The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-09
NORTH YAKIMA DIRTY;
FLIES ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
Typhoid Rate Here Is Highest of
any Place i'm the World.

People die of typhoid in North Yak
ina at the rate of $50 to every 1O0,-
900 according to figures compiled
from the death statistics of the past
two years. Among the dirty, ignor-
ant negroes of the Gulf states the
death rate from typhoid is only 80
per 100000. The average typhoid
death rate for the United States is
33 per 100000. The typhoid death
rate in Berlin and some of the other
European cities is only 3 per 100, 900.
These figures, quoted by Prof. Me-
lander in his talk on 'PreVentable
Diseases" at the Yakima theatre last
night under the auspices of the city
health department, would make 1t APP
pear he said, that instead of being
one of the cleanest cities in the world,
North Yakima is one of the dirtiest."
People Show Interest.
North Yakima is interested in the
public health. The 500 or more peo-
pie who turned out to hear what Prof.
dent. They listened with attention
and gave him hearty applause at his
conclusion.
Prof. Melander hopes that before
much time goes by the federal gov
eminent will take as much interest in
the people who raise apples as in the
apples they raise. Today it appro-
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nually in instructing people how to
raise the almighty dollar through its
Department of Agriculture, and not
one cent in teaching people how to
keep well. He believes that there
should be a government department
of health, and that is should send out
bulletins as does the Department of
Agriculture to enlighten ignorance
and teach the prevention of disease.
When that times comes about people
will no longer catch cold, have the
grip. pneum onia. typhoid or any other
of the diseases which are unnecessary.
Prof Melander chose a very vivid
manner of bringing the menace of the
flies to his audience. +,
Twenty people died of typhoid in
North Yakima last year" he said
"Ten died the year before. Typhoid
is on the increase. There were $50
cases last year That means that, es-
timating the audience before me at
500 people, fifteen of you will have
typhoid before next December, and
Of oitx
is cleaned up. This brings the matter
right home to you.
"In the United States within the
next tweleve months 100000 people
will die. Some of course, would die,
anyway, but a large proportion of
these people wil} die of preventable
diseases. There will be 1900, 900
people continuously sick. Six mil
lion infants, within the next ten years
will die under two years of age.
though the human being when it
comes into the world is a machine
wound up to run 20 years.
The Fly IL Disgrace.
1.-The fly is no longer a necessary
evil, but a disgrace. Nature origi-
nally created the fly for a scavenger,
but she did It before she created man.
With the advent of man and he build
ing houses. the original purpose of
the fly has been diverted Flies have
been with us ever since men kept hor-
SEES. Wherever there is horse manure,
there flies will breed. They eat in
p"ivies and drink from spitoons. You
can't keep them out with screens.
You must seek out and destroy the
breeding places. All your efforts
against the adult fly are bosh."
The life story of the fly as given by
Prof. Melander was tale of horror