Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-05-02
WHERE SANTA FE
'LOSES OUT
Between Epidemics and
lack of Employment 1t
Goes Backward
REMEDY SHOULD Be FOUND
Manual Training, School Gar
dens, Sanitation Are I'M
portant Factors.

With other parts of the Territory.
Santa Fe has enjoyed the benefits OF
immigration to swell its population
figures but it has also suffered as 9TH
er cities from the work of the Grim
Reaper.
The past winter was reputed the
severest the city has faced for q
years and the mortality that followed
in its wake was unquestionably great
er than after any winter since 1890.
In the Cathedral parish, as an eX-
been 10 funerals for the months of
January, February, March and April
of this year. COntrasted with these
figures there have been 50 births.
Just what the number Of deaths in the
parish has been is not known. Pro
bate Clerk George W. ArmiiO stated
that he is going TO make thorough
canvas of the entire city to ascertain
the number of deaths and births and
have them recorded but that he does
not expect to be able to make d re-
port until July.
The deaths in the Cathedral parish
however, give one a fair idea of the
urgent need of Santa Fe getting more
people to come here and providing
something for them to do. In Janu-
airy there were u funerals; in Feb
ruary 10; in March 4 and April IA.
In January there were . baptisms, in
February s, and March 10, while in
April there were II, making a total
of 80.
What is the Cause.
1t is generally conceded that the
heavy mortality in this one parish is
due TO pneumonia and to the impover-
ished physical and financial condition
of number of its victims Lack of
ventilation of proper food and of
knowledge of hygiene, as it is under
stood today, are considered factors in
the heavy loss from pneumonia. The
remedy. pointed out is "a sewer system
for the city, some system for letting
fresh air into the houses and above all
teaching people how to keep well. 1t
has been pointed out however that to
combat the poverty in the city is the
plain duty of all who can help.
The Young Men Leaving.
The young men of Santa Fe are
leaving the city for places where
there is more business, more oppor-
tunities for a career. The already
large city gets such men. Why? Be
cause the large city has mills and fac
tories where clerical and manual la
bor is given to those anxious for work
Santa Fe needs factories to give
work to the many people here now
idle. Santa Fe needs manual training
! in its schools to train the young peo-
pie who now go to the large cities to
get this training. 1t has been also
pointed out that medical school in
spectlon is necessity if the public
| health is to be safeguarded and a
paid health officer to direct the health
crusade is also an urgent need. School
gardens too, should point the way to
the cultivation of the many untitled
acres in thG immediate vicinity.
| Better irrigation System.
Are the people of this city wasteful?
1t is declared they are in the use of
water and it is estimated that one
third of the amount would suffice if
better irrigation system were under
stood and put into practice The way
water is allowed to flow on lawns and
transform them into ponds and the
nearby street pavements into minia-
ture canals, has astonished residents
from larger cities coming here to see
the sights. 4 ysa8gN
Abandoning Homes.
In this region too there is the
abandoned Home" problem to be
met Go out toward Aqua Fria or out
Hillside avenue and count the aban-
doned adobes and see the farms that
have been abandoned. But the young
men who might have replaced their
Iparents in the pursuit of agricultural
work, having found no garden or man
ual training in the schools, having
sought industries in the city and
found them wanting, have laid down
the hoe and bought ticket to the coal
camps or beet fields, or the big cities
and Santa Fe will see them no more.