Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-19
RFVENTIVE WORK IS
|OF MOST IMPORTANCE
.n,,- Which Avoid E'sdcniics
,r Those which Count
the Most
VALUE OF VITAL STATISTICS
..o,,. on Potential Ic~iiirnccs OF
Great Value To Health
Boarsis.
~. M L. W. DukEl

NV llfs u W H'N''
H., al the sources which aided In
[ lossrn sanitary and health meas
| ., there 4, probably no single one
|, more importance than vital sta
,,r, ana the information which can
colcrcd from them. without
,ch statistics a health department
ma large extent working In the
49, win such statistics II IL fore
,mes and equipped with the knowl-
IA. ne.cs a,ry for the taking OF such
ke,.rfes 49, viii protect the pubic
An epidemic OF course,
yrus, ne fought and conquered. but
health hoard Ia doing better though
u a. spec',eular work when II nVeri-
[, cnidomir II In vital statistics
4 khl,h give the necessary warning
Tho careful and accurate collec .
an ~ 'he records ~ births ana
k,atha with other Information per
knlng tn them has been OF inesti q
.lie value IN sanitary and hygienic
koft for ages such statistics were
In. first aud for u long time almost
n. n,iy Indication nf the existence
|, ,,.tiloncss neceasitating the TAX
n, of sanitary measures and of
kuarantinr and isolation. " was the
{,,,,l classification of deaths from
,,ious causes that first attracted
lu,p'inn tn the sanitary conditions
k,l,,ing where such mortality was
,heI n WAS In this way that
40 tha nntlRs nf
k.,lh authorities ana eventually the
kahur the association OF tho pollu'
I,sn NJ water supplies with typhoid,
n, aharnce ~ fresh air and sunlight
kih tuberculosis improper manu-
g,s,nrlr, conditions with which
Rr,,ni the prevention of disease.
Result ~ CRreic~enc~-.
The greater proportion ~ the phy-
krlans and health officials OF ok'n
mn are careful and conscientious
4 m. flnr ~ vital statistics. Un'
ko,wnately there are n few who are
r.releaa In this important respect
4, IL likely that " they realiyed the
|N,ndlcap which their carrlessn~ss
Smposes on thes" who are wotk,nV
h., tho health of the people of 'h'r
s,A,e they would give the matter th'
|hesded attention IN oklahoma tnf
k,v on the sih,er, In plain, hut ths
nschlnery ~ enforcement lacks ef'
kclsncy Unless those who ar" de-
Slrouent IN this important matter
Nov Improvement n may u'tims'el,
n. rsres-ary 10 resor, Ia more drastic
measures The statistics In question
so vital 10 the health OF the state
|O,her states have succeeded In get
rng complete reports Oklhhoms
Vksn DO the same
N VurnI sanitation.
There Ia n widely prevalent nelie'
kM, conditions IN the rural districts
Including farm. and small towns are
more favorable to hcalthfulne-s than
IN the cities This Ia q natural as
1mpIion, IN, the facts are that Ger
bin diseases. such M typhoid fever,
fe moro prevalcn, In rural com
gnlues because less attention gen
3fily IL paid IN the country d!s'
i',, ~ sanitation
II elites. with their more dense
opuaiion. II has been rendered I'm
rallye to provide nure water sup
lss sewerage systems and proper
spoal ~ garbage. which together
~nh a stronger public sentiment de-
r,nding enforcement, n restrictive
Pleasures against the spread ~ con
Flror has resulted In n much great
p reduction In the rate OF disrnse
dependent upon sanitation In fact
.uphoih feved IL now looked upon
a. much more ~ a rural ana small
tow problem than ons directly AZ
',rtlns the larger cl,ies The inhahi
hnl' NJ the farms and villages oi
Oklahoma should understand that
|thahl,arv outhnusc- contaminated
Ah and filthy flyhreeding con
R'ions are dangerous wherever they
etr and should he abated State
snd .ocHi health work should meet
snh a strong and favorable puhlif
~numtn, The state board Of health
,nd ihe officials and physicians who
rs aiding Il In ~ work have only
ere subject In view--ths hetterrnen'
10y public health. II would be dlf-
heut, II no' impossible. 10 name
Any object which IN more for the
hen.tlt NJ the public or better de-
|tfves their unfal,erinE support