The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-03-13
TAKE WARNING IN TIME.
There Must be General Cleaning up IL
the Town.

There Must be General Cleaning up ~
the Town.
Our borough authorities should not fail to
exercise all means within their power to have
the town put in the best sanitary condition
possible before the summer season arrives
These steps are more important this yea1
than they have been for years past.
The best medical authorities on both sides
of the Atlantic agree that during the coming
summer there will be a violent breaking out
of Asiatic cholera on the European side and
that only the very best sanitary precautions
will curb the dreadful epidemic on this side
These reports have been ahoat for months
and on Saturday last the United States
Consul at London confirmed them. He
says the authorities of this country cannot
be too vigilant as the cholera outbreak Of
last summer was only temporarily smothered
The opinions of our home physicians
should also tend to arouse the borough au-
thorities to a timely realization Of their
duties. While in conversation with re
porter on Saturday physician id, "Whilc
the cases Of sickness at present are numerous
they are not sufficient in number or of such
a type as to be alarming, but 1 am free to say
that if the present mild weather continues
and the frost keeps on leaving the ground
sickness will begin to spread rapidly. 1t
always does with the breaking up of winter
weather, more so than in any other season.
and now is the time that the best sanitary
precautions should be taken"
The large amount of snow and the heavy
frosts of the past few months have covered
great quantities of refuse matter which will,
as soon as warmer weather sets in, become
putrid and generate the germs of disease,
which will cause sickness and perhaps death
The question now arises; What can
Council do2 1t is true that under the exist
ing laws local Board of Health cannot be
established, but that relief will no doubt be
offered within a short time, as a bill to grant
it is now before the Legislature aud has thus
far met with very favorable consideration
But while waiting for this law the Council
can act 1t can authorize the Supervisor to
go through every street and alley in tn,
town and carefully gather all surface refuse
cart it away to some OF the abandoned mine
breaches on the outskirts of the town and
treat it to large and repeated doses o.
disinfectants.
This first step taken, let the members o
the Borough Council then take up the or
dinauces and carefully study the provision.
which prohibit the throwing of refuse matter
upon the highways. Let due public motto,
of these provisions be again given the people
as the third step and as the fourth let tn,
Chief Burgess and Council promptly prose
cute all persons who violate them.
The great trouble in the past has been that
many Of the yiolators of ordinances hav,
escaped through friendship with members o
Council or some other authorities and al
abuse of this friendship has led to an almos
total disregard of the laws.
But this is not all that can be done, Whil
| the borough authorities are looking to tn,
cleansing Of the highways let the citizen,
| lend their individual efforts to putting NJ
barriers against the threatened choler
| epidemic They can give attentions to th
cleaning out and purifying OF cellars, empty
/ ing Ctss- pools ulspusllB OF ASH ana ruDplsL
heaps that have accumulated in yards durin
| the winter, and make free and frequent us,
| Of disinfectauts about their premises gen
! orally
| This is not an idle lecture for the purpos
of creating anxiety. 1t is "A time wamiu
/ based upon the opinions of some of the mos
! eminent men and eminent medical authr
/ ties in the world that all communities mus
I bend their efforts % secure the best sanitar
| conditions possible this year.
! Let the Borough Council take action at 1
l next meeting ,sa.-.-- hF