The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-28
Work Of Cleaning is De-
 Scribed. DR. GOLDTHWAITE TALKS His Advice is Given as to
 Standing Water. City Sanitary Department Has In- spected over 1000 Premises and
 Work of Cleaning West
 End 1. ProRressins.

The mOSQullo must So. <aiu " Atii
 him go all uncleaniiness that may har-
 bor nm and all conditions that may
 The health department has declared
 war on him, war to the knife and no
 quarter given. The mosquito is recog-
 nized as the sole distributing agency ot
 yellow fever. The experiments of thI Government experts at Havana, exhaus- lively made under conditions peculiarly adapted to the development and growth of yellow fever, nave proved this. From this discovery has come the unreientlng g warfare of the city of Montgomery on the pest, a war to the knlIe ana no The city and the county of Montgom- cry are spending thousands and tnous- ands of dollars not only in eradicating mosquitoes, but in the improvement of the sanitary conditions in every pos sibie way. The best the city can do no matter how earnest and energetic It's agents may be-wili not be enough If the officials do not receive the hearty cooperation Of the citizens, especially the nousenolders of Montgomery. The city ortlciais nave already been grati- fled by the hearty corporation which the citizens have shown in making most wholesome cities of the South. The work Is at this juncture most import ant; 1t is of vital importance. The present sanitary work $ designed to De like an attacking army with Il hghtlng and with reserve force, because us first purpose Is to keep yellow fever out or Montgomery and Its second pur = pose Is tn have the city so clean that the fever, If, by chance. should come
 into the city. It would not be able 10 spread.
 In speaking of the great sanitary cru sade no won, and of the ways in Wnlcii the citizens can cooperate ana com plete the work. 80 inpoXtant to the wei fare of the city, Dr. Robert Goidthwaite. City Physician, last night gave out the following statement of advice and sus, gestion to the people who are disposed to assist in the work:
 Dr. GOldthwnite's Statement. Since the announcement Of yellow fever in New Orleans, the sanitary de- partment has begun crusade with ln- creased force, in such manner that m | few days we hope to nave one nh or ns .ne pie in general realizing what the intro auction of the fever means, nave re- sponded to the call of the Board fn oi days strenuous efforts have been made | to rid the city of everything that VIII breed disease.
 citizen to aid the sanitary department | in it's work Report all filthy and dirty places, all pools of standing water | anything where 1t would appear un' | However, above all things. remember that by experiments made by Federal or ficers of the United States Government
 in Havana hava provehd hv tnat whch fhS yeIlow IoS
 fever is Conveyed So let eyeryone,' | motto be No staghant water" It i' l their breeding place. .s. .t |, | you will remember - First-That he breeds In stagnan | water. ->- l Second-That he breeds in the small
 est receptacle containing water.
 | See to 1t that all such around you
 premises are gotten rid of. Empt!
 your vessels daily. See that your gut I | the bucket or tub where your horses ol
 cows quench their thirst.
 l See that no water stands where you
 refrigerator drips. oil your old els
 terms or screen those being used. No | tify the sanitary department 1T ther'
 are any stagnant pools in your nelSh l borhood ana If all will join and worl | together we will rid ourselves of tn | mosquito.
 | Points as to Mosquitoes.
 Dr. Goldthwaite will today confe plan he has in mind of printing cir cular of information. advising the bes
 way of suppressing the mosquito an
 of having absolutely clean premise | from sanitary viewpoint. It Is pro | posed to have these circulars printe
 and one left at every house in the cit
 by a sanitary inspector when he call
 to inspect the premises. Again 1t vii
 be emphasized by these circulars tha
 the great danger is in permitting an
 standing or stagnant water on tn premises which may breed mosquitoes Stagnant water of any sort let alon for twenty-four hours will breed mos
 quitoes. And the sort of mcsquitoe that clean standing water breeds ar the dangerous sort of mosquitoes, tn yellow fever kind. While the dar and noisome places like swamps an | creeks breed the malarial brand o mosquitoes, the yellow fever kind 1
 bred by clean water and water lief to stand in clean vessels. Mosquitoe | of this sort can come from any sort Q
 a water holding vessel. from the drai
 cup put to catch the drip from the re
 frigerator, from the little vessels file
 with water in which are set the legs 0