The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-19


want to act for the best interests of th
city regardless of editorial comment i
the daily papers. The time is arrivn
-now, however, for prompt action"
81 have never had so much trolley j
my head before in my life" remarke
Director Webster, "and want to ge
through with it. I hear nothing bu
trolley on all Sides" There, was a larg
attendance at the meeting.
Typhoid Fever In the United States.
For many years typhoid fever has had
wide spread Eotoriety In this country ant
has attracted n very considerable amount
of attention, compelling many communi
ties in sheer self defense to take measure
to control Its destructive inroads. Stats
tics Of the mortality from typhoid fever
within tho past few years are appalling in
their significance. and should tend to
arouse even the most ind lffsrant to a sense
of the constant menace to the public
health exercised by this fell disease. DR.
G. J, Hirth of Mi waukee. in tho Medical
Times, June 1898, states that in 1896 it wa:
shnwn'by the CENSUS that 5000 Deaths
had occurred directly and indirectly from
typhoid. Iu Philadelphia the first three
mouths Of the year 1893 witnessed the
death Of LIB ofits Inhabitants from this
malady, and at the present a violent cpl
demc of typhoid is playing havoc in tina
ily, The awful death rate among our
soldiers in camp during the late war with
Spain Is too fresh In our minds to nesd
much dwelling upon. DR. Osler, In his
eloquent addres to the Medical Society.
OF the State of New York, on Febr uary
1st, 1899, puts the situation in these forci-
BILE words: Last autumn this nation, in
the moment of victory. had rude
awakening, n sudden conviction, hard
lesson. A voice like that heard in Ramah
went up throughout the Iand-lamentA-
tons and weeping. and great mourning.
From Montauk Point to San Francisco,
from Minneapolis to Tampa, Rachels
weeping for their lads" This saddest and
most discouraging feature Of this conii-
tion of things is that with proper sanitary
precautions this holocaust might have
boen almost entirely prsven ted. and the
same may bs sail in regard to those places
where typhoid fever is endemic. As Pro-
fesso, Osler says the solution OF the prob
lem is easy. What has been done In
many parts ofEurope can be done here the
practical conviction of the people is all
that is neces 'ary. This fact has been
proved times without number. Munich,
Hamburg and Berlin stand out promi-
nently as striking illustrations In Ber-
lin perhaps he cleanest city in the world,
typhoid i unknown. From the Ohio SAM
itary Bulletin, May 1899
Now, Mr.. f iltor AM sure 1t IL made
plain by DR.. Osler that typhoid fever is
dirt disease. There is no typhoid fever In
q clean house, yard, alley and streets,
none in n clean city. mono on we'll kept
farm, having healthy cattle. pure water
and clean stables. 1t Is negligence to re-
move waste and filth of all kinds, and al
low filth to accumulate, this is what pro-
duces typhoid. Now 1t behooves our AL
'hofieieS W ChuSo our City W 10 pun III thc
best sanitary condition. How can this be
done. Pass nn ordinance requiring all
householdari to remove all waste from
heir cellars, and all parts of the dwelling.
yard, stable, If ,horo bo one, within ten
lays. For neglect impose fne of one
lundred dollars and costs;.ai for failure to
,ay go to Jail for three months. Let the
Board clean up this place, and let the cost
made in tho examination of water. milk,
marsh mud and etc, is good in measure
Tut what Is needed is work. Then clean
Up, get rid of all waste in dwellings, yards,
lleys and streets, stables, factories and
butcher shop. Clean up and use lime
,lentifully. Then look out for the dairy.
nan. SEQ that his cattle are healthy,
abius clean, food good, no slops, then
avo pure water. DO this and typhoid /
viii disappear from our city and state II
he Bra ndywine water is impure, it is
nsy to find out tho cause. Go up AS far as
'oatcsvllle, Pa then oxamiae the condi :
ion of things on eac h side of tho stream
nd you will find there is enough OF waste
'a,lied and thrown into it 10 Ill it with
otsonous microbes The old theory Is that
o.u.od wator purifes itself after run
ing oyer rocks and sand for n few miles,
ut tbs Is not true. Typhoid bactllli will
oat on the surface OF q stream creek or
ver for five hu adrei miles, and then be
Jumped up into n ro.cvoir Of II Town. and
oculate tho;a who drink the water.
uppose the bacillus of typhoid Is founl
milk or n spring OF water, what has
sen gainedP Why nothing, only that
rt in the milk and fifth in tn, spring
atsr. caused ths g,rm of typhoid. So
III will obs,rve that If the milk was kept
Are, and the spring water, not poll uted,
germ would exist in either. So it is
ident if HOUSES, stables factories,
reefs, lanes. alleys were kept clcal as ii
Drln the germ would not exit. SO in
o dairy farms, keep every thing c'eln, ,
I'd sec that well water streams and {
rings are not polluted with waste, then ,, ,
ere will be no typhoid germ. The cause I
dirt, waste, nl;h not removed and buru' !
Remove the waste and dirt and [
will DO vol. Oar city Il dirty. Shame. ! !
II. b. FRAZER. i
/, 1t q buru2 Use DR.. Thomas Eclectrio