How we are governed in Tennessee and the nation . ese meats had beenvery careless in regard to cleanliness and other protections whichshould have been used to prevent disease. Our national govern-ment at Washington took the matter up, believing that it was some-thing that concerned the whole nation. A law was passed pro-viding for government inspectors for the packing-houses, and nocanned meats can be sold today without the approval of theseinspectors. 22. Protection of health in towns and cities. Just asdensely settled communities increase the liability to acci-dent, so they increase also the
How we are governed in Tennessee and the nation . ese meats had beenvery careless in regard to cleanliness and other protections whichshould have been used to prevent disease. Our national govern-ment at Washington took the matter up, believing that it was some-thing that concerned the whole nation. A law was passed pro-viding for government inspectors for the packing-houses, and nocanned meats can be sold today without the approval of theseinspectors. 22. Protection of health in towns and cities. Just asdensely settled communities increase the liability to acci-dent, so they increase also the danger to the health of those PROTECTION CF LITE AND HEALTH 33 who live in them. In towns and cities, therefore, it be-comes the duty of the government to make special pro-visions for the proper protection of the health of the com-munity. Streets must be kept clean. Dirt and garbagemust be carted away from the homes of the systems must be established in order that the streetsmay be drained and refuse water from the houses may be. A City Dump Where ashes and dry refuse from city homes are dumped onthe outskirts of the city. Garbage is usually burned. carried out of the city by means of underground pipes andmains. Moreover, the government usually regulates theuse of any property or the conduct of any business that isespecially liable to endanger the health of the Danger to health in drinking water. In moderntimes many diseases have been traced to impure drinkingwater. In the erection of buildings in his barn-yard thefarmer is not always careful to protect his well from im- 34 HOW WE ARE GOVERNED IN TENNESSEE purities. Sometimes the stable-barn is built on highground and the well is sunk in lower ground. The resultis that the filth and refuse from the stable drain towardthe well; its water becomes affected with unwholesomegerms, and disease is spread. Too much care cannot betaken in choosing the site for a well. In cities the old method of securing d
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