The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-28
MOSQUITO MUST GO, SAYS
 CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

4 x4 OA1 xAAA = A'1 AAv ~ the dining table to keep away the ants. thick vines which may shade the porch from the heat of the summer sun Is fine place for harboring mosquitoes. These vines. to be sure. do not breed congenial atmosphere after they have been brought into being under other conditions. For this reason Dr. Gold thwaite advises that at this juncture
 In the meanwhile Mont gomery Is in excellent condition to meet the crisis New Orleans. There is not at present cleaner city in the South. Acting Mayor Mcintyre is authority for that statement. The old force of sanitary inspectors had gone about seeing that fever was announced from New Or leans. The midsummer cleaning up time in Montgomery had been on and the work had been done.
 content with that when they found out that the fruit vessels coming. from the Central American ports had estab- lished fever in the Crescent City. Ex- tra sanitary inspectors were put on and the efforts of the city to establish ab- solutel cleanliness were redoubfed.
 In speaking of the conditions which face Montgomery Acting Mayor Mcin-
 What Mcintyre Said.
 There Is no cause for alarm. The city of Montgomery is in as good a South. From a medical and from a sanitary view the city Is so well or ganized that 1t would De impossible for q case of fever to break out and not be reported within twentyfour hours. I can assure the people of Montgomery that they may depend upon the Board of Health and the physicians of Mont methods in the stamping out of yellow fever. should d case by any misehance appear in the city. We are doing city in a cieaniy and healthfui condi- tion. There is not at present u sin. gle suspicious case of lever In all Of Great Montgom1ery: The The. city oy ,,dnna ana than ever before that the present ex- cellent sanitary condition ot Montgom- cry will be maintained and that they can cope with any situation that may arise.
 Tn the meanwhile the people of Montgomery should appreciate the im- portance of having stagnant water of any sort on their premises. The mos quito Is the thing people must fear who fear yellow lever. They should realize, too. that the mosquito which breeds in clean stagnant water Is the most dangerous of all mosquitoes" The sanitary department these days is the busiest department in the, city building. There are at present eleven sanitary inspectors working away, ln- specting all sorts of premises and hay ing all dirty premises ciesned: lean d.,,I Each port to Chief Clerk John Farley. When a lot or n cellar Is found to be dirty the owner of the premises Is N'1He The 'I regular sanitary inspector. of H,nderssr. 4. I I. thompson, caTsx a Pow Baa fsver Was "a E New Orleans additional inspectors have been appointed as foliows: Den ilworth. W. H. Roney. G. F. Dawson. The work of these inspectors has been divided and systematized. o. E; Courtenay has been given the task Of Montgomery. The work of flushing the sewers and examining the man. for any unsanitary condition has been | entrusted to Carew Powell. | The important task of pouring oil upon all the stagnant pools of & the city He has been furnished with an oil wagon carrying a tank which holds sixty gallons. This tank Is used tc keep mosauitos. from. breeding. The | oil wagon has been doing business IT | North Montgomery but yesterday af' 1 ternoon the field of it's operation was | changed and 1t was put to Work IT West End.
 A number of pools of standing water | in that section of the city had been re- ported to Chief Clerk Farley and th, | oil wagon was sent out to make 1t un healthy for the mosquitoes. ChappeI' Pond, which is behind the People! oil yesterday afternoon. This is thu | largest body of standing water in ol around Montgomery. West End yes
 terday afternoon got special attention the several pools ot standing water. | John Farley Talks.
 We estimate" said MT. Farley yes m
 Sanitary Department. that there ar, 5000 premises to be inspected in tn
 city. It is proposed to inspect each O
 those premises once every two weeks
 If there are not enough inspectors Il do this ths city will employ more. Blu
 the work has so far been so rapid tha
 we have reason to believe that ou
 inspection of the city only began las
 Monday. but we have already Inspect
 ed 2.S00 places. Out of this total ther
 were oniy 46s places that needed at
 was 10 have the grass ana the weed
 cut on these places. Our work Ina
 been progressing very ,y na faya9rably ar9 y.o,,,
 yesterday afternoon resolution wa
 adopted urging the city authorities L
 have all the ponds Tn the city draine'
 or filled in. It was understood. O
 sprayed with oil but 1t was deeme
 best to have the ponds utterly eradi
 cated. Several ponds in North Mont
 somery were in mind when the reso
 lution was I.assed.
 Dr. w. H. Sanders, State Healtl
 Officer, passed through Montgomer
 yesterday He went through to Mobil
 without stopping. to assist the healtl
 authorities In the Gulf City.