Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-16
KEEP THAl CITY CLEAN.

bfhiueh Nnt nIull 'o'l ANhNhuhN VI tHc
health department 0, our city, which is
constantly u.ed for the abatement OF
nuisances and toe prey ention Of epidemic
diseases, II Is Its duty Inform the PEG.
pie 30 that they shall b, come acquainted
with means for the prest ,rvstion OF health
aud the increase OF conf lrt. Acting upon
these convictions, present TO the people
few Of what | believe 10 be the most
practicable methods OF disposlug OF waste
matter In our city. II is undoubtedly one
OF the most important questions connect
cd with modern sanitation, for the waste,
when allowed to accumulate IN the vlcln.
ity OF our homes, may poison both she
water and the air.
Many VI the older cities OF Southern
Europe have become thoroughly saturated
with NTH, and for this reason cholera has
found fertile 1eld for its growth. IA
Spain, Italy aud southern France fllth
and disease always go hand In hand, the
former leading the latter, while oeanl-
meas invariably lessons The death rate
| Typhoid fever, cholera and other diseases,
whose growth aud spread are plainly due
To the accumulation and pulrefaction OF
waste matter, Sh uld be Stamped out Of
existence. With perfect cleanliness they
l WOulU nNb uN kuUMU4 IfNhhhiJ ANt AiNa
posal Of human rxcrement deserves
more care than any other waste la
cities like ours where there Is an
abundant supply OF water, aud where we
have sewers, the water closet il the
most convenient method and
may be made perfectly safe,
But certain precautions are neo'
essary IN arranging the water closets
They should never be located In living or
In bedrooms, but II located IN the house at
all, should be placed IN the most de
tached aud unocoupied part II II, When
there is yard, place them In the tarthest
rart of II from the house. Let some com
petent person determine the kind Of
closet used, for changes and improve
meats In the patterns are being constantly
made. The closet should be- well trapped /,
aud the trap 80 placed That II can DO easily
examined az any time. The hab which
plumbers have OF hiding all their work
should be condemned, The soil pipe
should not be connected at any point In
eide the house, at least with the other
waste pipes, such as those from the bAta.
tubs and stationary wash bowls. The
soil pipe should be yentiia-
ted by pipe whlca should
be as nearly perpendicular as posalb O.,
aud which should extend above the Toui
OF the house, and should not DO placed
, near window. The ventilation OF this
pipe Ia OF the utmost Importance and
! should never be neglected,
when there Is no system Of sewerage
| the dry ear h closet IL the best method OF
disposipg Of human exofemcnt. Indeed,
/ upon sanitary grounds, II is In many re-
} spects more desirable that tho use of
, winter closets; but the former require
i possibly more care than tho latter,
+ Economically, also, the dry-earth system
will prove the best when II comes int
, more general use and the excremcnt h
/ used as a fertilizer. A dry earth closet
properly kept IL free from all noxious
gases, and there rs no pc ssibilit5
I Of the drinking water supply,
} where wells os underground cisternr
| are used, becoming contaminated from H.
p There are many patterns Of dry-earth clos
G cts In use, but the Simplest may be made
: as efficient ms the most complicated and
! costly. cheap form ~ made by placing
: under the seat boxes lined with Ralyan
/ tied iron. There Is placed conveniently q
quantity Of dry earth, and each day fen
. shoyels Of this Ia thrown In. When ths
4 drawers are full they are removed, emp
k tied and replaced. With an ordinary fam
/ lily Of not more than half dozen mem
u DHfB III ~ not UtGfbNAIl w tUDNJ iii
!. boxes during the winter months more
9 than twice a month Several large citi,f
a ia Europe have adopted the dry earth sye
3 TEN, and the waste Ii removed BY thos,
!. who desire TO use Il as aiertil ger. Durint
q the presence OF epidemica OF any kind ]
would be we'll 10 thTow handful o
chloride OF lime into the closet severn
l. times week, and even when the weatne
a ia very h6t the same quantity OF coppera'
4 ma, be daily used The cost OF this sub
v stance is so small that II may be uses
II freely when needed.
|. The ordinary priyy vault with bTicl
walls Is an abomination. The wood onpl
u are still worse. They have caused more
= deaths 10 our country than war and fam
% inc combined. The liquid ipolsons iren
o II liter into wells and eisternr, while ~
r gaseous exhalatiOnH float through the AR
d People breath and drink their own excre
n lions. and typhoid fever aud kindred dis
/. eases slay tens OF thousands annually
n IL is safe 20 sAy that the porous woOdeI
n prlyy vaults 10 this country are the origi
Il Of tne majority Of the cases Of typho.l
o. fever. As our country becomes NOR
thickly settled the dangers from sue
vaults increase, aud they should b
W wholly abandoned. The waste pipes fron
the bath tubs and stationary wal
\ bowls should be well trapped, with ~
u traps where they can be readily examined
4. aud, as / have before said, these waste
pipes should have no connection insll
Inc house, AZ least with tho pipe from W
10 water-c.OEet.
"a 10 the absence Of sewerage, The Wasts
ID pipes from the bath and bowle may ?
10 conducted Into q cesspOOi. The soil
be grayelly the pool snould % lower tnA
Ne the bottom VI any cislern, SHOULD one
ID near. It's walls may DC u stone OF Dile
loosely Laid and Avenlllalng pipe snoul