Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-03
SANITATION OF
 TOWN or VALDEZ
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\ Enumberless flies. Indeed such \ ill an unmindful con- ! munity seem as if it was invent \ ed for the very purpose of car- \ rying infection to ourselves, to ! tour children, to everything that { lives, by the agency of the fly and < kindred carriers of infection. Without an intelligent and con- \ scientious co-operation of the in < dividual citizen, the power invest ed in the health officer cannot work for the full benefit of the community. While l am awake < to the grave responsibility Of maintaining good sanitation yet he task would not be so difficult Inf every housekecper is mindful pf the principles of sanitation and of the importance of keeping her |back yard free Of decOmposlnS Evegetable matter. of keeping her privy hy-proof, of being as zeal ous of her surroundings around (the home as of her parlor or her |kjtchcn. She must remember |That the house fly has the faculty of scenting fermenting or foul |smelIing material at great dis tance and that the garbage can Is clearing house for Infection. From the foregoing remarks the remedy for such evils sug- gests itself and can be expressed lin two terms: cleanliness and dis Infection. But on the whole, it is in the removal of garbage and re- fuse and in the disposal Of all manure that the fly pest can be most efficiently abated in our town, and that the danger of lspreading disease can be reduced Ito a minimum. To be more spec fife the following steps should be taken:
 i. Removal of all manure piles } from the streets and alleys and ! open places; removal of manure from the stables every ten days } in summer and careful Sprlnk- ! ling of the floor with chloride of lime. By limiting the intervals to l such short period the manure. IS 1 removed within|th period of in Inoor are killed by tine chloride of ! lime. which is powerful mag ] got killer. The manure should ! be removed or stored in bins in ! the stable, which should be so ] constructed as to exclude rain- ( water and should be in all re- spects water tight and should be ( provided with cover so as to E prevent the ingress and egrcss of flies.
 2. In the absence of a sewer I age and water system, a sanitary privy should be maintained which should have tight walls and a flight recepticle with a ventilating pipe and tight trap door. The recepticle should be emptied in the newly built city cesspool and disinfected with a little chloride of lime. The most important . l,item in the construction IS that lthe water closet should be per Ifectly fly and insect proof. Some of the now existing ones are not even cat proof.
 3. The garbage barrel or recep- 4iclc should be provided with I'kept in the wood shed and every few days a handful of chlor ide Of Mime is thrown in: the keeping of garbage boxes or barrels without covers and allowed to decompOse and purify in the sun and final
 Iy it's contents are scattered by dogs and cats. Is a vicious prac- ticr and will be prohibited.
 f. All dish water and sink wa itrr should be conveyed through drain into a cesSpuol well GOV cred in the ground and occasion- ally half a gallon of bleach (half pound of chloride of lime dis solved in one gal Ion of watcr) thrown in the drain pipe.
 }. The removal of all prelings. : vegetable matter. decayrd fruits .. and tin cans from the surround l ings of the home. 1 6. The expense of one dollars l worth of chloride of lime if used ! .judiciously would secure a fair l degree of sanitation: it is best | used on the ground or on a place | to be disinfected by making a so- | lution in the proportion of half a | pound to a gallon of water which : solution is called bleach and used , in a sprinkler. In garbage pails
 and barrels or in water closets;
 use, dry.
 D. H. SI.EEM.
 Health Officer.