Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
CLEANUP: KEEP CLEAN.

CEChR W NELL (IEAN.
Some one asks the CITIZEN TO
print something about live issues,
theybeing tired OF the fish and
oyster question; Well, here is a
liveSbpe, thoughit may turn out
to he@ dead. man some day soon.
A. substitute during the civil
war brought asInuch as 81 900,
that being about the highest
price naid ARatile-bodied negro
mairsola forabout the sames1m.
So THAI ie might beset down that
a strong, able-bodied man of our
day should certainly be worth to
has family and to the community
in which he lives at least that
sum. The able-bodied man can
earn say 50 a day; that is a |
small wage as wages go. This
able-bodied man contracts
typhoid, and is sick or disabled
from work for two months, there
10y losing say 500 His family
IN case -he~dies pay perhaps at
least 500 for his funeral. That's
a small estimate. ,SHis doctors
bill will be at least $50 more, and
ii the drug store, bill is added it
may be put down at Stafe lowest
as $50. This spell of fever, if the
man dies, costs 81 ,225; and if he
RECEIVERS, S115, and it is often
the case that he is unable to
work for several months.
This man had awell in his yard.
He had possibly never heard that
typhoid could be caught from
drinking water, and if he had
heard it it made little impression
on him. Filth accumulated about
the yard. The cow and horse
were .watered from tub standing
at the well. Other filth accumu-
lated near by, filth of an unmen-
tlonable nature. A little pains,
a little cleanliness would have
kept the premises clean, a careful
watch would have prevented the
water of the well from having
become contaminated. Thecare,
the pains would have cost not a
cent. Care and pains were not
taken, and the fever, the loss of
time, the probable death OF the
head OF the house, resulted with a
money loss-in case of death of
81 ,2I5, and if he survives of not
far from $275. All this is practi-
cal enough, but who will heed it?
Ii anything is clearly proven in
medical practise it is that typhoid
is taken in with the water we
drink or else in our food. Flies
may briIg it from filth few
yards away. Leakage into the
well may cause it.
Clean up, clean out, keep clean.
That's a good motto. Carrying
this out costs little, and a life is
worth so much more than can
possibly be figured out in dollars
and cents that figures cannot
show il.
Clean up, clean out, keep clean.
"A we'll in an adjoining state
was suspected of being the cause
OF asease of typhoid. 1t was sit
dated on b hill go feet high, and
mas apparently fine water. A
pit OF swamp located about a
4Narter of mile away was made
q. test and "a barrel af coal oil
emptied into it. Inside of three
days the water in the well tasted
strongly ofoil. The swamp was at
the foot of the hill on which the
we'll was situated and about on
a level with the bottom OF the
well. The experiment showed
conclusively that the water from
the swamp drained into the well.
If a well is fifty feet deep it can
be safely.calculated that the soil
for, a radius OF fifty yards on any
side OF it may be contaminated.
That is, ii "a circle 0yards in di-
.ameter be drawn around the well
with opening as the centre of the
5circle The water is likely to be
Spoisoned from this soil.