The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-16
BOARD OF HEALTH NOTES.
Health Offlcer Rearlon Gives Advice
as to Cleaning Up.

Right now is 4he time to get In
the habit Of putting a trash box or
barrel right by the back steps or
kitchen door and throwing your
empty cans and other waste matter
into the box or barrel. Don't throw
your cans in the yard and then have
to go out and pick them all up again,
put them into the trash receptacle
direct from the house, then put out
the trash box or barrel a least three
times q week before ten o'clock in
the morning.
Keep up this rule Of having your
trash box handy right at the back
door and see how little trouble it
will be to keep your back yard clean
and sanitary. And see how much la
Dor will be saved by avoiding the
necessity Of picking up tin cans and
other refuse. which you ordinarily
throw out In the yard. awaiting the
opportunity to pick up again when
there Is no use and little sense in
ever throwing in the yard.
Get busy before mosquito breed
ing time alling up any low places.
draining any places that hold water.
II you cannot conveniently fill them
up. examine the coverings Of your
cess pools to see that there are no
small cracks or holes that mosquitoes
or flies may enter.
Get In the habit Of pouring kero-
sene oil through your pipes at least
once every ten days so that the oil
will get into the cesspools and de-
stroy any mosquitoes that may be
Matched In the cesspool.
Clean out your house cutters now
BY examining the cutters you will
surely find them clogged up with
leaves. You will also nine out of ten
times find that they are sagging and
holding some water for days after
every rain. Remember that a gill Of
rain water remaining in the gutter
for FIVE days means mosquito breed
ing therein.
II you have any bitches or other
drains on your premises have them
cleaned often and keep a little kero-
sene oil in the drains. No matter
whether there Is any water in the
bitches or drains, or no water. Pour
In the oil. When 1t rains the oil will
show itself all right.
Managers Of manufacturing plants,
ware houses, depots and platforms
and at all places where barrels of
water are kept for fire protection,
should keep kerosene oil in the wa
ter constantly until mosquito time is
over.
Keep disinfectants in your cess
pools. and ashes or dry earth, or
lime In your surface closets.
Best of all connect your house or
business establishment with the sew
erage system. Cesspools must go in
time. and the time is much shorter
than you imagine it to be.
A sweeping regulation abolishing
every cess pool in Sumter may be
put into effct within short time.
There Is no use in standing back
to take the limit" on connecting
your house. or business place with
the sewerage system. If you are not
connected and the anti-cesspool law
Is suddenly launched you will be de-
prived of the use of your bath tub,
toilets, wash basins. kitchen sinks,
until you do connect them with the
public sewers.
Procrastination Is the thief of
time. And 1t may rob you of the
conveniences of your plumbing and
fixtures at any time unless you are
prepared for the lightning like
changes In sanitary plumbing sew
erage system laws likely to be- put on
the bills In short time. or from time
to time.
Sumter spent $125.400.0O at one
clip, and many thousand since to
get the water works plant in order
that Sumter might build seventeen
miles of public sewers costing $685.
10000 and these two. nuhIic rt,,;ties