Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-15

eG girls and one a man from the coun-
Etry whose religious belief caused him
to deny treatment until he was taken
to the hospital and had same forced
upon him.
The average typhoid death rate in
the State is given at 59.2 per 100000
while that of the United States is Il
A personal letter from the health
department to the Democrat says:
"The death rate indicates that you
have entirely too many flies and that
you have very poor milk regulations"
Local statisticians figure that our
death rate was enormously deduced
for the reason that during the time of
the deaths Hendersonville had a pop
ulation of about 10000 instead of the
! S,11O with which we were credited.
The State board of health does not
see things that way, and while our
record is not extremely bad in the
light of these facts, Hendersonville
needs to improve and to avoid the
| % 0ObAAA6 PuOA4(4IJ CAdL a 4SSOIL
in the eastern part of the state suffer-
ed last summer as a result of which
the tourist business was almost en-
tlrely destroyed, according to the in
formation given the Democrat by q
resident of that place.
Whether or not the figures do Hen
! Jacksonville an injustice, turning back
10 the original question, the Democrat
is glad that a movement is on foot
looking to more sanitary regulations.
We rejoice to see conditions improving
III some respects while there is room
fer much further Improvement.
The Democrat regretted to see the
Dtovement to organize a city board
of health last spring come to naught.
Il is a necessary institution. Hender-
sonville makes a strong bid for health
and pleasure seekers. Our health re-
o is our chief asset; without health
we had better get out of the resort
business, at least we will be forced
out. We must improve. In order to
dc so a greater expenditure will have
to be made and sentiment will have
t. be ripened for more rigid regula-
tons for we have all been too lax
in this respect.
While regular milk and meat in
spections probably would be too ex-
pensive for us just now. existing con
ditions could be improved upon with
little more attention or additional eX- |
rense.
The city commissioners are figuring
OF a new water shed, which will be a
great help since a greater water sup
ply would warrant the installation Of
more sanitary closets, about which
there has been considerable complaint.
Put the authorities are working along
tllis line and conditions are improving.
More and purer water would place the
condemn the wells in the city, as ply,
sicians think should be done. There
should be a systematic sanitary i'm
spection of the city, which would mean
cleaner hen houses, horse stables, %
harms, less hog pens. more sanitary |
back lots, etc.
Above all else HendersonviIle should
take measures for dealing the house
f. a death blow. To administer to
them most effectively there should be
some regulation about cleaning sta
E!es. There is no reasonable excuse
for SO many flies in the city, the prev
alence of which has created considera- I
BILE u~nfavorable comment. Henderson
vile should make a "fyless city, one
Of it's notices, for it is possible to
improve conditions which here in Oc-
tCber makes it necessary for us to
administer fly poison and dispose of
about a half pint Of the pests daily
and exert ourselves in brushing them,
living, dying and dead out of the way
from early morn till the setting of the
sun.
With sentiment properly worked up,
Hendersonville could be made, a more
cleanly, more beautiful, attractive and
sanitary place, all of which would be
of incalculable benefit to the city as e
resort. We are all too lax and indif-
fcrent in this respect. No one man
or set of men are responsible for pres
ent conditions, which should by all
means be improved upon before the
return of another summer, or our SUI
pine Indifference will sooner or later
work to our serious injury.
TWO MILLION FOR 1910.