The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-02
Health Officer Makes Some Timely
Suggestions.

view of having the sanitary condi-
tions during the summer months
what they should be for good health.
This officer is only one man in a pop
ulation of between twelve and four
teen thousand. He has a great many
rooms to disinfect special complaints
to abate, meats, fish, green groceries,
to inspect, and to see that city drains
and bitches are kept open and clean
ed out and numerous other duties to
perform. So that it is the duty Of
every citizen to aid the health officer
In maintaining proper sanitary condi-
tions by keeping their premises clean.
putting oil and disnfectants in their
cess pools and seeing that cess pool
covers are fly and mosquito proof,
that no tin cans, buckets, barrels, or
other waterholding receptacles are left
around to breed mosquitoes, that gut
ters are cleaned out, garbage put o'.t
often, at least three times weekly,
horse and COW lots and stalls kept
clean and inoffensive and everything
pertaining to cleanliness should be
done by every householder in Sum-
ter.
Now is the time to fight mosquitoes.
Let everybody pitch in. Examine
your own yard and see if you have
any mosquito o-breeding places therein.
If the truth was published it would
surprise the public to know how many
times it has been found by the health
officer that mosquitoes and other nui-
sances complained of have been found
right on the premises of individuals
making complaints about their neigh
bors.
The health officer is going to ask
for an extra supply of oil and disin-
fectants. and extra help to pour these
two ingredients in open and under
ground drains. bitches, low places,
sand traps, and other mosquito breed
ing places. Just whether he will get
what he asks for remains to be seen.
The Sumter health officer has to see
after sanitary conditions and disin-
feet for serious communicable dis
eases for distance Of from one to
two miles distant from the corporate
limits outside of Sumter. This city
must be protected by all means from
nearby infectious diseases.
Put your trash and garbage box or
barrel by YOUR back door. Quit
throwing your tin cans and other re-
fuse out in the back yards, but throw
all such in the trash box or barrel.
All citizens should remember that
piano boxes, box cars, crockery crates
and all boxes or barrels too heavy to
lift are not allowed to be placed on
the streets. Only such boxes or bar
rels of refuse of such size and weight
as may be picked up by the cart driv-
ers may be placed on the street Put
ting out trash after ten O'Clock in the
morning is violatioH of the law. Let
everybody get busy trying to kill out
mosquitoes and help out instead of
abusing the city officials. Abusing
officials never killed a single mos
quito.
The health officer requested the
bread bakers to cover their bread for
delivery with dust and fly proof pa
per. The paper Is transparent, flax,
sanitary material. Every bread deal
er In Sumter, retail or wholesale, has
been notified that bread and pastries
must be kept protected from hies, and
as far as possible from dust
They have all agreed to comply
with this rule without being forced
to do so. The meat shops have long
ago been notified not to allow their
meats to be hauled into Sumter un-
less the same is carefully covered
With cloths so as to protect the meat
from flies and dust.
Citizens noticing any violations Of
this rule will do the general public a
favor by reporting the violations to
the first police officer they can find
The slaughter houses outside of the
city are regularly inspected and the
men in charge warned not to permit
any uncovered meats to be hauled
into Sumter. The methods of butch
ering and handling meats at the
slaughter houses have been laid down
for observance. Unless every precau-
tionary measure is adhered to the
Board of Health will certainly estab-
lish a municipal slaughter pen and
require all home raised beeves sold
on this market to be slaughtered at
the city slaughter pen