Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-10
Discussion of the Diseases Incl
dent to Poverty.
WHAT SCIENCE TEACHES
interesting and Valuable pauer bv SAINT
tRry Engineer O, T. Beaumont. Some
OF the Laws of Disease and Some
of the Theories,


esting paper on the relation of disease
TO poverty. The article is very appro-
pos at this time when the city is look
ing TO its proper sanitation, and con-
rams many valuable suggestions and
hints.
DISEASES INCIDENT TO POVERTY.
HaW'thorne regretted that we Should
ulVlue men into two classes and re-
Ter to them as ''those who have money
ana those who have not" He said we
Hilsnt as We'll classify men as those who
rave govt and those who have not, be-
cause the govt is sort of a bond Of union
among the rich. When we are told that
q man has the dyspepsia we don't reel
70 DC told that he is a high liver. SO.
perhaps, neuralgia might be looked IN
on as 4 Fashionable disease. Dr. John
son Sad 1t was the peculiar privilege of
me poor man to be eapuhy without the
aud or drugs. But, like all Other. IT.
.tiirpts 70 prove poverty a good thing.
hsa,,h ,a'i ~ me poor man can be
neaithy withoUt the use of drugs, hl1,
ne may have to get along without dug.
"hcn he is sick. Disease is Il greater
enemy of the poor man than Of the :ica
man. This is proved by the fact Nat
tne mortality among printers. frla 81
workers and men WORKING IN ct her
trades is two or three times as Heavy as
sni1fohS lawyers. ministers and doctors
enoush the mortality among doctors is
saM 60 pc higher than among other Drc
-~>'"i''ti iieli because OIL the great "
poSurc 10 communicable diseases
every trade has some disease which
serves as sort Of I; coat OF arms for that
trade. We hear OF painters collie"
potters ASTHMA. grinders asthma
una coal miners black lung We
t.en near OF knife grinders consump-
tlotl among those who have to bre;, rho
an atmosphere of fine steel dust for
tWcivc to fourteen hours a dav. Print
ers are subject to lead poisoning. Hat
.eIS nave to stand all day in /. room
with very high atmosphere and w:,Inr
up to the ankles.
!. is even SAID that the hair of conner
s,.''lnS sometimes turns green because
VI absorption of the copper acetate
lout II IS not my purpose to write of the
90. ~ incident TO trades. Some might
sH tncy We're not diseases incident to
poverty. Suffice it is to say every frty
slfou'u nave a sanitary inspector of
lactorlcs, who should see 10 it thu;
elS 1a'tory mas the best appliances
1or removing poisonous gases ~. IA,
sdl'ly ACCOMPLISHMENTS ard resnira
torS-lor protecting the eyes and ,unps
VI "ofknfcn, and a public bath FOR en-,
rloyes In occupations rarticI,l,rIx
dangerous Ito life and health, the l1ou,.
by law 1Nu''eso
&c II affa maintain slaughter house which
Is offensive to the nostrils Of &, thickly
poPulatcd community l maintain a mn
sancc, but what shall We call tia Ear
tory winch daily endangcrs the life ans
Aearlh oT IT'S employees?
Nhat are the diseases incident i,
p"NcrtS, independent of those diseases
lncfdcnt to trades? They are not 50 no
,iceaple IN Newport News as in ms
large cities: We must remember in
.1ls connection what has been called
rali -; y La" of Density" THE neare.
men live to each other uhe shorter .hnir
llvcs are We must also ren,e,,,hn,
lndt aN present 80 per cent of the unn
ul;ftlon OF the United States live in III,
dafge cities. A century ago it was only
per CENT. we are rapidly approach
ing the condition of European sociaty
where The city has swallowed IN ~.
St'fte y thousand perils," cried RI.
roman poet, "A thousand perils bose.
the great city" and he was right. II IS
~ lhc great cities that we meet the ex
1reneS of poverty, the great ,nnr.,1if,.
ara contamination of the evil ron1a
zen When she had absorbed the ponula
Ion OF Italy and became the center ~
corruption as Well as the center Of nil
Italy glory Paris has become France
=, ,'iu AZ farls1an caprice must France
pe governed. How long before il sho1I
DC said that New York or Chicago ,.nlas
america Our population is already
cohseSted. we are net only crowded
into large cities, but also crowded i,,,a
le" houses Statistics show that the
a,.,tr. -" W r. Guy I'VE on the av-
Irasc twenty persons to a dwelling
.Icss tnan 4 per cent. of the people If
.Se" YORK live in single houses. ana
they are the rich few They GET tne
sunshine, they get the best wate, sun
pls anu sewerage, which the city af-
Aol Us. 1Sut the tenement house is m,
poor mans home, if you call that b,ma
Wnere the father never by daylight secs
the faces OF his children EXCEPT ono (;av
- seven. y learned divine few years
aso investigated some Of the tenement
houss of New York He found . as
people living on one block ~ e,,.na
IN some cases fourteen or fifteen nenn,a
lying IN one room. This one room s.rv
"a as laundry, workshop, paror, Kitchen
ana bedroom. Is 1t any wonder ina;
W. Mu'i 'i, or the mortality of New
YORK CITY should occur in the TONS,
merits is it any wonder that the mar
tal!E IN the city is two or three tim = !!
as illSh as in the country? Is IL any
wonder that these people waste awav
uy .he thousands with what is known |
as 1 ,a,iem ,i rot & witness of the riot
Q! 1913 wrote soon after of thes. ;al1 !
9iltAw buildings as literally hives of |
Slckness ard Vice" The tenants had /
gathered on the sidewalk to see th. i've
he described the wretchedness. the dis
saSe ,o ,ne al drunkenness, the sir and
Streets as he walked them DURING, hose
hours or conflagratfon and riot was like
a fearful witnessing of THE day of Iudg-
ment, With every wicked thing reveal
ca, every hidden horror and abominl- /
iron laad bare before Hells expectant |
gaze.
When am asked to tell the diseases |
incident ITO poverty I mention scarlet I
icVer. Tiptheria and ALL those diseases
Whlcn depend for their restriction on
the isolation of the patient 1 menti,,,
a.: an diseases which are aggravated by |
impure air, overcrowding and soil con-
ANIMATION. / mention wasting dis