The Problems of Car Sanitation.

Abstract

The railway had long ago reached such a stage of activity in America that its sanitary problems became of importance. It was not until very recent years, however, that these problems were adequately or at all generally discussed. The rapid development of the means of travel gave us a new set of sanitary questions. These have been in part answered in the papers by Bracken, 1 Hurty, 2 Conn, 3 Dudley, 4 Trask, 5 Rosenau 6 and others. That the problems presented have not yet been solved in all their relations, however, is amply proven by the great diversity of opinion still held by sanitary experts. Further investigation is needed. It is desirable to know many facts difficult of determination. But in the working out of new sanitary problems frequent orientation is necessary in order to keep them in their right relations, to apply the general principles of sanitary science,