The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-23
MAYOR BLISS ISSUES
ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC.

ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC.
Mayor Bliss has issued the follow
ing address to the public:
The time has arrived when the peo-
pie of Pensacola should use all dill
gence in precautionary sanitary meas
ures. All garbage should be proper
ly disposed Of and all weeds cut and
all pools of water sprinkled with
kerosene oil.
The prevalence of fever in a dis
trict in New Orleans need not cause
alarm il this city if the people will
cooperate with the city board of
health. 1t has been pretty well dem
onstrated by scientific experiments
during the past two years that the
fever will not spread if mosquitoes be
kept from the patients. But when a
mosquito sucks the blooi of a patient
1t becomes infected with the virus and
when hat infected mosquito bites a
well person ii injects the poison into
his system. So the best way to pre-
vent the spread OF the fever is to stop
the mosquito.
As this is largely a new matter 20
the mass of the people ! desire 10
make few statements that corro-
borate this idea.
1t is a we'll known fact that a hard
frost will put an end 60 fever cpl
demic, probably because the frost
puts stop to the mosquito.
The city OF Havana had not been
free from fever for about 200 years
until the city was cleaned up and The
mosquitoes largely eradicated
In Panama and other fever couu-
tries there are certain places where
the fever does not spread, probably
because these places are high and dry
and have no mosquitoes.
In this country il has been noted
that fever will not spread where mos
quitoes are scarce.
Actual scientific experiments have
demonstrated that mosquitoes do car
~ the disease while al experiments
to show that clothing carry it have
failed
Therefore, the city board of health
will at once begin [. 'sade against
the mosquito as precautionary
measure. Several new inspectors are
wanted and will be put to work 1t
once. The weeds of the city will be-
disposed of and all pools of water
sprinkleC with kerosene oil, and all
low places filed as fast as practi-
cable. In this work the board sOlicits
the cooperation of the entire people. I
Cut your weeds at once. Pour oil on
every pool of. standing water, no mat
ter how sman. See that all old cans. /
or other vessels lying about do not /
lave water in them. Watch the rain /
barrels and tanks. 1t would be well /
TO have all sleeping apartments
and to kill all mosquitoes
that may be hiding inside the room. |
This may be done with insect powder |
Or by other methods. The city viii
order and furnish a preparation for
this purpose TO all VINO desire the
city to DO SO.
The city Board of health wants the
Of the public. l assure the
people that we will not outrage the
public by hiding the disease as has
been done in New Orleans.
If the fever makes its appearance III
Pensacola the public will be advised.
No cause ror Alarm.
l wish to admOnish the citizens
here is no cause for alarm nor any
excitement Pensacola mas only had
the case of fever in nearly quarter
Of a century We hope TO continue
his record. Quarantine has been es-
ablished against New Orleans. All
precautionary measures will be resort
I'd to. But this need not cause ex
element. We are trying TO be o.
he safe side. believing an ounce Of
is worth a ton of cure N
his matter.
Do X Now.
Let your watchword be vigilance
Do it row. If you have a stagnant
,ool of water about you put oil on it
It once. These precautions can do
10 harm and it is very advisable thai
hey be taken at once.
CHAS. II. BLISS,
Mayor.
DR.. Pierpont's Statement.
Acting CITY Health Officer PierpOnt