Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-26
SANITATION.
h Resume Of the city's Present
Condition.
ELEAN ONLY IN SOME SPOTS
N h Others the FiIh is in Dangerous
Profusion,
N, Papers From Dr.. Beall and Or. Caps On
Nc Prevention Of Infectious Diseases
Treatment When Prevention is No
Longer Available.
lean ONLY IN SOME SPOTS

M aturday and tour was made Of the
1@sIstriot where most trouble would UNI
ubtedly be, If we had an epidemic,
|articularly of cholera.
s Remote as is the possibility Of trouble
|,om this source, cleanliness Is so cheap,
L so easily attained, that '"clean up
|gerybody, is good advice.
Eastward of the city, along Ham
L8mnch, extending to the southwark.
1hence bending through part Of tho
1hird and Fourth wards to Robinson
8anch and down this, northerly. Is
here, II we have an epidemic, we may
box for the trouble to locilize.
NJ There is another somewhat isolated
face that is noted separately later
A ride through the region would dis
~ 5se fairly good sanitary condition
,nong the streets, in the yards and on
+. seant lots are weeds OF all kinds, ages
mi degrees OF uselessness. These
light be removed without suspicion
lmpropriety, but until the city takes
he Initiative and cleans up the streets
Is scarce TO be expected the citizens
H. Dill be more prompt in the observance
the city ordinances.
Into Ham branch only the storm
3wers empty and therefore this drain
.ge way is not in bad condi ton. From
!. be brewery a stream Of wates steadily
ows, but as it is from the ice-making
nnch Of the plant there is in this
oihing In the least degree deleterious
u offensive.
Some complaint has been made of the
pnditiOn OF the streets and alleys back
III the Dallas house, east of the
Union depot, but cause for this com
aint, II 1t ever existed TO the degree
BE- compliments aver, is removed.
F. Coming westward then, through the
hirdu ward number of the small
Enements there were examined, and
&.hough not as pure as the homes Of the
fealthy or those In moderate circum-
ances, the Acre part Of the ward is in
bir condition, one Of the worst things
tlnd there being that some of the gas
ents or pipes connected with the sewer
Far water closets, open into the ground
tstead OF extending upward into the
far enough for safety. The evil is
b. soil is being saturated with sewer
That little negro settlement, near
Nleyenteenth and Jennings avenue, is in
bed condition.
There is some waste water drainage
aown past the gas works to Robin.
pms branch that is not overly nice, but
Is not specially offensive Down the
ranch some evidences are visible OF
prctice that has been stopped by the
4tfrest Ol the accused on the filing OF in
4frmation against others who have been
1imping stable manure and city garb-
.ge on the sides OF the branch, This
now ended and the general condition
the branch is fair.
Back OF Judge Beckham's has been
BED as a dumping ground for some OF
be city refuse, and Saturday the sani-
hry officers arrested Riley Bell,
harged with the olfense. The prac-
Zee that was carried TO a considerable
4Alont, has been stopped by the officers
aiching the locality.
There is between the Houston and
exas Central and the Missouri, Kan
|ls and Texas railroad tracks, directly
psi Of the hospital, and less than 100
POS southwest of the Seventh ward
rhool building. au open sewer, leading
rom the hospital, from which constant
y hows the filth and foul smelling
lquids from that institution. This
wer opens into ditch which is from
teen to twenty feet in width, and
fore than three hundred yards In
Mngth. During this dry weather the
rlace is dry with a crust Of five or SIX
hehes on the surface, which is readily
1enelraicd with stick to an unkuoN n
epth, string up veritlb cesspooli
I'm All the varying oliactory oiienses
nag Unable. The earth is so thorough
saturated with the filthy fluids that
llttie stream silently flows the entire
ngth OF the ditch to the trestle UNI
~ the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
f. This veritable river Styx all the
hlidren west of the tracks must cross
often as they go to and from school,
ith no friendly Charon TO ferry them
Nately over.
A physician who was in the company
tated there was great danger OF the
ehool children becoming infected with
&Ephoid and other infectious feyers,
~ coming in contact daily with these
pun odors, and that the filth" commit
= should take immediate action be-
lre damage suit against the city is
INSTITUTED.
From his official position the city ply
'eian is one eminently proper TO sug'
- ANulgNlea LOT lut uushll tdlg ANA
itlon Of the parts OF the city from
nom so many OF his patients come,
hd at the request Of THE GAZETTE
tim:
Self preservation is the first law Of
AZURE and now that we are threat
ned with an invasion OF cholera we
aturally look to the enforcement Of
hat law. How shall we protect our
ives from such dreaded disease?
+ The government is doing sll in her
over to keep out the disease, as is alst
ne state, hence that which concerns
most is what we shall do locally in
le SAME direction. Our duty in that
ins requires that the city BE- placed IN
excellent sanitary condition, To dc
~ there should be placed at the head
ne board OF health a competent ply
van and such assistants as he would
n necessar
5 nee f afford "a nucleus for the
.tv"lh d m3nt Of the rIn
only Of lhJlera, but also Of most 'all
s'el us diseases, 1t should be got rid
n Al d compo iTg lima and vel Q
We matter should be destroyed al
- Growing weeds II they do mol
~, " accaying material arc mot harm
Gult-rs and streets should be