Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-06-10
Board of Health.

In accordance with resolution
passed by the Board of Health, author
izing me to notify the citizens Of the
City OF the great Importance OF OBJ
serving strict sanitary measures during
the hot months, this announcement Is
now made.
Premonitory indications already exist
Of q threatened epidemic of very
serious character, and now Is the time
to prepare to make the conditions most
entirely suppress it. 1t Is very unusual
to have intestinal diseases prevailing to
tile extent they are at present, 40 early
In the season of the summer months.
That DiarrhGs, Flux or Dysentery,
Cholera Infantim, Cholera Morbus, and
even Asiatic Cholera may become
developed to an extent, foreign to our
nsuai >healthy locality, will meet with
an affirmative from all our resident
physicians. Many cases. of an obstinate
nature, have already occurred, some
proving fatal, and others resisting
remedial agents beyond ordinary cases.
Epldemics are generally preceded by
the particular organs Of the body,
pathologically implicated, becoming
more or less deranged, functionally,
sometime prior to their full develop
ment. This warning already exists
and the sooner we prepare the condi-
tions least adapted to the generation of
disease the more liable are we to escape
the yIrulency of epidemics generally.
What Is necessary to be done might
readily occur to the Observant mind Of
any person having ordinary care of his
own health and that of his family.
What are the surroundingsP On the
premises of many and especially ten
ants, accnmulates during the winter
months piles of ashes and rubbish upon
which is thrown all the dish-water and
slops from the kitchen and other refuse
matter about the house. Here Is mass
of filth, as soon as hot weather begins,
ready to undergo fermentation and de-
composition, and poisonous gases are
generated, which impregnate the atmos-
phere and thus become source of some
infectious disease.
Cellars where have been stored pota-
toes, turnips and other vegetables may
render impure the air In a large build
ing and thus became source of disease.
Privies, hOg-pens and chicken cOOps
become foul and filthy by neglect or
carelessness, and are causes for much
complaint to the Board of Health. II
the owners Of hogs and pens were com.
PEELED to place them In proximity to
their own kitchen or dining-room, in
stead Of their neighbor's, l venture the
assertion that few hogs would be found
within the city limits. Scarcely any
thing Is more offensive than a filthy
hog-pen, especially after rain or after
sundown, and those having them should
entertain some respect for the comfort
and health of their neighbours, if not
their own families.
Thus has been mentioned some of the
unpleasant things In our city, that may
become the exciting cause of much sick
ness and distress. 1t is the request Of
the Board of Health that the head Of
every family or household have his
premises examined and remove all de-
caying or offensive matter, If any
exists, and IL needed, thoroughly dis
infected, before the goth day of June.
Personal inspection after that time, IL
deemed necessary, will be made by the
proper officers, and the law promptly
enforced.
JOHN SANNS, NJ. D..
Health Of3cer.