Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-09
The Upper Ten and Lower Five
Sections of the City
FROM SANITARY STANDPOINT
Expert. What is Necessary to be Done
More Industries Needed. How Th.y
Fleet n City's Property.


people have 1 right To protest against
any demand On phcm unless there be
promise Of profitable returns ana u de-
mand of the authorities the protection
OF their lives. their health ana Their
fortunes. The real health Of Il people
is not counted by its god. silver or its
acres. IheS" are sources Of material
and physical greatness. above these rs
high as the heavens are above the earth
as simpler question Of value is III"
health Of the people Here is The man
hood, the real civilization. the sources.
VI It's content. happiness nEtl its SouI
Will toward men, The best interest Of
the government is absolutely dependent
on the family relation and these on the
Godlincss good order and cleanliness
Of the indiyiIual The greater part of
the wcaith Of Il nation is that incoma
which is The Outcome Of national health.
Public health then should he of the first
consideration 10 the government anl
should have the first consideration Of
the administrative powers.
The prosperity of the government is
the aggregate Of the average prosperity
vi its citizen and every increase Of in
dlVldual prosperity. every do lar earned
by the citizen is 50 much earned for The
government. u every detraction from
the individual prosperity Of his town
or his money. Or even his life is so
much taken from the government cap
ltal. And equally true is ii that all
man earns over enough for his living IS
so much addct! to tho public capital: or
thHt his living costs mare from any
cause than his earnings that deficit is
that much less u the government So
then in the case OF il productive. inGi-
vidual his death is i Withlr.. wal Of 50
much productive industry from the
government. or in case Of sickness the
suspension OF such income as tina
would come from his labors if he were
in good health. And SO it follows that
as to mans ability TO make available
the forces OF mature and the resources
Of the country viii be the value Of the
lands and that any detraction from the
citizens ability is that dctraction from
the lands value
2Nl,TS AND Sciences
The advance made in the arts ana
sciences. tho incidents of the war
and the destruction Of life by disease
i'll the great armies of the world ana
the great epidcnlics. first lead the way
to the study of sanitation. The appall-
ing disasters BY disease III the late
Spanish campaign is a lesson for deep
study by military s;!nitar!ans. The raw
ages Of typhoid fever in badly vcnti-
lated ship holds and camps should IN
vlte the attention of our leading s;lni-
t;ry physicians. All thanks to the press
throughout the land is Advocating IL
system that has been adopted q,y every
enlightened government ana taught in
most of our universities.
SANITARY SCIENCE
Whether sanitary laws are disobcycd
through ignorance, carclcsSncss or per-
VcrSltN by yourself or nei:shbor. puniSh-
ment comes ana IS as apt TO strike the
innocent the guilty. Indeed, in many
instances it is the innocent especially
who suffer. FOR il seems that there is
to some extent an immunity from till!,
diseases in individuals and families
who do not know what it is to be clean.
They hcco'ine acc!imatel to their sur
roundings and thrive in Il filth which
would Sckcn and xii! more sensitive
and highly organized natures. TO these
they become producers and purvcyOrS
or diseases from which they may be
themselves exempt
The lahvs of life and health are daily
becoming more clearly known an, east
er to comprehend and it is the duty
OF the salitarian to bring them to the
knowledge OF the authorities and public
through such means as the Daily Press.
But also. the traditions and the prcju
dIccs OF centuries are hard to eradicate
and, although the ear Of this generation
can DE reached by the prora ganda 81
sanitation, the truths of its teaching
usually require severe lessons to i'm
press them upon the hearts and lives
OF the people. IN Spite of discourage
1nents from wilful ignorance. or worse
Sill, fatalstc Indifference, modern
sanitary science breaches and fights its
crusad: for the preservation Or heal II
ana the pro!nnSinS OF life. with conf
dence inspired by q righteous cause ard
the assurance OF final victory.
SURFACE DRAINAGE.
Inc surface drainage of our city is
far from perfect. That section known
as the lnarshy ground contains Il large
amount Of vegetable matter from TIL.
decomposition Of which under certain
& conditions Of soil ana temperature is
developed the malaria! poison. 1T is
positively demonstrated that this poison
IS eliminated from water by filtration
through the soil and no nalarial dis
a ease can DC traced to 4 vel! or spring
]. untaintcl BY a direct inflow from the
II surface. Thus natures process may be
VI successfully inflated ana artificial fl
II ~ o!'Ni l! I'!ltlictttl. tiiip!u pro
u lection against lnaiarill poison in drink
%4 Ing water.
# have visited the upper ten and the
81 lower 1ivcs. o.. the different sections oc
this city, in the preparation of this ar
3asticic. In the former section have
found many unsanilary conditions,
which the prudent ana careful house
4sVltc could easily remedy, viz: the do
3 ing away with old boxes and barrels as
FIJI garpaS" rcccptac!cs and providing
metal reccElaG!es with lignI lids which