The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-06-01
FOR A NEW
CITY GARBAGE SYSTEM
Council Hear Report of Health Officer
Martin and Consider Best Methods of
Providing for the Disposal Of Garbage
Medical Inspection ofSchool Children.

In all probability the next session
of the city council will see the pas
sage of an ordinance requiring every
body to have a garbage can for the
depositing of the garbage now unual-
ly thrown into the back yard or al
lev. As explained by councilman
Clizbe, Warsaw rs system of
this kind and it works admirably.
The cans cost SLIP each, the city
buying them and furnishing them
to the citizens at cost The citizens
having the cans, pay for the can and
also for hauling the garbage away.
The Minneapolis plan of having all
the garbage wrapped in papers be-
ing put into the can was also dis
eussed, but a difficulty inthe way
of this is that not all of our people
have sewer connections so that
they can drain the water off the T
garbage, and no place but in the
back yard 20 throw their dish water.
Valuable Report.
City health officer DR.. Martin
made a valuable report to the council
last night and all who were present
appreciated the inter st he has TAX
en- as well as the good things he
said for benefit Of the city. he RI
viewed briefly the speeches e the
last meeting Of the State Board OF
Health, giving the important Things
said there.
Thirty years ago our sanitary
system was inaugurated and it has
wrought marvellous change in all
the cities of our state, said Judge G.
C.. Hadley, in opening the state
meeting. He closed by pronounc.
the highest encomiums upon DIR. j.
n. Hurry, our state health officer.
The privy vault was condemned as
the most unsanitary thing which
exists today in our larger cities
State Food Inspector Barnard told
OF the Importance of requiring the
sale Of pure foods. and placed on
the local health officers the duty OF
prosecuting violations of the pure
food laws.
Medical inspection was given q
prominent place. The new law re
euires that the teacher and parent
know the physical condition of tht
child so that they NAV know how
to deal with him. Proper care o.
teeth was a prominent thing in th'
health of the child.
Conditions In Plymouth.
DR.. Martin got down to loca
conditions. He said there should b
an ordinance providing for garbag
disposal. Manure piles should no
be allowed, but should be put int
enclosed boxes or cans; privy vault
should be kept closely covered; th
sewage which we turn into Yello,
river to let run through the sity
a constant menace, he said; file
should be destroyed so they will no
carry diseases which kill Us and on
children.
DR.. Martin read an ordinane
which has been recommended B
the State Board of Health coverin
ell these points. The council favor
ed the passage of the ordinance an
referred the matter to a committt
and the city attorney report at tt
next meeting Of the council.
Several citizens were present an
took an interested part in Tire di
cussioa CT the garbage oriinan.:
The la1ies said that garbage ,
ceptasles were th crying need Of Il
hosuewife during lot weather, ar
they hoped the council would pr
vide relief for them n this respec
Mr.. Geo. Thayer spoke for q
school board and said that the mer
bers had done much in improvir
the sanitation of the two scho
buildings and he believed th'
would begin the medical inspectit
of children next fall under the ne
law. They would have done 30 b
fore this if they had had al
authority to do so.