The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1915-03-27
Published Weekly in Springfield and Peoria
HEALTH AND DISEASE.

The time of year is near which concerns every of
Like every other it brings conditions pc
eulia itself These changes must be met saney if
would conserve the health of the family. refer to the
Spring which finds alwaysa large accumulation of
waste diseased laden material left from winter What
you going to do with that collection OF filth IN your
yard and about the house,
Health is that condition of the body and its organs
necessary the performance of their normal functions
In order the normal activity of the body health
of its parts absolutely necessary 1t idle talk to say
that body below its normal health in any particular can
perform its best effort in the contest of life can not be
done because nature has placed bar thereto He who
would keep at his best must guard health.
Disease is condition of the body marked by inhar
monous action of of the various organs
ing to abnormal condition structural changes in
or of its parts disease is present. the Marked
this disturbance the evident that disease there
Almost every disease to which the body is subjected
depends upon FOUL dirty, impure and filthy condition
This the kind of medium disease demands and without
which long remain Such condition for the
ravsge of disease just as necessary health the
proper performance of the body functions Take away
the condition and the disease follows
Let us consider some of the diseases which filthy
condition generates Small pox, typhoid fever, yellow
fever scarlet fever tuberculosis measles, mumps, cry
spelas adenoids tonsilitis throat colds teanus
pneumonia blood poison diphthera Chicken pox,
ingss whooping cough, and the Lord only knows what
All of these diseases may be prevented simply by
cleaning up the home both the inside and the out
side and by making the conditions sanitary To make it
plain shall give this reference DR.. Kober has shown
that the death from typhoid fever is greatest in cities
in which the river waters polluted and lowest in those
having clean water supply so in the former and Is per
100000 in the latter.
Yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1898 caused the
death of tenth of the citys population within six and
one half weeks In 1900 found that dirt filth and
pollution were the bottom of this awful disease This
condition of stagnaon cleaned up and result
this fever has almost disappeared in America.
Since health preferable to disease why do not
cities not look well to the general health by adopting
prophyastic methods? All cesspoos should be filled up
and adequate water supply furnished Those eye,sore
little filth collecting houses the premises all
the rental districts of many cities ought to be thing of
the past There reasonable grounds why these
pools should continue to remain in our day.
However, much be done dy each of us to
the health of the family What you going to do with
your back yard this spring. Are you going let it
main forbdding desolate looking place? No, you
going clean up inside and out that the back yards
are made presentab clean up all out houses and scatter
lime around freely and that breeding places for
flies are left if you possibly help Where the yard
suitable plant grass ard flowers. Call your neighbors
together and plan little clean up day. 1t will look so
much better to flowers grow where the garbage
stood all winter Do this and you will have accomplished
much prevent those awful diseases because every of
them mey be prevented by the collective practice of sys
tematic cleaning
s. A. 0ASKEW, M. D., Peoria.