The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-22
PHILADELPHIA
SCHOOL BOYS
SANITARY AIDS
Fight Thousand "Junior SAM
tary Inspectors Assist the
Highways Department
sLUMs FIND AN
IMPLACABLE FOE
school Children. Intelligently
Organized, Working In
Harmony

NE PHILADELPHIA, Oc1 80 49,
~ army Of 5000 organized. accred-
|.1t1d and eficientiy supervised Jun
4 ~ sanitary inspectors" Philadelphia
ufSuds IN the front rank OF American
+ 1afiss seeking the cooperation OF chill
( sren IN the work OF highway and
hs6lth departments.
Almost every wideawake municipal.
NV IN the land is today asking al
1noet : negative cooperation, which
s6ns merely that the children them
,ives shall do nothing to litter public
Iacos needlessly.
u few cities, following the example
f Philadelphia, are striving for q
oee active cooperation wherein the
k(la assumes robe of authority and
1 anlisted TO curb the carelessness
a1 "Reminiscences OF the adult.
With the recent formation In the
nnyebth ward OF corps of one hum
ro0 boys and girls to fight the bat
;<I~ ~ sanitation and order, public at
fion throughout the city has been
kftacted to the work these 5000
hl1dreu are doing.
poople Want Children to Aid.
u ixfee number or residents In va
lous sections OF the city who have
|@rnd Of the remarkable cleanup"
oo(,mplished In the Eleventh ward
&xo written letters to the bureau OF
lxhvays urging the formation OF
1n<1Iar companies In sections which
oxo not as yet been touched.
When q new corps OF volunteer In
oofors Is formed each volunteer.
@<of doing certain amount OF work
- N earnest OF good intentions, Is
o1ided with badge Of authority"
r1ng the seal OF the city OF Phila-
l1hia and the words For clean
~ frst obligation OF the inspect
hoy or girl, IL to observe strictly
rules which Il Is his or her duty
knforce upon others. He must not
1ow trash upon the street, he must
ffnd others OF their thoughtless-
~ when they do SO. ard he must
1fGh In and clean up whenever a
<ce< or public place Is Uttered,
The Inspector Is provided with .
okIot Of instructions for Volun-
~ Inspectors" which states In sim.
~ language all tie rules of the high
Nv bureau with regard to disposL
IN Of garbage, rubbish, ashes, old
- and papers and similar refuse to
~ household: and the inspector
~ watch that these rules are
1o9od BY residents In his district.
p y also informed OF the rules TO be
01fyod BY employees OF the bureau
AlghWayS and Is requested to re-
1T any breach OF discipline or duty
~ tho part OF an employe.
Cure unsanltary Conditions.
MS n the usual work OF the junior
|nltory inspector. but I'm neighbor-
@C4 where unsanitary conditions OF
oDociaI nature exist corps of
Iooo children has been known TO
Dcompli1h much good.
~ the head Of the work IL Mrs.
IA w. Pierce Of the bureau OF
Wuys. To her the inspectors
~ periodical reports, and those
Of delinquency or other non
npuances with rules, either by
Deholders or employees Of the bu-
~ OF highways. which require fur.
- attention, are referred by her to
chief OF the bureau
IA Fierce organized and superin-
~, the great number of these CO
late0 bodies Of inspectors which are
SReraung In connection with many
our public schools, Fairgrounds and
o19hborhood houses. and which
3lten, - In the case OF the Eleventh
oxos bring together for the first time
- boys and girls of neighborhood
me common interest OF sanitation,
ponliness and order. OF the present
~ there are about As corps.