Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-09-21
OFFICE OF THE HEALTH OFFICER
OF THE Cry OF WATERFOWL.
'ATERTOWN.

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On account of the rapid spread of
Aslatlc Cholera in other countries dur
ing the past few weeks, and the posi-
Dlllty OF its being introduced into this
country, it becomes the duty of every
citizen to do his utmost to prevent this
foe from gaining Judgment, should it
unfortunately be brought into our city.
Ihe only preventives on which any
reliance can be placed are sanitation, a
good water supply, efficient drainage,
surface soil cleanliness, wholesome food
and habitations.
The Charter provisions and Ordinan-
ces of the City of Watertown make it
the duty of the Board of Health and
the Health Officer to enforce all SAM
try laws designed to protect the pub
lie health, and at such times as the pres
ent, public sentiment rightly demands
the strictest enforcement of all such
provisions.
All persons are hereby notified to
cease throwing garbage or filth of any
description upon the streets or alleys,
or allowing the same to accumulate
about their premises.
All houses, cellars, yards, vaults and
sinks should be thoroughly cleansed
and constantly kept in clean and in
offensive condition. Whitewashing of
every place about your premises where
dampneSs exists is recommended 1t
keeps things dry, sweet and clean, and
prevents the accumulation of moisture
which promotes putrefaction and the
growth of disease producing germs.
Cellars should be frequently open to
the air and sunshine
Qulcklime strewn on the earth CT
placed upon plates is good purifier in
damp experiments, and the moist and
hurtful effiuvia.
All back yards and alleys must be
made clean at once.
All pig pens, cow stables and other
places where conditions exist, within
the city limits, that may at any time be-
come offensive or unwholesOme must
be kept In as clean and inOffensive a
condition as may be possibie daily
cleansing OF such places is necessary
All persons are hereby forbidden to
throw any stable products or other Of
fensive material into any street or al
ley, OF allow the same to accumulate
on his premises in large quantities. 1t
should be removed as often as possible.
No offensive Oulsmelling or deleteri-
Gus water or other liquid must be allow
ed to become stagnant upon any prem
lses, nor must it be allowed to flow into
any street, alley or neighboring prem
iSeS.
Garbage boxes, barrels or other re-
ceptacles should be provided for every
household. The same should be made
water tight and covered, in order to
prevent rain from entering them, and
all such receptacles which are made of
wood should be replaced by new ones
when the old ones become decayed and
offensive, and they should be often
cleansed with clean boiling water.
Garbage deposited in such boxes or
receptacles mast not be allowed to be-
come foul and i'll smelling, but must be
frequently removed To allow kitchen
garbage and other waste material to
decompOse and vitiate the atmosphere
is an offence alike unjust to ourselves
and our neighbors. All rubbish, such
as paper, weeds. ETC., about the prem
ises, should be promptly removed and
destroyed.
Privies and privy vaults must be dis
infected often. This can best be done
as follows: Take eight or ten pounds
of Sulphate of Iron, commonly known
as copperaS, and dissolve it in five or
six gallons of warm water, with one
pint of crude carbOlic acid added; use
this solution often and freely in privy
vaults This is the cheapest and one
of the best disinfecting fluids. A solu-
ton of chloride of lime in the proper
ton of four ounces to one gallon of wa
ter may also be used. These solutions
must be placed where animals cannot
drink of them. as they are poisonous.
All privy vaults not recently emptied
should be as soon as may be emptied
and cleansed. Before emptying privies
or cess pools the contents should be dis
infected by pouring into them large
quantities of the above described dis
injecting fluids. Healthful surround
ings can only be produced by removing
whatever is impure and rot by any ar
tificial means.
AIRY person failing to obey any order
personally served on him by the Board
of Health or Health Officer to remove
clean or put in sanitary condition any
privy vault or other offensive place, or
to clean any premises or lot, or to abate
any nuisance on Gny lot or premises
which is declared menace to the pub
lie health will be promptly prosecuted
as the law demands
All ordinances relating to the public
health will be strictly enforced; and it
is to be hoped that each and every citi-
zen will render the authorities such as
sistance in maintaining proper SAM
tary condition of the city that prosecu-
tons for violations of said ordinances
shall he unnecessary.
DIR. CARL r. FIELD,
City Health Officer.
Approved,
Fred Kusel. Mayor Of Watertown.
S. M. Eaton. Pres Board of Health