Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-09

Hnu VIII not last very long. Inc ma
nure should also be removed from the
premises at least once a month or
spread or the soil as fertilizer.
Pigeons are also a great nuisance to
the town and it is practically impossible
to keep a pig pen sanitary. / think it
would be an excellent ordinance il il
could be passed to prohibit a pig or a
hog from being confined in a smaller
area than n acre for each hog or pig
so confined. This would practically
eliminate the hog from the corporate
limits of the town, and | think it would
be more profitable to US, by the i'm
provement of our health and surround
ings.
The privy Is a great nuisance to any
corporation without a sewerage system,
although it is not so puzzling nor hard
to handle In a town the size of Macon if
the necessary ordinances can be passed
requiring the construction Of sanitary
privies, which are inexpensive and any
ordinary privy can be converted into a
sanitary privy.
The principal object of the sanitary
privy is to prevent soil Pollution and
exclude the fly from the fecal matter.
1t is well known that the principal
source of typhoid fever, dysentery and
numerous other intestinal diseases is
the fly which transmits the infection
from the discharges Of patients who
have suffered from the disease; so if
the soil around the privy is saturated
with infected urine and liquid focal
matter the flies swarming on this in
fected soil can obtain and carry the in
lection as readily as if they had gained
access to the fecal matter itself. This
is why the tubs beneath the box are an
absolute necessity in the construction
of a sanitary privy; St if the soil is not
polluted and the privy is fly proof, even
If a typhoid carrier should deposit his
infected fecal matter in the privy, no
harm would be done. | would like very
much to see an ordinance passed requir-
ing the construction of sanitary priyies
in the corporate limits of the town. II
have a sufficient number of these bulle.
tins illustrating the construction of the
8 military privy, and | expect to leave
one at every house in town on my next
inspection tour which will be next week. '
is a very valuable little bulletin and
| am sure that most all housekeepers
will be glad to obtain the information
it contains.
Another condition which will have to
be looked after during the next few
months is the careless disposal of kitch- ,
waste, empty cam and weeds on the ,
premises. The malarial season is now
and conditions which favor the
breeding of mosquitoes as well as flies i,
must be reduced to a minimum. The :
mosquito like the fly requires moisture :
n which to breed. The fly breeds as a
'ule in moisture containing organic
natter; this is not so with the mosquito, :
10 they will breed in clean water as 6
as in polluted water, SO the a
'~areless disposal of kitchen waste and r
in cans containing moisture increases 2
he breeding of both flies and mosuui- Q
oes. might mention the fact that
ave had numerous complaints about :
ath water and kitcden slops and in 81
ONE instances overflow pipes from II
pools being piped into the bitches b
n some of the front streets. This of d,
curse is very undesirable and when u
ossible the back streets should be So "
'cted. but is a custom in the town and
majority of the people do it because e,
some instances it is the only outlet a,
nd in others the sleping of the ground G.
nders it easier and more satisfactory b,
} the occupant to run it into the ditch
the street, and | do not know what
suggest to correct these conditions at
kept a sewerage system, and | under :
and that this is impracticable at this
me-.
The breeding of mosquitoes can be
realty reduced by oiling all pools of
alter with crude petroleum. 1t should
, put on in sufficient quantities to y
'rm an unbroken scum over the sur dl
ICE. The larvae of the mosquito re- h,
lircs oxygen which it cannot extract :.
ON the water like the fish, but is de-
sndent upon the oxygen in the atmos- III
lere: so the scum of crude petroleum
ltfocates the larvae by cutting it off di
ON its supply of oxygen and prevents G,
mosquito from ~depositing its eggs
the pool. If this one p~recaution is g
served in addition to the p~rophylactic
'ses of q~uinine and screening OF all
,rsons infected we would lave practi- -
lily no malaria. Malaria is as prevent
lie as typhoid fever and other diseases
ID it can be stamped out or reduced to
minimum here as we'll as in Panama No
the necessary precautions are taken.
The rules and regulations of the 81
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