The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-01-03
A Wolais View Of Sanitation
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tignth street, Mrs. u, 81. john Canine.
presided, and introduced the speake
of the day. Mrs. John n. Judge, VIII,
read paper on the Health Depart
ment.
The grandest word in our Ian
guage." said Mrs. Judge, lis our wor,
health. We may gain riches, but with
out health We have nothing; IL is tn,
golden treasure, once lost, seldom re
covered. The health of the nation 1.
the health of the individual, and there
fore We have come in this country &c
realization that each communit,
must have its Board of Health TO reg.
ulate and keep sound the body of tn,
individual. The definition of health
which appeals to me as most satisfac.
tory Is tina. 1t is soundness OF the
body: a normal bodily condition. Good
health H. change; bad health is mo-
notony."
The SPEAKER said that TO England we
owe the foundation OF the Health De-
partment, aud stated that in this coun-
try attention was directed to the mat
ter OF public health in 1850 by a print
ed report, written by Samuel Shattuck
OF Massachusetts,. a layman. In which
was set forth details about health and
sanitary conditions and pleading for
the concerted efforts OF State Boards
OF Health.
She spoke at length OF the Sanitary
Commission, which operated during
the civil war and which was founded
by small body of New York women
In Cooper Union. Mrs. Judge con-
tinued:
When | reflect that in Greater New
York We have 100000 persons. OF
whom about 100000 are native born.
100000 Germans, $4,000 Irish, 200. OOV
English and Scotch, 10000 Russians,
Poles and Austrians. mostly Hebrews.
the question of how to keep them clean
staggers me. But not so our Board OF
Health, for through its perfectly Or
ganized plans these people are kept in
check and their general health better
than in their native countries. The
health OF New York Is better than that
OF any other city In the world. The
most important feature in this city's
growth affecting the Health Depart
ment is the tenement house. There.
at this time, live 100000 people who
require and receive careful supervision.
The new conditions arising are met as
they come up. Not many years hence
the people will bless this generation
for the thOughtfulness expressed
through our Health Boards.
THE next immediate and great re-
form should be in keeping our rivers
and streams free from pollution which
Is constantly pouring into them. The
smallest stream In the country place is
looked upon as a natural sewer and our
country gentlemen have an elaborate
system OF pipes and valves in their
homes on the hill slopes, directed into
drain which Is laid to the nearest
stream, and SO on until the metropolis
is met, and there at the foot of every
few streets Is a vent for delivering in.
to the waters which surround our city
the sewerage Of our houses. The
cities on the Hudson do as we do. Still
we consume the ice which is harvested
In winter from this body OF polluted
water. Look at New York, our water.
encircled city. The circles should BIZ
as pure as they were hundreds Of
years ago and not the band OF dirty
dark, polluted liquid such as we sec
now. Look at the Harlem river It 1,
a huge sewer. and when the fats arv
bare at low tide what a sight Is pre-
scented and what a warning given us
The turning OF this river into a shiI
canal to be deepened and made fast
flowing body OF water will help but mo-
cure. The problem OF burning all mus,
be solved at once. The first cost
should not prevent us from doing this
at once.
"Our Health Department cannot ac.
oomplish Its great work alone. Every
citizen must put forth his and her in.
dividual effort to obey the sanitary
laws Of life and OF the board. We must
keep our authorities posted on what
we know Is for the general good. We
must look to 1t that our own household
Is In sanitary condition. The Health
Department OF this city owes more Ia
the Woman's Health Protective Asso-
citation than to any other organization
or body, and II is proud to acknowledge
that Indebtedness, and when its men,
bers appear before that body they re-
ceive the closest attention and their
views are acted upon"
Mrs. Judge concluded with the FOL
lowing tribute to Col. Waring:
THE Health Protective Association
has had close contact with the Street
Cleaning Department, a close ally to
the Health Department, and there we
met the greatest OF men, who has late
ly laid down his life in his efforts to
tell us how to preserve our health and
life. We have all read his wonderful
reports on the systems of the world TO
better the cleanliness OF our elites and
marvelled at his keen conception OF
conditions and his mastery OF them.
New York City owes more to the late
Col. Waring for its health and wealth,
its brightness and comfort, than 10 any
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