Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-06
Week Given Property Owners in
Which Ito Get Alleys and Lots
Free From Rubbish
MAYOR STRONG ON SANITATION
Now Health Physician is strainins at
tho Leash to Get Action on Dirty Al
leys and unsanitary Conditions, and
Mayor Gives Week Before Order to
LET Loose"
LET Loose

Mayor Ingledue today serves public
notice thru the T.-R., TO property own
ers, requesting that they clean UP all
alley and lots Of rubbish ana
the winters accumulation OF
refuse within the present week.
AT the end Of that time the
order to L,r. H. l.. Getz, health physi-
clan, will be given to proceed with the
work according to the provisions Of the
city ordinance.
DR.. Getz, the newly appointed health
officer, Is known to have at least one
hobby, and that Is a. clean city He
has. had this reputation for years, and
1t was one OF the strong planks OF his
platform in a mayoralty contest not
many years ago. He Is, as 1t were.
straining at the leash, and Is anxious to
get after rubbish piles and unsanitary
conditions turnout the city That he
will carry out the provisions Of the orr
dinance no one who knows DR.. Getz
will dispute.
Mayor Strong on Sanitation.
Mayor Ingledue also has hobby.
and 1t is sanitation. He Is soon to
start a campaign against many differ
ent kinds OF violations Of city ordi-
nances. and will give orders to the
health physician to see that they are
carried ont to the letter.
Among the work that the health ply
stefan will Investigate and take action
on, il he finds violations, are the In
spection OF all milk supplies, and the
examination OF herds for lumpy. Jaw,
tuberculosis, and other forms of dis
ease. This work will not stop with the
herds Of dairymen, but will extend to
the priv,lte milkman, who supplies q
few families in his neighhorhood. Some
Of the urlsanitary conditions OF diaries
have been outlined at previous meet
ings Of the board of health. Meats will
also be inspected and the cattle exam
ined before they are slaughtered. This
work will be done at the slaughter
houses where local butchering Is car
ried on, without the examination OF the,
government, inspectors. The slaughter
houses will have to be kept clean and
free from the usual stencil during
summer months.
Shallow wells are also to come under
the ban, and every well along the pres
1ent line Of water mains will be exam
ined, and, If found to be contaminated,
will be Condemned.
The distinction OF all homes where
tuberculosis exists will also be de-.
manded bg the mayor, the same as in
cases where the presence Of diphtheria,
scarlet fever and other infectious dis
eases has been noted. AS tuberculosis
is far more deadly than either the other
diseases, and the chances for Infection
greater the mayor will insist that
proper disinfection OF all bedding and
rooms be made.
Signs for Anti Splitting.
Mayor Ingledue Is having prepared
signs to be placed on all business
streets, notifying the prohibition Of
splitting on sidewalks. public places and
vehicles. These signs will be placed on
the street corners. at the depots, in the
street cars and in omnibuses, and vio-
lations will meet with prosecution.
While the mayor reasons that this
movement will be decidedly unpopular,
he considers it necessary and part of
his duty to the public In the interests
of health and sanitation.