The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-17
WHAT PEOPLE SAY


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WHY DOES CONSUMPTION IE-
CHEABE.
Tho report Of the bosrd of health
reveals the startling prsva Hence ~
that dread disease. consumption.
1 The determination Of the board 10
DO everything within It's power 20
prevent the spread Of the disease
ana to eradicate u az far az pos-
Hible f. most commeudnhlc. but
Fueh efforts should be- supplemented
| by the adoption and enforcement n
measures for ~ prevention 60 well
a. itH suppression and sfadicution
After Il has once fastened its hold
upon tho people Il ia NOT an easy
matter 20 aTterfuiuate a.
No doubt sanitary conditions are
largely responsible FOR the fright
ful percentage Of consumption in
dieated 70 s1iht BY the report Of
the board Of health That tho meas
uren which IL hag IN contemplation
VIII 20 a long way toward checking
the spread Of the disease may not
be questioned. but IN Themselves
they are insufficient There r. an
other and more important nsces-
sity. which must not be overlooked,
and that IL proper ventilation.
There f. but little danger that a
pcrson Will become q couHumptiys
II his lungs are fed constantly with
good. pure. wholesome air that con-
tains the highest possible percentages
81 oxygen. because Oxygen and con-
sumption DO not go hand IN hand.
In fact. the usual prescription Of q
physician for those who are af-
ricted with this terrible disease Ia
one which directs them - 10 into
country where they will be able 10
give tho lungs an unlimited supply
81 pure air. and through this pre-
ecription many are benefited. and,
n the hold OF the disease Is not too
fast. eventually cured. II this 10
true after infection, how Infinitely
more 30 10 II before the lungs are
infected No place in the world
has "a more bountlfui supply OF good,
wholesome air than our own city.
Bat the difficulty lee IN not being
able 70 impress upon people the
necessity for using this afr prop
crly and ebundantly. They either
do not have any ventilation al all.
or they have Il by methods that are
dangerous. II they DO rot have II
at all the lungs are necessarily
starved. and II they have Il By open
windows or other similar methods
other diseases take the place OF
| lung starvation or consumption. 10
must therefore become apparent 10
/ every thinking man that one Of The
/ greatest requisites IN the prevention
| OF consumption r. q proper supply
| OF pure air. which Is obtained with
/ out subjecting the body 10 even tia
slightest draft This can only Be
accomplished 10y a system Of ven-
tnation which while Il permits the
required amount Of pure air TO enter
I tho rooms in which We live and
! breathe, Also permits OF the entry
Of that air without draft As .
complement 10 proper inlets for
pure air 10 IL neceEEary that there
I 30 proper outlets for the impure air.
I This IL especially true where sew
T ernl people are breathing the air Of
one room. because II one person 10
afflicted with any contagious dis
ease Il II obvious that the repeated
/ breathing OF the confsminaisd air
must certainly infect the others.
And there iA no disease Of which
this is more strikingiy true than the
one which IS now occupying the
earnest consideration OF the board
I Of health, as well as all medical
men.
There are theories upon theories
regarding che subject of ventilation.
but no practical proof OF the purity
Of the air through any particular
system has been produced By ths
advocates OF such system.
There is no better preventive or
remedy for consumption than pure
air. which can only be obtained
through proper ventilation.
WM. sCHAREWEBER,
Expert on Ventilation.