The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-12
BETTER SANITARY LIVING REQUIRED
ssCleanIiness Is Next to GOdliness,"
Said John Wesley

The Legislatures in the past three
years have made several laws for the
protection OF peoples health, by COM
polling a more sanitary condition i'll the
manufacture and handling OF food pro-
ducts; also requiring better sanitary
conditions in factories and public build
ings. In another column is Published
a report of the Improvements made III
the sanitary conditions of dairies i'll
Burlington county.
These laws are made for guidance to
create better conditions for living n
to save life. Persons are much avelSed
to anything that compels expense, eS-
peciauy public expense where they can
see no direct personal benefits, but after
such changes are made very few wish
to dispense with the improved condl-
| lions of living, which have been mani
tested by Burlington County dairYmen.
Milk is considered a necessary food
and in some CASES is indispensable. Ii
must be pure OF il communicates dis
ease to ile babe and frequently death.
Few things are mole unpleasant TIC the
good house wife than finding dirt from
The barll-yard in the bottom of a milk
bottle.
Because disease thriVeS in dirt and
dirt carries diseases with it when there
is slovenly and careleSSnesS III Lhe "a
ufacture and handling of ODD products,
laws have been LAT to require a
cleaning up i'll diaries, ~creanlerles, ice
cream factories, the gathering and
handling of ice and also III the bakeries.
Creameries, ice cream factories and
bakeries ale now subject to Inspection
by health officials and a nomlnal license
fee is required aS a guarantee Of proper
sanitary conditions.
That disc ase thrlveS greatest III dirt
has been proven at home. The $1,000
cost OF a smallpox epidemic last year is
the best OF reasons for personal cleanll-
less and the need of clean premises.
Tie fact that there was not another
outbreak Tie past winter was a sur
prise to some and is proof OF the eff
fective and credilable work done Oy the
Board Of Health.
Forty years ago chills and fever We're
a common disease among persons III
This region. The cleared land and
sWamps were poorly and partially
drained. Mosquitoes and flies We're
more numerous Jhan i'll later years.
Few houses were provided then with
netting to keep the mosquitoes and flies
0ul. IL has been proven that mos
qultOes are the greatest SpreaderS OF
malaria and yelloW fever, and that flies
carry dirt and disease germs. Mos
qultOes breed i'll ponds and pools OF
water and flies breed most prOtuSely Ill
dirt containing animal matter. For
those reasons drainage Of ponds and The
covering OF dirt piles Is very important
10 prohibit that breeding OF disease
germs and disease carriers.
As summer approaches swat the flies
as they first appear; clean up the ulrt
piles and muu puddleS and thus hinder
the breeding OF disease germs and car
riers of diseases. There is abundant
room for improvement i'll LniS region.
The wise and thoughtful will see that
ii is done and The Board of Health viii
offer suggestions To the thUughtless for
the lenehG OF all.
Laws ale made for instruction and
guidance OF persons i'll their relations
10 their fellow man. Those who wish
to live clean and letiEed can not do 50
most effectively Wien others are allow
ed to breed dirt and disease.
Children are taught these things at
school, yet frequently then public sur
rOundlEgs are not III the best accord
with such teaching. The State is ex-
pected to be the one to follow the pre-
cepts OF It's teachings, for the benefit OF
those who live ill Their homes clean and
for the example Of those who do MOI
have such at home, III order to make
better citizens OF them.
Hence comes the reasons for the
Board Of Health aud The % ders from
the department OF public instruction
for better sanitation i'll public school
buildings and public surrounding of d
town.