The Washington herald., 1908-08-03

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bility on The architect. involving the plac-
Ing OF buildings so as to secure the best
light and air and the securing Of a water
supply free from typhoid Infection IN
the interest Of such work Dr- Toluan IS
spending the sumner n Germany study
Ing the advanced methods practiced BY
that nation IN the housing Of its factory
workers
Factory and mining towns are keerly
alive 10 any movement that viii tend 70
make happier and healthier conditions
among their employees Toward the end
oS bringing about such conditions. several
Pennsylvania cities have sent abroad a
committee TO investigate the home life Of
the alien people from whom most Of their
mine workers are drawn With packs or
their backs. Prof Edward A Steiner OF
Iowa University, and ten volunteer stu
dents have gone 10 Old World countries
there TO spend a year studying the people
81 their own homes. amid accustomed en-
virurmeuts- Then these men viii come
back 10 America and go 10 work as in
terpreters in mining fields under the su-
pervision Of the Y NJ c. A Through
them the progressive employers who
tathered the movement hope 20 come
closer TO their employees. understand them
better. and 50 Be able to more intelligent
i instruct them i4 matters pertaining 10
Their moral welfare and a more hygisuic
manner Of living.
IN a list Of occupations that are fnfmicaI
10 the health the United States Census
Once shows q high percentage Of deaths
among -four and EriSr millers. the rate
being -5-6 per thousand for all disease
with The greater number OF deaths due 70
disease Of the nervous system Coopers
have percentage Of IS per thousand,
and three out Of every thousand Of these
die OF tuberculosis tuberculosis creates
its greatest havoc among marble and
stone cutters. according 10 the census
figures, al per thousand being the rec
ord SIX times as great q percentage as
among bankers and brokers' Despite the
great hue and cry raised IN regard 10 the
effects OF cotton factory work on vital
statistics. this report shows that the
death rate of employees in textile factories
IS IS per thousand, the lowest in a given
list Of rWenty-three occupations known
10 be unheaItafgI-
Apropos Of the question Of factory by
giene and the death rate Of employees. a
Chicago physician has declared that do
nestle service IS far more inim:czI 10
health than IS factory life This is Alex
aoder II Wilson. head Of the Chicago
tuberculosis Institute. and the statement
was made before the Woueu's Trade
Union League q few weeks ago. he has
carefully compiled statistics in proof Of
this assertion. and declares that the az
erage home in which a domestic servant
works nowadays is richer in death-CeaI-
ing germs than is the average factc-y
His figures show that the death rate from
tuberculosis IS vastly higher among serv-
ant girls than among factory girss. ana
points out as causes the long hours. the
low wages. the almost total lack Of out
dco- life. the poor living quarters usually
given comestics. AID the great change Of
temperature from the overheated kitchens
10 the underhsated sleeping rooms This
IS q point on which every one should re-
feet, for the greater number OF women
wage-earners are domestics.
The personal element Of the worker fig
E-es greatly in such reports III health
attributed 20 certain occupations has
often been found due TO alcoholism. and
when alcoholism prevails TO any great
extent among the workers OF any certain
class investigation will show whether the
vice came from overworlz, from associa-
ton. or from natural or inherited ten
dencies- Water. soil pollution. and food
have all played important parts IN the
health OF the factory worker, and often
broken down employees. when their cases
have been investigated. have been found
70 Be united for the work because OF
health already impaired by intemperance.
vice. improper food, and inssBitary home
conditions Textile operators in the South
en- mills generally d-av-D from I5har is
known as the poor whites" Of the hill
regions, were found 10 be anemic, iudO-
lent, united generally for work. and the
n-st reason ascribed was that OF the con
dnement and vitiated air OF the work
rooms More airy rooms and the intro
duction Of humidifers 10 allay the Jrou-
bic from flying lint. more modern houses,