The Ottawa free trader., 1866-04-21
Similarly Ia0Ycnacnts

We notice with pleasure, and we have no
doubt our people generally are prepared to
applaud, the evidently earnest activity of our
city authorities in the matter Of policing and
thoroughly cleansing the city preparatory to
the approaching season CT neat, Iniasm, and
presidential vapors. The Mayor has issued =
proclamation. or ''Hcallh Notice" on the
subject, reciing the provisions Of the city
ordinance IN relation 10 the duty Of oTncrs
OF property and householder5 in the premises,
ard IN tn, manner in which he has gone
10 work, We have no doubt CUR worthy Mayer
as well as tie sjbo. l..nate officers under
his direction, are determined to do their
whole duty II tie matter. In the discharge
oftheir duty they may frequently be obliged
to b, even nnplsasantly inquizitive as 10 the
condition of back yards, cellc~s, &c. but with
q healthy public opinion to -, hem, they
viii not hesitate 20 take e'- needed re-
.ponsJility.
\ thorough policing Of ous r., :rvolves
crea; deal Of labor which will be somewhat
new to our people, and which many thought
less or inconsilera,e persons Will doubtless
re-arl IS more or less Intermedling with
private affairs. Cellars must be examined
aGd cleaned Of all debris. water, mud. &c, ,
:. 4 aired aul kept dry. Stables, out-houses,
aad the gIouhds around ;Lem mast undergo
rurifcaticn. Water must not be vast, d
around pumps, Eylr. is, cistarns, &c, TO
make offensive pools and paddles, redoieut
of filth and noAious vaPers; over crowded
aud iil-yeutilated rooms and cabins must be
looked into, ana thorough clearing, white
washing, &c, enforced. The throwing of
any kind of filth or oTal into back yards,
alleys or streets must be forbidden, and pun
ished, if persisted in.
Such are some indications Of the ncture Of
the labor upon which our worthy Mayor and
his suborIi-ates are about to enter; and
willie even to undertake them involves a
heroism that's conmedab!e, to accomplish the
work successfully will certainly entitle them
to the higest public applause.
OF course, our readers understand tha. the
Indictment 70. lajors Of this sort, SO unusual
in cur city, Is the almost certain approach Of
Of that g,eat scourge, the Asiat;c Cholera,
during the approaching summer. Hitherto.
when this fearful disease ravaged TIE country,
Ottawa a: each time almost escaped. Even
during the fearful year 1919, the dozen or
two cases that occurred here were nearly all
lmportations But tie pes,ilence is exceed
ingly capricious, and no city, whatever may
have been its former good fortune, is assured
ofexenption again. Whatever may be the
differences Of scientific men as to the causes,
nature, &c, OF the disease, however, they all
agree on cne point, and that is, that cleanli-
Ress Is the surest preventative. In Europe,
as well Us in this country, it has been noticed
tha: the filthiest cities, and the fithiest
q -arters of cities have always been the oncs
attacked first and to suffer most.
the electric current passed the intelligence
over the wires that this dread pestilence has
.olchcd our shores. And well NAV the adj
vent be dreaded. \ mystery is around and
about this scourge Of God which science can
net explain, and which leads additional hor>
ror to its coming. Bat every evil may be
disarned of much of its bitterness by meet
lag !; face to face, and by stripping it of cv-
erything which i rot necessarily an aceom>
panimcnt. Proper preparation vii! cause
that to pass hghtly over US, which negligence
and inatieEtion will but invite.