The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-11
A NEW LAW PERMITS
IMPORTANT ACTION
A Canvass of the State Will Be
Made and Any Dealer Found
Exposing His Goods Will Be
Arrested.
Especial correspondent.)


death this summer, II the state board
OF Health is able to do 1t. Plans are
now being made for a crusade against
the house fly, and the very first item
on the program Is starvation for the
ny.
The board declares that the house
fly is the cause Of hundreds of deaths
in Indiana each year, and it believes
that II the ravages of the fly can be
controlled many Of these lives can be
saved.
Can Enforce Rules.
The campaign which the board is
starting is made possible by a new law
passed by the last legislature, which
gives the board authority to enforce
its rules. And the law itself lays
down positive rules in the aid of pub
lie health and it is made the duty Of
the state board of health to enforce
this law. Prior to that time all he
stae board could do was o make rules
and Deepen don the people themselves
to obey them. And the people did
not oby the rules worth cent. The
result was that public health suffered
The last legislature passed law
which. requires all exposed foodstuffs
to be be covered or screened SO as to
keep them away from the flies. It
fixes severe penalty for any dealer
who keeps berries, fruit or other food
products exposed SO the flies can get
at them.
Must BE obeyed.
It will be the work of the state
board of health and its inspectors to
zee to It that this provision OF the new
law Is obeyed, and it is the intention
to make a canvas Of the entire state
and arrest and prosecute every dealer
whose goods are found exposed In vio-
lation Of this law.
DR.. ]. N. Hurry secretary Of the
state board of health, says that ut least
1000 persons die in Indiana each year
from typhoid fever. The common
house fly he says. is the ordinary
means of communicating the typhoid
fever germ, therefore, the fly is respon-
sible for hundreds of these deaths. The
board figures that II it can whip the
house fly it will have won victory
that will be great life saver.
Must Guard Displays.
The law applies not only to goods
that are placed outside the stores for
sidewalk displays, but to all kinds of
food stuffs no matter where they are
kept.
Already several prosecutions have
been started in various parts of the
state for violations OF the new pure
food law, notably In South Bend, and
the board announces that its inspectors
will 60 over the entire state In pushing
the work. No one can tell when a
state food inspector will drop into any
town. Therefore, IL q dealer violates
any OF the provisions of the law he is
liable to be pounced on by an inspect
or 1t any time and the heavy hand OF
the law applied to him.
1000 Babies Doomed.
DR.. Hurry also says that not less
than 1000 OF the babies that are now
| In Indiana are doomed to die during
!. the coming summer because their par
| ents do not know how to keep from
feeding them poisoned milk. It Is not
always carelessness on the part OF the
| parents that causes these deaths, the
! doctor says, but 1t is ignorance. Many
i parents do not understand the differ
ence between good and bad milk and
many OF them do not try to find out.
They need education on this subject