The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-19
CLEAN UP.

CLEAN UP.
We have said II before ind we say |
again, for 1t Ia not trita quotation, tina
"cleanlinefs is noxt to godlness" Tn,
springis upon us and with it, It's warm days
Its growing vegetation, and il bchoovos Dial
las TO begin to put herself In q first class san
itary condition. During tho winter, with iii
unusual weather, Ito sleels, SHOWS and rains
1t was next 20 impossible for tho light street
and scavenger force the city has, to keep The
city clean, 60 remove its filth accommodations
and tho consequence is that now
the highways, bywaya, alleya, and
back lots of tho city arc filed to reple
ton with refuse matter The CUTTERS are
reekiug, the garbage piles are beginning to
Torment and foster under tho heat Of the sun,
and unless our municipal authorities cot
themselves vigorously to work, unlsose tho
ci!y's purse strings and authorize tho health
officer to have this city thoroughly cleaned
we arc going TO reap fearful harvest of dis.
ease and death. We have not been as yet
visited with an epidemic, but Dallas for two
months or more past has boon
scourged with the visitation OF n
direfnlly fatal sickness. Congestion and
cerebro.spinal meningitis have been very
fatal, though fortunately, not very prevalent.
We rosd in the papers of the country that
fatal diseases exist everywhere thoroughout
tho union. There aooma to be contagion
and disease in tho very atmosphere and there
is no reason to beli.ve or to hope that tho
spring and tho summer always the sickly
seasons, will be amy healthier. Why, then
should we not prepare for possible danger
ahead? Why not do MI in our power to avert
the danger, to remove tho cause? The city
council can If i, will have Dallas made us
clean and as pure as u high rolling prairie
that never knew a plowshare or tho presence
OF man. Next month we are to have
municipal election, and this question of
cleanliness ought to DO made Nh issue in tho
canvass. 1t 10 simply question of health
and happiness weighed in the balances with
dollars and cents. 1t will cost something to
have tho city pat In good sanitary condi-
tios, but 1t will not COS. much. If it is not,
IT tho filth accommodations of months are
suffered to remsin in tho cutters, in tho sew
ora, in the closets, 10 tho alloys, in
tho back yards of tho city, the rains
and heat OF the spring and summer will soon
start them TO fcrmenting and decaying and
the foul gasc, they will emit, poisonous to
the human system, dreaded malaria that
vitales tho blood and breeds oil manner of
sickness, will impregna,e tho air and the
people will take it up in every breath they
draw Decsying and fostering under the
rains and the heat, these filth aocummula-
tons will soak into the ground and sesping
through tho soil, find thoir way to
tho wells of the city and poison
the water wo drink and usc for
csoking purposes. We arc not making state
men,s at random. Every citizen OF this city
who reads this article, knows that what we
say Is truo. Every citizen certainly knows
that II the city Is not thoroughly clesnsed
aud KEEP. 80, tina. vast doal of sickness will
onsue this spring and summer. II this be
truo then, why not clean tho ci,ys Tho high
est perfection of tho medical science Is 10
remove causes and prevent sickness The
medical fraternity have agreed, oil schools OF
medicine, that sll manner of fsvers and cpl
donics ara traccablo TO direct cause1
brought about BY dccayiug vegetable
or animal mMssr, or both, A co.'s pool, a
garbage pile or something OF that kind pro
vidss malaria RENTS II, and mingling with
the atmosphere II is taken up in the lungs
and iaining tho blood with its poison, ty-
plus or some other kind of FOYER onsues and
suffering and distress Ia ontailed. Ask the
Intelligent, well.informod physicians Of thi,
city and they will toll you that IL wise and
stringent sanitary measures arc not taken
aud promptly, that much sickness will b,
natural sndpoisive consequence. The HER
AID Is not an alarmist and Is not saying
word In tho nature Of anything sensational
but In an abundance of caution, 1t urges tina
tho city DO cleaned.
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