Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-09
Is YOUR BACK
YARD GOING TO
BE ON SCREEN?
HEALTH LECTURES AND TALKS ON
SANITATION BEGIN TONIGHT AT
The HlNKlEY HALL.
AMERICAN AND MEXICAN PnYSI-
CLANS WILL EXPLAIN PURPOSE
OF HEALTH CRUSADE.

DO YOU know whether YOU are heal
Thy or not? DO YOU know what To do
il YOU are not. and. too. what to do If
YOU arc.
Lectures on health. .cttim. healthy
and STAYING healthy with >%tcrcoptican
slides and moving pictures illustrating
the talks will H. gwen every night here
after al eight o'clock in llinkley Hall
br Dr. A. l.. Lincccum. assistant state
health %oflircr. aided by Brownsville ply
>ician>. Talks ia English aud ina Span
i>h will alternate. and the substance of
Dr. llncccum'> advice and instruction
will bc repeated ia Spanish ~ one al
the several Spanish speaking physicians
who have pruilcrel their services The
use of the hall is donated for a. long a.
needed.
The subject for tonight has not been
announced. but the course Of lectures
during the week will take up the cause.
The clrc and the prevention Of such
cumnlun >cuurgr> a. tuberculosis. mala-
ria. typhoid dcneuc fever. dyScntcry.
intestinal disorders ia infants and small
poN. The work that i being done in
Brownsville hy the state board of health
will bc outlined and reasons given for
each step taken by the inspectors now
working to DESTROY breeding places for
infectious diseases. a. we'll AZ Ia make
the city more slightly. II H. probable
that Dr. LincccUm later will give IN H.
Illustrated talk ON the %autop~ir> he H.
performing on rats caught in the city.
and will explain how rats carry buhonir
plague. Lantern slides made from pho
tograph> taken here and showing IN
slightly and un>anitary premises will
he shown and the doctorS will explain
exactly wherein the fault lies in the
care of the yards. shown on the screen.
The management ~ the health talks
especially 10 have ~ MANY WON
.on and children a. possible attend these
free lectures. The hall will easily hold
1w people. With the women and chill
drcn of Brownsville coached ia the care
10 he taken Ia avoid disease. the drop
~ the death rate from p~rcvrntablr dis
case will prove within u short Time
the good that the talks have done.
This morning Dr. Iinccrum. In>prc
tor hrumhN. and = reporter. began the
civ Wide inspection ~ starting ID the
post wall - traverse an allrv through
~ entire length The first two blocks
revealed two uui>auor~. one Migrant.
ihIl thr health officer ordered suppress
-rI \ ~inirIr, toilet connected with
tlr ~r,."f i i nr water connections. ~
tl- WAITER v,> fIru,-I rT There was ~
civ water 'u 'lr i'". H1 'hr tenants.
"i.rrIh p,rr. "rt.a iI- later from
water riri~ rul hr..ni it il barrels.
TNu ri jhu barrels ui -i -~wigelr
tolls. thr Wudcvrlnpri llt,ar nf mos
.A.tH -. - IA
y, br. IincccUm IL pui two - three
Tablespoons 1T kerosene uIl iu ri,i bur
rel ever, uihrr da,. The "J ~ said.
would slip u = vessel dirprh into thr
water AMI would u.,t faint The water
drawn ont of the barrel. Th, thin skin
~ oil. not more than a hnndrctIth part
Of an luch thick. would keep the VII
@lcr> from breathing. hc explained. and
thus would Nil them. and would prevent
others developing. 4 written order 10
ruunrct the toilet with citN wafer was
left and in the ground vault IN u>c =
huckrlful ~ crude oil wa> poured ~ ~
|Stror iv larvae. Every such vault found
a. the crew traycr>rd the ale, was lrra
ted with from one 10 two buckets of
crude oil
\ bucket ~ The raw I'll WAS poured
into = di>u>rtl ri>trru half filled with
>tagnant water. found in the ward he
hind q vacamf house.
Automobiles were found being washed
"n j rark built over an old brick r->>
pool Im the rear Nh \ garage. the im-
>prctrr> found. NJ connection with the
JScwcr exists and the water rlnrsn.
into the pool. which IL open ~ the top
except for wooden rack ON which the ma.
chimes are washed stands in the pool
some feet below the surface until il
can >crp uui SLOWLY. On hnt nights the
udor arising from the long used aud
never cleaned pil t. declared ~ residents
of the urighhorhucI a. hc nau>catin..
" rIttrn notice was served an the owner
nf the property 10 fll up the pit aud "a
cccct u sewer connection Ia drain the
water from the washing rack. within
thirty DAYS. Failure ia comply with
he orders of the state board. ii wr>
mentioned at the time. means arrest an,
trial ~ the district ,eurt The garage
owner VIII, showed HIMSELF IN Sympath,
With the "firrr> was warned thar a.
wash another machine rvcr the pit
would cause arrest.
\ ward in which Il horse IL stabbed
was found by the Inspector i'm the rear
"f an u%noccupicd building. The yard
strewn with manure AN inch deep was
ordered cleaned Immediately.
OFFICE nm nLDI-TN cor ETrrAD nv