the possible spread of the dis f
ase. Spoons and other vessels used in -
living medicines to diptheria and 9TH
r patients should be diSinfected with
ne utmost care. A knowledge of this
rincipal requirement is esential to
lfety. History records an instance s.
here a famous queen lost her life Fl
trough unwise1y kissing the lips of b
er babe which had just died of dip b
leria- An ounce of prevention is n
orth more than a pound of cure. 1t a
ften occurs that porters are seen h
weeping out passenger coaches and G
eeping cars while they are filled with c.
aople. Germs contained in the sputa %
consumption and other diseased T.,
arsOns are thus sent flying with the n
uSt and are breathed into the lungs f,
others. School rooms should be II
renovated at the close of o.
ich day, as otherwise the disease II
armS deposited in the Sputa are liable M
do harm. Consumption is often con- b,
acted by those who nurse infected OF
rtientS, af act beyond question due 81
a lask of proper precautions. 1t is III
)ssible for the germs to be inhaled T
trough the lungs after the sputa, 81