The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-05
Board of Health Or
ganizes Army to
Fight Pests
GREAT RESULTS
ARE EXPECTED
War on Disease Car
riers Likely to Cut
Death Rate

There are 200 Detroit boys on
the airline trail OF musca domestica
otherwise the common house ny--
and they have sworn TO give him no
peace. from his birth in flth TO his
death In tanglefoot.
Every boy in Detroit can enlist In
the army. which Is being organized
by the Board OF Health. under the
direction OF Henry F. Vaughan, the
epidemiologist, over whose salary OF
next year the Board OF Estimates
had so much argument with Health
0fficer Price. All the flies will have
10 be exterminated this year, rs the
estimators refused TO allow anything
for the anti.buxz campaign OF next
season, So the boys OF Detroit have
their work cut out for them.
Realizing thar In numbers lies
strength. and that a dozen housing
inspectors cannot cope with a situai
tlon which Involves about 100000
garbage receptacles and manure
piles. the health directors evolved
the scheme OF asking the boys OF
Detroit To become sanitary police In
the highly important war against
the disease spreading fy. The boys
have enlisted In the work with en-.
thusiasm f. C. Foster. director OF
the boys department of the Y, VI. e.
A.. was appealed 10 at the start, and
he recommended several boys who
were made inspectors and captains.
The organization OF the army OF
fighters OF the ny Is as follows:
One chief Inspector.
Twenty.four inspectors.
One hundred and twenty-five cap
tains
Six hundred lieutenants.
Patrolmen ad lib.
The chief junior sanitary inspec-
tor Is In charge OF the entire work.
under the Board OF Health. He is
Charles Upton Shreye II years old,
No. l0i Palmer.ave east. lie grad.
uated from Central High school In
January. and intends 10 enter Har.
ward In the fall He has held sew
erai important positions in the Cen
trail high school and In the Y. NJ. T..
A. He is n former champion OF the
boys division OF the Y. NJ G. A. In
swimming contests was captain OF
the championship basketball team,
was an officer OF the Central high
school house Of representatives and
was a member OF It's debating team.
The "a inspectors. each In charge
OF n district corresponding to ward.
or part OF ward. are as follows:
1. Raymond walmoth. Is years
old No. 100 Rosedale-st.. Central
high student.
q Harold McElhose. 10 years old.
No. 80 willis.ave west. Central
high.
g. Kenneth Pound. Is years old.
No. 1i46 Brush-st., Central high.
-. Cornell Smith. Is years old. No.
2 EuclId-ave west. Central high.
s. George Stracke, 10 years old.
No. co Goodwin-ave., employed by
T. r. Rayl a co.
8. Clayton stewart. No. 16l Pal
mer-ave. west. 10 years old, employ
cd by Wright. Kay a Co.
Z. II. Fernwood. 1s years old. No.
35e Medbury-ave.. Central high.
3. Lyman w. oehring, II years
old. No. 413 rommonwealth-ave..
Central high.
Q. w. @. Cavanaugh. 10 years old.
No. 1916 woodward-ave.. Central
high.
10. Joe W. Kerns. II years old.
No 5o7 Maybury Grand.ave., George
Junior high school.
n. Harold Berg, ~ years old. No.
i43 Kercheval-ave., Eastern high.
H. Gordon Cameron. 1e years old.
No ss3 Kirbyave. west, employed
by the Michigan Central
i3. Walter Draewel. l6 years old.
No. 900 Concord-ave.. Eastern high.
II. Norman Reid. Is years old.
No Sc Park.ave, Western high
school.
15. Morris Hand. rs years old, No.
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