The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
OFFICIALS TO AID IN WORK
Health Department and Fire Chief Get
Out Notices Urging People to Clean
up Yards and Alleys-War on Flies
to be Made by Health Board.

Kenosha is to have "clean up
! day this year and Mayor Head has
announced that he has set aside Sat-
urday, May Bird as clean up day in the
city. On this day it is expected that
all people of the city will cooperate
with the city officials in an effort to
clear away the debris left by the long
winter and put the city into condition
for the coming of the warm summer
weather.
The proclamation Of the mayor, which
will be issued in couple of days,
will ask all the people of the city to
see to it that the back yards and back
alleys are cleaned up and that all gar
bage cans are cleaned and put into
condition for the summer months.
Clean Up Day. is going to mean
something in Kenosha this year and
the mayor has asked the members Of
the board Of health to cooperate with
him in his efforts to show the people
the necessity for this annual spring
cleaning. The street gang will be
largely reinforced for the day and the
streets will be put into the pink of
condition.
In anticipation Of the proclamation
of the mayor the commissioner of
health has already started to get out
notices demanding that back yards be
cleaned up and the chief of the fire
department working along the line of
fire prevention has started to get the
alleys in the down town districts
cleaned up. Before clean up day the
common council will have laid before
it special ordinance relating to this
kind Of work. This ordinance will
give the city officials power to enforce
the cleaning away of rubbish. The
ordinance is to be made part of the
general health code of the city.
Efforts are to be made to interest
the school children of the city in the
work set apart for the day and the
orders of the mayor, health depart
ment and fire chief will be sent to
every school teacher with request
that they be read in the school rooms
and the aid of the children will be
sought in this big work with view Of
reaching the parents through the
children.
The city will make an effort to get
ali the city property cleaned up be-
fore the day set for tue cleaning in
order to have the city itself set a
proper example to the individual prop
erty owners. Mayor Head is asking
the leading clubs and societies in the
city to cooperate with the city in this
effort to make the spring cleaning eff
fectual and it is expected that these
organizations will give loyal aid.
Later in the summer season the health
department will follow the lead of
other cities in starting a crusade
against flies in Kenosha and already
Dr. McShane is spending out the warn
ing "swat the flies y Another week Of
warm weather will bring the flies in
abundance and efforts should be made
to swat them at the earliest possible
time Every fly killed now means saw
ing the homes of the city from thous-
ands of flies in August DIR. McShane
is also planning to send out some in
structions for the care OF babies d.
ing the summer and he is hopeful that
me work of the health department.
will go long ways toward reducing
the former high mortality list among
the babies of Kenosha during the sum
mer months.