Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-11
VENTILATION
Of STREET CARS.
s,Ai,et That is Attracting Wide
'''' .oread Attention in This
Country.
M MONJARA'S OBSERVATIONS
,.,,,lts That Foul Air Transmits
'' nl.,,se.--why Smallpox is Pre-
yalent in Winter

,.s,tngton. D. c., Aug The
Us and general endorsement
gls n the press has given to the ef-
WY s n the metropolitan boards OF
,O .I,, 10 secure better ventilation for
H,a a, cars and railway passenger
SUI sue az an initial step toward the
'Oas '.yenent of the ventilation Of all
pDr si. utilities, has apparently not only
p ',,sa popular interest In this subject
,so United states, but is attracting
,n,on from foreign municipal au"
,.,,tss and health specialists People
Nv, so would be Mortified at being con-
o,ad even for a short time In a room
'',,hout ventilation, submit to being
,',aoa toeether in almost Theoretically
lid street cars where they innate
~, onlv the breath of the heterogen-
'.,s crowd OF passengers but the
dimes obnoxious odors clinglng to the
,Io,bmg of those engaged In certain oc-
.nostions. Dr. j, L. Monjaras, of the
c',y ~ Mexico, probably the leading
Veylcan authority on TINS suDJeet, ana
nersonal friend Of Surgeon, General
waiter Wyman Of the United states
marine hospital service, VINO mas Deen
ooiortained at his beautiful Mexican
some has written interestingly on the
illumination Of the air under such
Jrcumstances, treating not only OF
,be danger of Infection but OF the I'M
nlea@ntnNss attending the inhalation
pf The various doors arising from q
mass OF human beings
MoNJARNs OBSERVATIONS.
o,lan himself constitutes one of the
most nowerful elements in the contain
ination of the atmosphere writes the
Mexican physician, the products OF
HE breathing are poisonous, the gases,
vsnors Of water, Intestinal gases, per-
snIration. the parasites and parts of the
stln Itself when taken off, some specl-
Az micrpbe organism when the dweller
suffers or Is troubled with any disease
vhlch may be transmitted through the
air, the blood or pus from wounds not
entirely healed, the articles and sub
stances which he uses for his FOOD
comfort. or toilet, the cigar etc. the
IMPURITIES adhering to his clothes, or
shoes, the particles, the flbers which
constantly come off from goods, from
furniture or from carpets, which, be-
inc crushed and reduced TO powder by
the feet, mmgle with the air. The
greater the number Of dwelers or
visitors I'm given place becomes the
more liable TO decomposition the air OF
such place viii be.
once we have succeeded in per-
celylng, through our senses, the pres
ence OF carbonic acid IN given place,
for Instance, theater church, etc.
the rcsprable air which, according To
hygenc principles must be pure, Will
then contain nm enormous quantity Of
germs organic bodies, In a state OF
decay deleterous gases, which Will
tend TO provoke a peculiar susceptibility
on the part Of the visitors to contract
this or that infectious disease, and will
even engender the same"
From his observations and study Of
the subject as set forth al considerable
ltngth Dr. Moniaras draws a number
Of deductions. one OF them 10 the eff
feet that when rooms or cars are &C.
cupled by persons suffering from con-
tagous diseases, the air may be the
main vehicle for the transmission OF
such diseases to other persons accord
lng TO the nature OF the disease, as for
instance, influenza, scarlet fever, small
poS diphtheria, etc.
SMALLPOX IN WINTER.
Commenting on this feature OF Or.
Monjaras' remarks, a medical officer
OF the United states marine hospital
service said today. Smallpox Is gem
orally recognized as winter disease
bul Il IL doubtful II many people realize
why II Is much more prevalent In vim
Ter thPn In summer In the summer
the windows are open and the air is
constantly IN circulation. In the vim
Ter II IS The reverse and the germs have
much greater opportunity to attack and
conditions are much more favorable
lot their propagation. Smallpox Is
much more Infectious in hot closed
SPACE IN winter than IN an open, well
ventilated place I'm summer. Conse-
qPntly even N person whose cloth
lhg was imDrcgnated with smallpox
germs should ride about the city In an
open street car there would not be
very much danger TO those sitting near
hlm' but the same person in winter
Gar with the windows down and doors
closed would be liable to infect every
passenger. Light and air are fatal to
germs and that Is why smallpox flour
hnes most in badly-llghted, illy-ven-
mated homes from which the germs arc
carried IN the clothing OF the inmates
ana spread by contact I'm public places