St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-01
HEALTH CONDITIONS
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the Sanitary Code. All of the
woodwork in this room needs tt
cleaned. The stove should be
cleaned and polished. There
were two cups by the cooler or
the stand. The windows up.
stairs and downstairs need to be
cleaned. In other words, the
Court House should have a thor
ough cleaning from garnet tc
basement, All of the iron work
should be treated to a coat of
enamel or asphaltum.
On the right side of the Jail in
the keepers room there was q
large amount of old papers and
books and rubbish which should
certainly be stored in some other
place. In the room containing
the stairway leading to the sec
ond floor were Z barrels all of
which were covered with thrash.
There were three rusty dirty gar
bage cans. There were notices
on the walls which read: DO
not spit or mark on the walls"
/ found all of the cells to be in
sanitary. In some of them there
was a considerable amount of
moist garbage. The walls and
floors and all the iron work
should be thoroughly secured and
cleaned.
Chapter VII, Section 249 of the
Sanitary Code provides: "All
jails, prisons, and lock ups must
be properly lighted and venti-
lated. The floors and walls
must be scrubbed with soap and
hot water twice a week, and the
iron work painted with white
lead or asphaltum varnish twice
a year under direction of Parish
physician, Health Officerr, or
Coroner. Every prisoner must
be given a douche Or shower
bath at least once a week unless
orders to the contrary are given
by the physician" The kitchen
of the Jail we found to be very
bad. The shelves, tables, and
fixtures in the pantry and kitch-
en- which included the safe,
bread box, sink and faucets, all
need a thorough securing and
cleaning. The bread box is made
of wood about x3x21 -2 feet.
In this | found a pair of trousers,
d wash pan, several spoons, 81
hatchets, locks, keys, a wrench,
brace, leather strap, coal chisel,
and other rubbish with crumbs
of bread and 81 of a loaf Of
bread. There were no evidences
to show that this box was ever
clean. In it also were spider
webs. There are no screens;
needs a general cleaning. The
iailor's room on the north east
side of the building is occupied
by one Of the deputy sheriffs and
it would not be inadvisable to
give this place a thorough clean
ING. The jailor's room also needs
cleaning as does the bath room.
The basement of the building
has a concrete floor, and in this
place is a large amount of gar
bage with some coal and wood.
/ can see no earthly excuse for
the conditions existing in this
Jail, and in the Court House and
the proper officials should see
that they are Immediately clean /,
cd and made sanitary. All of
the bedding in use in the Jail !.
be given a thorough air !
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VIZ urge upon you the neces- !
sity of providing a sanitary :
sewage system; that is absolutely !
necessary for the disposal of :
sewage which naturally accumu- !
in your city. This should :
be done to protect the health of :,
community. In the alb !
sence of this it is imperative that !,
your health officials enforce the 9
regulations as prescribed by the 2
sanitary Code which says: d
every privy must be provided n
With water tight containers and ,