Health of the City

We are gratified to be able to announce, on the authority of several of our leading physicians, that the health of the city is improving, and that the diarrhoea epidemic which prevailed to so great an extent a few weeks ago is rapidly disappearing. There have been a number of sudden deaths in the city in the past three weeks, but not a single case of cholera has occurred here the present season, with the exception, perhaps, of the Irishman, who was found dead between two beds on the fourth of July. He had been drinking bad whiskey and worse beer and eating green fruits, for two or three days previous to his attack. The stories circulated through the country that cholera prevails here, are utterly false.. Persons attacked with diarrhoea and cholera morbus should not delay a moment in calling in medical aid. By care in this particular the disease will at once yield to medical treatment; while, if allowed to progress, it leads very often to fatal results. The unrestrained eating of unmatured vegetables and green fruits will produce sickness at any time, but more particularly when the heated and unhealthy condition of the atmosphere predisposes people to bowel diseases.. Attention should also be paid to clothing. During the heat of the day thin clothing may be worn with entire safety. But when the cool of the evening sets in, persons should change their dress so as to successfully combat the change in the temperature. Children, in particular, should be warmly clad in flannels at night and during the cool of the morning.. We have often spoken of the necessity of cleanliness to health. Persons should keep their bodies as well as their premises in the most cleanly condition. Bathing once a day, or at least two or three times a week, will be found one of the very best promoters of health. The thorough disinfection of all damp and filthy places, either on one's premises or in the alleys and gutters, adjacent them should be observed, and lime should be freely used on them two or three times a week. The observance of these rules during the heat of summer would prevent much of the sickness that occurs in midsummer, and save many lives. We cannot, therefore, too strongly urge upon the citizens the necessity of paying the strictest attention to cleanliness.