Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-21
CITY zoNINo BENEFITS.

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Every now and then health con
elllehs IN the cities improve mark
saly and without any easily under
stood cause,
The record fer SO years show,
held. A''
We can understand the reason 20,
inc afop IN smallpox. consumption
and typhoid fever. bur why the sait
those ways not related 10 ans
disease or definite cause?
IN part tho explanation lies in the
doing or health work Of kinds that
do not have tangible heanh values
Tor instance, no person can prove
lust In what way sarhags disposal
lessons disease, Yet everybody knows
lt does' just 80 with street cleaning.
OF house cleaning. for that matter.
How u anybody going 10 prove
that efowdink causes consumption ?
who can prove that n certain man
developed consumption because Of
the density of population IN the
square where he liyedy II cannot
be done, and yet congestion causes
consumption and men get that dis.
esse who would have escaped IL.
These are facts. even though We
cannot prove them. Guilty but not
proven is tho way the old Scotch
verdict runs.
one OF those accomplishments
which pays In a health way In city
xonins. Maybe We cannot prove II
In court OF law, or TO cold. clear
minds like thosa OF Pearson and
Pearl, but II IN true Just the same.
or course the appealing object OF
coming is TO stabilize the values OF
property. That result from coming
anybody can understand. and the
proof can be established In any
court.
when a man invests In lot and
builds on IL house or an apart
ment II is not fair that some one
should build n livery stable under
his caves. and thereby destroy
good part OF the value OF the mans
investment.
That coming stabilizes values OF
property need not be argued.
IL we are going to build cities why
IN IL not good Judgment 10 plan them
thoroughly with view to the use
to he made Of the property in all
sections with a proper regard to
everybody's rights? Nobody can
object 10 that, IL everybody totes
fair. even though the start was
made so years later than It should
have been. What logic Is there IN
planning for water works. sewers.
and streets and then stopping?
ago are proof enough that disaster
81 .,,,v 10
why stop the planning short of zon-
ing? There is no logic in such
Aside from the main good from
coming, there are health Jams that
are none the less real because they
are intangible. Zoning gets more
into homes, and sunlight
kills the germs of disease.
1t lessons dust and smoke In the
zones where people live.
1t secures quieter. more peaceful
homo surroundings. II lessons the
of stinks in home
1t lessons flies.
1t decreases the overflow in sew
srs and increases the water supply
IN the upper floors OF dwellings.
It shifts tho crowds on the street
,ars. Anything which lessons the
|ams on the street cars during the
-ush hours OF the morning and aft
srnoon decreases disease.
When a city becomes well zoned
health improves.
Who shall say that the foresight
II the people has not earned the
for them?
Food for q Diabetic.
Mrs. L. d. J. writes: "Will you
indy answer the following ques-
ions concerning diabetic patient?
II. Is plenty OF cheese or good
.ream harmful?
"2. What would be the effect If
patient should eat all the nuts or
aw apples he liked all the time?
"3. How long can patient live
Who ia never sugar free? He was 55
ears old when they first discovered
10 had diabetes"
REPLY.
I can only answer your questions
n q general way, since diabetes
'ary a good deal in their sugar
olerance.
1. No.
2. Apples and some varieties or
luts contain a fair carbohydrate
ontent. In addition, a rich diet
n nuts may give the patient more
ats than he can handle.
3. l cannot answer this question,
ven in a general way.
Dropping Lids May Be Cured.
w. v. B. writes: II. Can
rooped eyelid be cured?
"2. Can it be SO fixed as to hold
p the lid?"
I. Yes-by operation.
2. Yes.
Paresis Is Incurable.
T. r. writes: 81. Is paresis
urable?
"2. How long is the duration of
he disease?
''3. Is 1t hereditary?
"a. What are the symptoms"
REPLY.
/. No.
2. May be years.
8. To very limited extent.
4. Delusions of grandeur. Pc
uliar conduct. Wild notions. Rest
,ssness.
Among the later symptoms are
mental and physical
-eakness de1,lgions dementia.