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On the Past and Present Prevalence of several Dis eases, as influenced by Food, and by House Drainage

Year: 1881
Type: article
Abstract: than the emanations from neighbouring water-closet.The door of this was generally left ajar, and the place had, as usual, but a single window for ventilation.A somewhat similar case occurred with a woman in child-bed, mild fever being the result.These are but samples of much more that could be given.It is not safe to believe that the first rudiments of sanitary science have been sufficiently taught.There are many people who either do not know them, or, what is even more frequent, do not attend to them and carry out their teachings.Cesspools are not yet things of the past.Refuse-heaps, manure-heaps, o$ensive trades, crowded collec- tions of animals, yes, even sometimes of human animals, are not yet swept away.They are sometimes hid round corners, and in noohs, towards which the eyes of inspectors do not always seem to bend.I have seen nuisances, years ago complained of and supposed to be removed, still existing, and nearly in the original state ; sanitary evils, long pointed out, not yet remedied; nuisances, which the arm of the law ought to have long ago reached, but which it seems to have no power to interfere with.In short, considering the talh and stir about sanitary matters which has gone on for these thirty years, and allowing for good things done and arrangements made, it looks as if some localities were not much the better for it all.It mav be that health officers do not find themselves sufficiently-free to do their whole duty.It is certain that some of them are very iusu~ciently paid.And it is also certain, that sanitary measures are not yet supported by the voice and vote of the whole community, and that both the knowledge and the disposition to do these things rightly are not yet possessed by all.W. E. C.
DOI: 10.1177/146642408100200128
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2003266025
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