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THE HEALTH BULLETIN 197 FARM HOMES AND BATH ROOMS Every Home Should Have a Sanitary Privy. If I were a multi-millionaire, desirous of returning to the American people some small share of the wealth that I had accumulated for many years at their expense, I would not endow colleges or build libraries; I would devise some method of providing farmhouses with bathrooms. Beside the arguments from the viewpoints of hygiene aiid sanitation, there is one purely medical reason for having a bathroom in the house if it can by any means be made possible. Constipation is probably a contributing factor to more illness than any other one cause, and constipation in the country is largely the result of the cold and discomfort of the privies. Country people in general lead an active life and eat food calculated to keep the bowels in a normal condition, but they induce constipation because they simply will not visit the privies until they are forced to do so. The privy on the American farm has not received the attention that its importance deserves. Some American farms have no privy at all. This means that some farm families are being needlessly exposed to sickness and death. It means that these families are following a custom which not only needlessly increases sickness and death, but which decreases the value and productiveness of their farms. City health authorities are gradually awakening to the dangers connected w^ith the supplies of milk, fresh vegetables and fresh fruits from insanitary farms; hence not only from the standpoint of preserving the health persons living on farms and increasing the productiveness of the farms, but also from the standpoint of marketing farm produce, it is important for farms to be provided with sanitary privies. When it is considered that every year there are from 35,000 to 40,000 deaths from typhoid in the United States, and about 400,000 cases of the disease, this alone puts a heavy responsibility on the improperly constructed privy, from which the great majority of the cases start. But beside typhoid fever, diarrhea and dysentery, eelworm, pinworm, tapeworm, hookworm and many other diseases are spread through polluted soil, the result of lack of proper sanitation in this regard. Among the highest duties that rest upon a farmer, as a father and citizen, is not only to have a sanitary privy on his farm, but to insist that the pollution of soil with human excreta be prevented throughout the entire neighborhood by the use of sanitary privies. A compulsory sanitary privy law should be enacted and strictly enforced in every locality. —Dr. Eleanor Mellen, In Southern Farming. "Failure to report cases of contagious disease, neglecting to placard houses according to law and concealment of cases by inmates of houses where such cases exist, are the chief causes of the spread of contagious disease and it is the duty, as well as in the interest of every citizen, to assist in carrying out the health laws. Save food. Always leave a clean plate. Vary food used with the work done. Eat all you need, but no more. Have meat but once a day. Every morsel saved is A shot against the enemy. Let fish replace meat. The food you eat determines Health, and health your happiness.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1917 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-032 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 32 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 197 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1917 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-032-0131 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 32 |
Issue Number | 9 |
Page Number | 197 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | THE HEALTH BULLETIN 197 FARM HOMES AND BATH ROOMS Every Home Should Have a Sanitary Privy. If I were a multi-millionaire, desirous of returning to the American people some small share of the wealth that I had accumulated for many years at their expense, I would not endow colleges or build libraries; I would devise some method of providing farmhouses with bathrooms. Beside the arguments from the viewpoints of hygiene aiid sanitation, there is one purely medical reason for having a bathroom in the house if it can by any means be made possible. Constipation is probably a contributing factor to more illness than any other one cause, and constipation in the country is largely the result of the cold and discomfort of the privies. Country people in general lead an active life and eat food calculated to keep the bowels in a normal condition, but they induce constipation because they simply will not visit the privies until they are forced to do so. The privy on the American farm has not received the attention that its importance deserves. Some American farms have no privy at all. This means that some farm families are being needlessly exposed to sickness and death. It means that these families are following a custom which not only needlessly increases sickness and death, but which decreases the value and productiveness of their farms. City health authorities are gradually awakening to the dangers connected w^ith the supplies of milk, fresh vegetables and fresh fruits from insanitary farms; hence not only from the standpoint of preserving the health persons living on farms and increasing the productiveness of the farms, but also from the standpoint of marketing farm produce, it is important for farms to be provided with sanitary privies. When it is considered that every year there are from 35,000 to 40,000 deaths from typhoid in the United States, and about 400,000 cases of the disease, this alone puts a heavy responsibility on the improperly constructed privy, from which the great majority of the cases start. But beside typhoid fever, diarrhea and dysentery, eelworm, pinworm, tapeworm, hookworm and many other diseases are spread through polluted soil, the result of lack of proper sanitation in this regard. Among the highest duties that rest upon a farmer, as a father and citizen, is not only to have a sanitary privy on his farm, but to insist that the pollution of soil with human excreta be prevented throughout the entire neighborhood by the use of sanitary privies. A compulsory sanitary privy law should be enacted and strictly enforced in every locality. —Dr. Eleanor Mellen, In Southern Farming. "Failure to report cases of contagious disease, neglecting to placard houses according to law and concealment of cases by inmates of houses where such cases exist, are the chief causes of the spread of contagious disease and it is the duty, as well as in the interest of every citizen, to assist in carrying out the health laws. Save food. Always leave a clean plate. Vary food used with the work done. Eat all you need, but no more. Have meat but once a day. Every morsel saved is A shot against the enemy. Let fish replace meat. The food you eat determines Health, and health your happiness. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-032.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
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Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
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