The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-08-17
MAY FIGHT THE ORDER.
F'umigatfOn Command Not Liked b
Kansas School Boards

4 uInlgaf1OH Command Not Liked BY
Kansas School Boards
We have received your order re-
curing the fumigatiOn Of all public
schools in this county. What are you
going to DO about it If We refuse to
obey your Order?"
A message like this has been re-
celTed BY DR.. J. S. Crumbfne. secre-
tary OF the state board OF health. from
the county attorney Of Jewell county,
and from other counties which think
the state board OF health is putting
In TO its affairs, in the issuance Of
the order requiring the fumigatiOn Of
all public school houses before the
opening OF school
Sherman county hasn't taken up the
cudgei on this question because it has
Deen demonstrated in GOOdland that
1umtgauOn is the ounce Of prevention
that saves pound Of cure. Last year
was the first in several that measles,
scarlet fever or something Of like ma
ture has not broken up the school
More than that, many little lives have
IN the last number OF years been given
up to these MOlOcks OF disease in our
city, and the health authorities have
the solid backing Of GOodland people
because 1um1gatOn Of the school build
ing and books has been burned into
them BY unhappy experiences Of the
past Last year, as the local health
othcer, Dr. Smith has pointed out in
the columns OF this paper, the nee
essary precautiOn was taken and the
result-nOt a case Of the dread dis
eases among children appeared. So,
whatever other towns or counties see
Mt TO do with the fumigatiOn order,
GOOdland and Sherman county will
gladly strike hands with Crumbine on
this proposition
Where opposition has arisen Dr.
Crumbine has replied to the rebeIlious
messages, and hands out the follow
ing citation from paragraph $3.50 Of
the general statutes:
The health officer Of the several
local boards Of health throughout the
state shall perform such duties as this
act the local board OF health, or the
state board Of health may require Of
him. For any failure or neglect Of
said health officer to perform any OF
the duties prescribed in this act, he
shall upon conviction thereof be fined
ten dollars for each and every Of
ense."
Il believe that we can enforce the
fumigatiOn rule Of the board and be-
lieve il is our duty to do So" said Dr..
Crumbine the other day. ut means
saving lives; the lives of the school
children Of the state. 1t is worth
some trouble and expense to accOmp-
liSh this result.
There is, however, a mistaken idea
about who shall pay the cost Of this
fumigatiOn. Some have written in
here to inquire whether the county
board had to provide for the expense
VI the hOLh- Inc COuuLg DDdL0 uDE5
not. It is the duty Of the county board
to merely notify the proper officers,
and see that each school district board
does its own fumigating. Each dis
trict pays the cost Of fumigating its
own school, and the expense is there
fore very light on all"
Down in Lyon county, the county
board Of health has sent to the county
superintendent Of schools the follow
ing notice:
You are hereby directed by the
board Of hath Of Lyon county to
notify the school directors OF the sew
eral schools under your jurisdiction to
proceed at their convenience before
the opening Of their respective schools
and attend to the following require
ments Of the board Of health Of Lyon
county:
1. All grass and weeds should be
moved and all trash removed from
the school yard
2. Vaults should be cleaned and
thoroughly disinfeCted with lime.
3. Drinking water supply should
be inspected. If obtained from a els
tern the cistern should be pumped out
and the ciStern washed out Cistern
water that has not been used for
some time is very likely to produce ty-
phOid fever. Wells should be inspect
ed to see if water is pure and that
no rabbits or anything detrimental
have fallen in the water during the
summer months. If so, the water
should be drawn out
4. Immediately preceding the open
ing OF the school session, the build
ing should be thoroughly aired and
scrubbed, and this should be followed
by fumigatOn. Specific rules for the
latter viii be furnished you by the
secretary, and should accompany each
notice to school directors.
you are therefore instructed to
mail a copy Of this order to all school
boards in Lyon county.
These rules are laid down at the
command Of the Kansas state board
Of health to the end that all possible
means may be taken to prevent the
spread Of disease during the coming
school year"
DR.. Crumbine approves this method
Of procedure adopted by the Lyon
county board, and says that it should
be the plan in every county in the
state.