The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1915-03-27

HEALTH AND DISEASE.

The time of year is which concerns every one of
Like every other season it brings new conditions pc.
eular itself These changes must be met saney if
would conserve the health of the family. refer to the
Spring which finds always large accumulation of
diseased laden material left from winter What
are you going 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 heathn any particular can
perform its best effort in the contest of life tcan 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 nhar
monous action of of the various organs,
ing abnormal condition structural changes in one
or of its parts disease is present. the Marked
this disturbance is 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 it long remain. Such condition for the
ravage of disease just necessary health is to the
proper performance of the body functions Take away
the condition and the disease follows.
Let us consider of the diseases which filthy
condition generates Small pox typhoid fever, yellow
fever scarlet fever tuberculosis, measles mumps cry
sipelae adenoids tonsilits throat colds etanus
pneumonia, blood poison, dphtheria, Chicken pox
ingstis whoopng 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 rate from typhoid fever greatest in cities
in which the river waters polluted and lowest in those
having clean water supply SO in the former and 8 per
100000 in the latter.
Yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1898 caused the
death of tenth of the cys population within six and
one half weeks In 1900 it found that dirt filth and
pollution were at the bottom of this awful disease This
condition of stagnation cleaned up and result
this fever has almost disappeared in America.
Since health is preferable to disease, why do not
cities not look well to the general health by adopting
prophyastic methodist All cesspoos should be filled up
and adequate water supply furnished Those eyesore
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 conserve
the health of the family What you going to do with
your back yard this spring. Are you going to let it
main forbddng, desolate looking place? No, you
going clean up inside and out that the back yards
made presentabe clean up all houses and scatter
lime around freely and that breeding places for
flies left if you possibly help Where the yard is
suitable plant grass and flowers Call your neghbors
together and plan little clean up day. 1t will look
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. ASKEW. M. D.. Peoria