Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-27

know d'luueh which public health
measure arc effective ana which IN
effective. They are our only reliable
guide Ice the selection. employment ~
rejection of agencies ct prevention.
The henithtulucss or uuhcalthtul.
ness OF community H largely mat
ter ST comparison. No city realty
knows co. own h,aith conditions; NO
city con determines OF hand Shsthst.
sos prc,cntublr diseases urc oXccfr,, "
ur not unless there are available the
data OF other cities of Hike Size and
similarly situated Tho as rage eta
zen becomes SEE accustomed 10 che
prevalence ct disease about him that
hu regards the condition in lils homo
town as normal aud inevitable Tho
.muE decentralization OF most Amer
jean towns as to their hcuuhtulnos1
bel tho Reckless. DOLLY of ignorance
"Th' interest which the institution
'l ufc Insurance b. to-day cVhibitug
bee the matter oi prolonglng tho lives
ct poll, holders IS only one of several
signs that thr business world o. aWut-
,uius Co the fict That bcttcr health
aud longer life Tor tho indiN idual
rurtu economic gain as well us great
e. happiness for an. Preyentablc "a.
asses today cause huge cconom f.
'rssrs under two general groupings.
Through Illness They Keep oNport
workers nt home. thereby robblng
thvm ana the world of part of their
product liy death they eat short the
careers ot many persons who are ir
their economic prime Think what
D.. az 81
| lives of men who now do al a.. 30
cor i5 would mean in additional sorvlcc
AMI economic outpuj five moro
rours ol productive activity withou.
| III, loss aud waste involved in shift
ing their burdens 20 workers now
! ANA unframed. Tho present financial
loss iu This country through uutimCiv
deaths is only partly indicated hy ,he
/ five hundred million dollars paid uui
100 death claims otc.. every scar ou
| ne insurance policiDs. Dr. Allan j
! Mclaughlin Di the C'uitcd state
! Public Hotith bureau Recently stated
mat loo The matter Df typhoid ftt,I
alone th number col preventative case.
J each year Zoo "a, t'uit,d States Vuuia
! probably reach 10000 and thai th,
deaths th'r'from thut cord o, utoir.
'd would total 1G.gOn. TIo csumat s,
| thr economic loss rom tfis ono q
'Hsr go not loss than one hundred
, million Iol.trs annually mo report
ui fn" NIiiourI Cons, ovation rommis-
.Iuu ou National Nimlit, states th.
th' economic waste from prcycu,aDi"
d'Hrn- rNon t'lr Boo me United state.
b. about uuD billion d0i'nrs and tnai
ihr .youomI. vasto from prc,entnUI
'NuDa s live hundred m llinp dollar.
ever, year making totuI uuuut
economic l"ss cot nu. aua one hal
billion duIlHrs or motc thau cnousu
Goo ul tn. ,uur, expense Of iho frH
'ru government
Aside from che extension of Dos
man ITO thn propor registration q.
births aud deaths has much vuu
The recording cot birthH b. ,Dr, caeu
tlal Ia uil questions of Incredibly. ir
Bitimu'N th. agc %, consent proIt
'rty right and Identification Uac
ords ot deaths are indisutnfahle l
determining tho dcagh ratc. detect 100
"i crime. proof of death and n %,
determination OF the durutiun af Ni.
"Ns matter ct Intelligent govern
m,nt, no civilized community shout,
permit % human lie to be begun uu
recorded. no civilized community
shouW permit huntaa being Ia d,'
ana hc buried without official regis
uailou oi when ana Why"