The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-10-13
Dr.. Evans of Chicago Makes
PleaforBetterS Con-
ditions in Small Cities \
DUTY OCONSERvE HUMAN LIFE
Distinguished Chicago Commissioner of
Health Gives Interesting Address
Before the st. Matthew's Mems
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DR.. w. A. Evans, commissioner of
health of the city of Chicago was the
guest of honor at the regular dinner of
the Mems Club of st. Matthew S
church at the Guild hall on Tuesday
evening and at the conclusion of the
dinner he gave very interesting talk
to the members Of the club and a large
number of invited guests among whom
were number of the officials of the
city
Dr.. Evans is strongly in favor Of
conservation of the natural resources
and he declared that this was an age
not only of conservation of natural re-
sources but ALSO an age of taking steps
for the conservation of human beings.
He declared that with the broadening
of ideas there had come new move
ment which emphasized the duty of the
man of the day to make provision for
the health and personal happiness of
the men of the future and that the
great. movements along educational
lines to teach better sanitary condi-
tions to the boys of today would be
clearly reflected in a higher standard
of health among the men of tomorrw.
DR.. Evans spoke Of health conditions
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in cities both great and small and de-
clared that the officials of cities in the
middle west were decidedly remiss in
looking after the Important questions
of sanitation ss1'W We IN the larger Gift
les, y he said, have seen the awful re-
suits of neglect of this important func-
tion Of government and we are far
ahead of the smaller cities. The men
in the smaller cities can not realize the
great danger. To you the health
of the people seems to be a secondary
question while to us the protection of
human life is one of first Importance =
DR.. Evans has made a great study
of conditions in cities along the lake
and he spoke especially of sanitation
in lake shore cities. He declared that
an investigation had shown that the
death rate in Racine was greater than
the death rate in Chicago proportion
ately. He spoke on the subject Of sew
age and declared that the idea Of people
that currents in the lake carried the
sewage from one city to another was
an erroneous one and that the only cur
rent in the lake was caused by chang
ing winds. He declared that all cities
which had the outlet for their sewers
within mile of the inlet for their
Waco supply must necessarily be sub
ject to typhoid fever and that the first
care of the cities should be to have the
outlet for the sewers removed as far as
possible from the intake of the water
used for table consumption. He spoke
of the advance of sanitary legislation
in Chicago and other larger cities and
expressed hope that this movement
would spread to the smaller cities along
the lake.
Following the address by DIR. Evans
Attorney James Cavanagh made a short
address speaking on local conditions.
He characterized the condition of the
alleys and the lack Of proper sanitation
in Kenosha as one Of the greatest
drawbacks of the city. He declared
that there was no man in Kenosha who
took upon himself the enforcement OF
sanitary laws and roasted the common
council for it's action in tying the
hands of the members Of the water
commission and preventing the installa-
ton of new intake which would
furnish the city with more and purer
water. He declared that the time had
come when the people of the city should
take this great question of the public
health more to heart and insist that
the men in control of the city get busy
and lsgislate to protect the health of
the people of the city.
The meeting was one Of the est,ever
given by the mems club and it is
expected that the addresses will start
movement which will force better
sanitary conditions in the city.
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