Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-18

PROPER WINDOW VENTILATION.
IEIave plenty or window space and so
arrange your rooms that they are thor
oughiy ventilated and well iighted.l
Of course and variously ascribed 10
"acts OF God or ''the evil one,n ac-
xfording to the point OF view.
We do not read IN the s~priEhtiy ro-
-uusr and 0EESsTs w61
hare thrown 4 siaMouF svef history
that itch was 4 common, not to say
general, afIlfctien at the court of
France and that the great Napoleon
suffered from this trouble because no
one knew It's cause or simple treat
ment. 1t seems difficult to realize that
In the old days a person who was not
pockmarked from smallpox was cons
spicuous In the streets of London.
The custom OF sleeping In hunks In
the wall, of using PUSHES or stray fer
Hoer covering, In the meshes OF which
refuse scraps from the table and other
filth were allowed to accumulate, was
regarded In the old days as a natural
and healthfufInode of existence. The
custom of dipping germ Injected fin
gers into large dishes OF food contain
ing the general supply for the family
WAS followed by the -Four Hundred
during the middle ages, when the
BLACK death and other sccurges
spread a desolation OF which it Is diff
cult to form any conception in these
DAYS Of comparative sweetness and
light"
Bat we must not lay too much dat
tering JUNCTION to our souls. Taking
into account the advances In science
and knowledge of the caHsatior Of dts
ease, we are today relatively Just as
neslectful as our f~erefathers. Reck-
less and careless habits in defiance of
disease risks are still common enough
and are responsible for = tremendous
waste of life.
Tho Fall In the Dsath Rate.
In the registration area or the Unit
ed States the death rate has fallen
from 1915 per 1000 la 1890 to 15s4 In
1868. In Massachusetts the death rate
has fallen from 1914 In 1890 Il IT'S In
1907. In England and Wales 1t has
fallen frem 1916 In 1890 to 14.7 In
1908: in Sweden from I'll In 1880 to
14e In 1908, and in France from 22.5
In 1890 to I4.9 in 1905.
This Is a splendid showing, but when
we analyze the material from which
these figures are derived we find that
the death rate among young people
has fallen more than 80 per cent, while
the death rate among the middle aged
ana elderly q either been slightly af-
fecfed or mark aiy increased, accord
ing to the locality Investigated.
IN Massachusetts, the Increase In the
death rate at advanced ages Is really
startling and doubtless reflects a con-
dstson General Throughout the country.
We know that the degeneratiye dis
eases affecting middle life and old age
-apop1exy, heart disease, Bright's dis
ease, artefiaI diseases, ete.-have In
creased I05 per nj during the past
thirty years IN the registration area,
and an Increase II the mortality at the
ages affected would naturally follow,
such as is exhibited Ia the Massachu-
sets statistics
But the limit of prevention and Inn
prevement among the infectious dis
eases that affect young lives has not
yet been reached. These diseases, such
as typhoid, cholera ~infantum. tubercu-
losis. etc. should De absolutely eradi-
Gated.
Proper sanitation. especially Ia ths
rural districts is greatly needed ana q
thorough observance Of the pre-
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