Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1911 — OILED STREETS [ARTICLE]

OILED STREETS

Aid to Health of City, Says Valparaiso Physician. A prominent Valparaiso physician stated this morning that never before in h'is years of practice here had he known of so little sickness through the summer, which he thinks may be due to the oiled streets. Scarcely has a case of typhoid been reported. Usually at this time of the season there are a number of cases of the disease, and sometimes an epidemic prevails. This summer the dust has been kept down. In the years that have passed the streets were thick with particles that were blown everywhere by the wind and stirred to action by every passing vehicle. All this r as probably laden with germs of diseases which were carried into ho m es of the city and settled on all sorts of people in all walks of life. But the summer just passed has been a pleasant one so far as the bother from dust was concerned. No doubt oiled streets have saved a great amount of sickness since the early summer, and probably have been the means of saving the lives of some of our citizens.— Valparaiso Vidette.