Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-12

is what is euphonous'y-or perhaps:
it would be better to say odorously-
kn0wn~a the pest-housc. Considering
that at any time you or your CHI.
dren might be ordered to this aroro
p~riately named institution it surely
would not be too much to ask you IL
visit it and e for yourselves the &C
commodation provided for those III.
fortunate enough tQ be committed, .to
that institution.
1t Il discreditabe to our city taat
no suitable provision has been made
for the care and treatment Of those
who, through M fault of their own,
have to be isolated for the protec.
ton of others. D..
1t is useless to blame the city au.
thorities for failing to provide suit.
able accommodation for such quar-
tiers. This cannot be done without a
large initial expenditure and large an.
nual appropriations for maintenance.
Constant pressure is brought 30
bear on city officials for large
amounts that bring, or are expected
to bring, business to the city and that
somebody can make money out of.
Projects that would add to the
comfort, health and happiness of the
citizens, such as parks, recreation
grounds and isolation hospitals are
neglected because they are not sup.
posed to be income. producers and
business organizations do not urge
them. ..la a.l@ ID.
j.. This is q mistake as 4 reputation
for good health is the best asset that
a city can have and wherever cities
have parks, swimming and skating
ponds, efficient public health service
and look after the comfort OF their
residents, the dealt, rate Is low.
Minneapolis and st. Paul. bob cit
les with excellent parks and with $50.
latiOn hospitals that arc mode; fC"
most cities, have much lower death
rates than most of the cities in this
state.
Portland, Oregon claims TO jave
the lowest death rate in the United
States and has less than half the
rate of either Bismarck. aJmcstrwn
or Fargo.
This however is too wide a >ques-
ton to enter into In q paper already
too long and it will he. enough 20 say
the question of tilt. ppteyfnt6:Lsof dis.
and the reduction Of the DEATH
rate is more 4 matter for community
than for individual effort
AS said at the beginning cOntag-
iOlls diseases causg-a%very small .pro.
portion of the deaths iii this state
and the same may be said about Inc
of, children who hinder the
regular progress OF school work.
An official report states that 81
per cent of the children attending
the public schools in Baltimore arc
physical detectives. These detectives
are called r%epeaters, because they
have to repeat two, three and even
four times.
These repeaters are said to cost
the city about $4,000 a year, on &C.
count of the extra work d%evO'ving orr
the teachers.
Now the proportion is probably not
SO high here but there is no doubt
we have many physical defec-
tives who could be improved piys;c.
ally if these defects were known.
1t is this class of backward stud
ents that school inspection helps
most and school inspection has 20
come in all communities before long.
Modern public health work deals
with facts and not with theories and
for this reason all facts are Of i'm.
pOrtance.
may give glowing accounts
Of ventilation systems In q school
building, may give the area and ca