The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-08
I Isn't the Ashes,
Il Is the Ash Heap in
Which Fan er Lies
What Governments AMI Other
pecpIs Are Doing Toward tire
Public Health and What Little
Some petrojters Refuse to Do.

Millions millions expended the interest," Oh
Not only stamping conagion
on and disease and it.
In Japan the medical scientists of have to deal with
bubonic plague.
We country example for showing how
willingly the people have accepted the suggestions of their doctors
and how they ready comply with them and lend assist
snce in the
This they naturally sensbly for is
the public all which should be the concerned this
subject
The investigations of Japanese scientists have that
the rat has been responsible of bubonc plague
from one locality to another in that country.
The determination of the itself
81 - the FIRST step necessary
The enemy selected do this
and these doctors proposed law making compulsory that
be kept in every house in the country
proposed further that worldwide search be instituted
Tor especially skilled that their intro
ducton and propagation be encouraged
To stimulate breeding strains of
proposed promote the Of
horses and cattle and to give prizes make worth while
further proposition is that plying between plague
infected ports should carry
There willingness part people Of
Japan accept suggestions only
instances, it is thought, would a law be necessary
Remember cite this of how the public in
Japan ASSISTS the health authorities.
ton with the greatest engineering history Of the
n world the digging of the Panama canal
Now that far improved sanitary conditions have been brought
almost will proceed with
results from for there will be available and they
will be less hanpered by sickness.
improved the stus thousand.
of carloads of earth the canal turned
and green depths
bearing mosquitoes of the isthmus
"Th importance sledgehammer
Hugh C. Weir, writing Putnams December
statement that in hundred thousand grains of qunne
consumed daily in Panama protection against
The quinine by through
filing the pest holes
1t costing anywhere from $4,000 $asoooo
protect the health of Panama.
In view of which Japanese give
matters pertaining the subject of health and
of the United States alone
pended Panama stamping
and in routing the mosquitoes destroying
breeding what said
who refuse comply with simple precautionary
taken in the interest of the cits hygienic conditional
Detroit IS a fortunate city.
The ctys is the purest
Nature has dealt kindly by way river and
two Of the Great Lakes with wholesome every
day in the year.
blessing good health for Detroi.r,
depends ourselves and guard
against invasion by disease than wait until upon
before combating
ordinance providing for the disposition garbage
compulsory in
This amendment has resulted protest from msnv citizen. wi
think they should be permitted alleys they
please and dump their ashes where they have a
There may be element of good reasoning in plea
pay for ashes being mans dwelling by the CITY
Be- denied the service the of business building
But is not good reasoning when property
should pile ashes where he chooses
Neither does such property display pride that
sould abound in the heart of the life
worth living does he display anything like the
yelowsknned Jap for the welfare of his city
81 point of its health.
When ashes dumped into alleys in are ASH
HEAPS in the alleys
ASHES be less harmless far mnacing
public health concerned but ASH HEAPS certainly
for the that they
them garbage and rubbish of description.
There is where the to health in ashes
otherwise comparatively pure fills
garbage and the poison and disease germs
the the other and from side the
The ordinance is reasonable in its provisions and
for the by which is inspired cleanliness
81 and civic beauty.
Detroit business pointed alleys should
the
the same attention in this regard the front.
will before the council tonight
y The ordinance should stand amended.