The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26
Sanitary Notice.
JACKSON, ONO, June %,


Village, and to the action of the Board of !
Health in their session Of to-day, Gas you |
will find printed in the papers of the Vii |
lage,) and ask your assistance in carry
ing the same into immediate effect.
Owing to the long and severe winter
and backward spring, rendering it impos
sible for the Street Commissioners to re-
move the dirt and filth from our streets
and alleys, We find our Village with ao-
cumulated filth and rubbish at this late
day of summer heat.
Without waiting for positive evidence
of the approach of epidemic cholera, or
other diseases which are engendered and
rendered more fatal by filth, the Honora-
BILE Board Of Health have thought it best
to have the Village thoroughly inspected
and cleaned For this purpose a sanitary
police have been appointed, and are On
duty, and will inspect the entire premises
within the corporate limits of the Village
and report to the Board the sanitary
condition of the same
The Board have already ordered that
all hogs that are kept in pens be imme-
diately turned out, and that the pens be
cleansed and lined, or aba5ed as nui-
sances. Hogs on the streets are often
very troublesome, but they are rot detri-
mental to health, and in one sense they
render great sanitary service by acting as
street scaVengers, eating much of the
filth that otherwise would accumulate in
our streets and alleys.
The slaughter houses within the cor
poration have been declared nuisances in
their present condition, and an order to
abate them, or have them prepare deep
sinks into which all the offal is to be
placed, and the premises thoroughly
cleansed and disinfected, and kept in
this condition.
Pig pens and slaughter houses are not
the only nuisances. The closest possible
attention is called to the abatement of
private and concealed as well as public
and exposed nuisances. Although the
Board have ordered the abatement of all
concealed nuisances, as soon as discovered,
many must remain undisturbed unless
| the citizens take an active part in ferret
| ing out these cesspools of disease and
report them to the Board
Indeed, so great is the number of hid
den and unexposed sources of disease
that nothing short of house-to-house
inspection of vaults, water-closets, yards,
cellars, &c, can reveal the full danger of
epidemic and endemic diseases now lurk-
ing in our midst. The labor of maxim g
thorough examination of premises
would be so great as to take months of
work for a limited police. The Board
! therefore desires that every citizen in
spect his own premises and act as san
police to have the same eleansed and dis
infected, and to report to the Board his
neighbors who neglect their duty in this
respect.
1t is not the intention of the Board to
create unnecessary alarm or uneasiness,
but cleanliness is always essential to
health, and no reasonable person would
object to proper precaution for its pre-
serVation.
1t is true, that the tendency of disease
for the past few weeks is to the bowels
| l have treated number Of violent cases
of cholera morbus and several cases OF
accute diarrhma within the past tvs
weeks in our Village. No deaths have
been reported from this class of diseases
as yet showing them to be sporadic and
mild. But some of our worst epidemics
commence with mild sporadic cases.
do not wish to be under stood as fearing
an epidemic ifproper precautions are now
taken-'fan ounce of preventive is worth
a pound of cure"-and it is on this prin.
ciple that the Board of Health have de-
termined 10 cleanse the Village, and Sc
cure our people against fearful diseases
by preventive treatment, and they ask
all good citizens to help them in this
laudable as well as health preserving
undertaking.
| ne SuSSSSJlOIlS are OhSf0d
as a guard by preventive action against
diseases of all kind:
l. The Village must be kept free from
filth of every kind
2. All kinds of rubbish should be re
moved fpom yards, porches, passways
and garrets, and all Kitchens should be
kept clean and free from garbage Gel
lars, closets, pantries and store-rooms
should be well cleaned out and white
washed.
g. Ventilation of dwellings should com
mand particular attention.
!. f. Good habits of life should be scru
pulously observed, regular meals thropgl
the day, and proper rest through the
night are essential to mental as we'll a!
physical strength, and, therefore, to per
feet health; none but wholesome fooC
should be used. Fresh pork, veal, anC
green vegetables or articles which expe
rience has taught individuals to know
are injurious to their systems, should b.
avoided and summed
No empirical practice should be resort
, ed to. All medication should be directed
by the family physician. Nostrums ad
vertised as specifics for diarrhoea or othc
complaints should receive no encourage
!, ment. They are mostly mischievous
a and, when harmless themselves, do in
:, jury by the delay which they occasion
before the aid of science and skill is OF
tanned
The unlimited use of alcoholic and fel
c mented liquors should be abandoned.
n Now If these suggestions are CARRIE
i, out, and the people attend to their ord
q nary duties, and business, they may rel
: on enjoying good degree of health.
= A good disinfectant, and one that
5. cheap, is quicklime and sulphate of iror
r. (coperas.) mixed and thrown into sink
:, and privy vaults, and is the one 1 am az
= customed to use on my own premises.
IS The following rules and methods {
d disinfection have been recommended b
Il the American Public Health Associ
ton:
N For priyies, water-closets, drains, an
G sewers Eight or ten pounds of suIphat
n of iron (copperas) dissolved in five or 81
a. gallons of water, with half pint of crud
: carbolic acid added to the solutio
u and briskly stirred makes the cheape
a and best disinfectant fluid of commo
- use, 1t can be procured in every tow
W and by any family, and if the carbol
rs acid is not on hand the solution of co
"a pePas may be used without it,
To prevent priYies or water-close
y from becoming infected or offensive
ye Pour pint of this strong solution int
d every water closet pan or privy seat one
% OF twice day.
To disinfect masses of filth, priv
rs. vaults. sewers and drains--G raduali
IN pour in this solution until it reaches an
he disinfects all the foul material.
TO For the chamber-vessels used by til
=. sick, and for the disinfection of groun
fol