The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-23

things which do not require 10 "
looked. for
Flies crawl over fruits when expos
J ed for sale, unguraded by screens, ant
the generality of people do not wasl
fruit before eating it. This is
fruitful source of human Infection
particularly if case of typhoid fevel
nearby is being carelessly handled.
Don't forget that flies will carry the
ibacilli of typhoid fever from the stool;
of the patient (if left exposed and no
disinfected), if given an opportunity
to the food in the kitchen and dlnlns
room. This is no conjecture, for th<
Spanish-American war proved this
fact,
In spite of these and oft repeated
warnings, stables are kept uninspect
ed, and in a horribly unsanitary con
dition, breeding millions of flies, but
lii a horse that has had CHAMBERS IN
the worst form for years, undep the
care of several veterinarians, is sud
denly brought to public notice, what
furore! State officers and govern
Iment inspectors are at once on the
ground, and a wholesale slaughter
must needs follow; when, if the COM
man sanitary laws had been enforced,
regular inspection insisted upon, the
disease might have been stamped out
! in its incipiency, with very little loss
of property. This has been proven by
one livery company in our midst that
has made a speciality of cleanliness
and fresh air. 1t has been rewarded
in that every horse stood the test and
was pronounced sound.
When, through neglect, every other
horse in the county has contracted
CHAMBERS then and then only do peo-
pie become so animated,
Just as true is it necessary for a
yellow fever epidemic to rage that
any interest may be manifested or the
common laws enforced to stamp out
mosquitoes.
Since the recent rains a general
complaint has gone from all parts of
town against the alarming multiplied
tions of this dangerous and pestifer-
Gus insect. Yet the street committees
and sanitary inspectors refuse to re-
cognize that the badly drained streets
and open sewers are the principal
sources of supply, and nothing has
been heard of cutting weeds or sprink-
ling lime or copperas or putting ker-
osene on standing water where it can
not be drained Yet this is ordered
and insisted on by the state board of
health. But we are waiting for an
epidemic to make cleaning up inter-
esting.
Mosquitoes are everywhere recog-
nized as the chief, if not the only, dis
seminators of the dread enemy of
tropical countries-malaria,- It'll
is possible to put them down. 1t has
been done and is being done in many !
places. But it takes rigid enforcement |
of laws and systematic cooperation Of
the citizens; but wouldn't it be a !
whole lot better to lock the stable be-
fore the horse is stolen?
We verify believe that if a trench
one hundred feet long and CORES
pondingly wide and deep should be
dug, and attended by a brass band
and prominent citizens, the garbage
and filth and weeds and refuse of our
city be hurled therein by officers in
uniform, with imposing badges, or if
the festive fly or miserable mosquito /
could be shot with many bullets in
'front.' of the court house, striking awe
and CONSERVATION unto the inevita-
Die small boy and street loafer; in
,ther words, if there were more pomp II
md ceremony and sounding of trum-
'ets and panoply of war attendant II
Ipon the things that are constantly |
With us-a menace to life and COM
verify believe our jealous
guardians of public welfare might be
Induced to consider it seriously.
HEALTH COMMITTEE
WOMAN'S CLUB.