Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-10-31
FIGHTING TYPHOID
Or. Lumsden Explains How 10 cicsn
City and Keep It Clean.
Recommendations


Recommendations
Typhoid fever is almost epidemic in
cumberland The people are aroused
to realization OF their danger They
are ready and willing to employ every
means in their power TO eradicate the
disease
Az The World said in referring to
the deplorabe conditions In Mil
Greek district the keynote is 70 clean
up and keep clean. There Is no other
way, Keeping clean means the re-
moyal of filth, killing OF flies and in
being certain the water is not con.
tamnated Read Dr, Lumsdens
recommendation
l. Take very step possible TO have
effected with the least possible delay
an adequate publication Of the public
water supply, 90 that this water az
no time ahall contain more than 100
bacE to the cubic cent!meter and
not more than one colon bacillus to
the 100 cubic oentimetre.
? Abolish as promptly as possible
every public we'll or spFi & in the city.
and exact aud rightly enforce an or
diuanco requiring the adjustment
under official supervision Of every pri.
waite we'll, spring or cistern furnishing
water used for drinking purposes and
located in any section OF the city
reached by the public water supply
unless the vater has been found after
repeated examinations under the :.
/ reetion OF the city health officer to be
free from evidence Of dangerous pol
tuition
9. Provide as soon as practicable
+ for adequate official inspection Of milk
aud other food supplies, MIX and
food Inspectors VIII be needed to cur
Try out this recommendation. OnirlaI
supervision over the milk supply
should be exercised all the way from
COW 10 consumer.
/ 4 Enact an ordinance defining a
/ limit on the bacterial content OF all
\ milk sold or offered for sale In the
city. A liberal standard Ia 100000
bacteria per c. c, for raw milk and
10000 per c c. for paatenriged milk.
8. Enact an ordinance requiring the
collection OF AL stable manure hi the
city IN a sanitary manner
9, Provide an adequate number OF
sanitary Inspectors 10 enforce prop.
ery the existing garbage ordinances
and the needed stabIe.manure ordl-
nance.
Z Take such steps az may be nee.
essary to put into sanitary condition
and at al times TO maintain In SAM
tary condition all lnsanftary water
closets and privies in the city a SAN
ithry privy is one so constructed and
maintained that pollution Of the soil
under and around the privy will M.
occur aud access OF fles and al
other living creatures liable to scat
ter disease germs win be prevented
/ from having access to the exereta.
/ 3. Provide as soon as practicable
for the correction Of the nsanbtary
condition resulting from the discharge
/ OF sewage into the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal basin.
/ o. Take every step possible TO have
I the prblie water system and the pub
lie sewerage system extended to
reach all sections Of the city.
I 15 Provide for a prompt and care.
/ full investigation OF all cases OF ty.
phod fever with view to having
discovered the sources Of the infcc-
I ton and the enforcement Of proper
precautionary measures At the bed
sides Of the sick.
| H. Take such steps as may be
necessary to secure whatever add
tional fund which may exist or be OBJ
tainable for the foregoing recon-
mendations The typhoid fever situ-
alton In Cumberland at the present
time appears to me to be sufficiently
grave TO justify the city government
in making available for sanitary work
any emergency fund which may exist
or be obtainable. World.