The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-05-03
Throughout All the Towns
Of Kentucky.
The STATE BOARD Of HEALTH
Takes Action In Matter and Dr.
reefs That All the People
Get Busy.
ONE WHOLE WEEK DESIGNATED

Proclamation by the State Board of
Health:
Whereas, A careful study of the
official returns under the vital sta
tistics law for 1915-about an aver
age year-shows that IS per cent of
all sickness and Al per cent of all
deaths occurring in this State in re-
cent years are from diseases which
the health authorities and doctors
could have prevented with the in
telligent cooperation of all the peo-
pie, q. large part of them from what
are known as filth diseases, caused
by an almost criminal ignorance and
carelessness, even in the best homes
and schools in unsewered towns and
country districts, in the disposal of
the discharges from the human body,
and lack of daily vigilance in keep
ing the home and school premises,
and especially the back yards and
cellars, absolutely and at all times,
clean and healthful; and,
Whereas, These preventable dis
eases, causing such an enormous sick
AMI death rate, more constantly, as
the statistics show, in the small CT
nf,xv n ctv~ta nc,
where people ought to be the health
lest, levy a heavier tax every year,
in loss of time, medical, drug and
nurses bills, and for premature fu-
nerals, than all the taxes paid into
the municipal, county and State
treasures for all purposes, can be
prevented, now, therefore,
Be it known, that the State Board
of Health, for the reasons above set
forth, and by VIRTUE of authority
vested in it by law as guardians Of
hearth and life, hereby names and
sets apart the period beginning on
Monday, May s, and ending on Sat
urday, May 10 as Cleanup Week"
andA urges every family, teacher and
other owner or occupier of premises
to gather and burn or remove all
refuse from their premises, especial
ly in the back yards and cellars; to
treat with plenty Of fresh lime all
damp and specially soiled spots and
then grade them up; to whitew isE
all fences and outhouses; to look
after the grading and tops Of wells
and cisterns and see that surface
drainage is kept out; and, even
more important than any of these
things, construct "A Kentucky Sep
tic Tank Privy" for every home,
school or other building occupied by
human beings not on line Of sew
ers. The cement, gravel or broken
rock and sand for such a tank costs
from $40 to $25, depending on the
size. 1t can be built by any intelli-
gent person, and it is self-cleaning
odorless, fy-proof and lasts forever.
and If it is made the receptacle
for all the sputum from consump-
ton, and all discharges from typhoid
fever patients and similar diseases.
these will soon interest our people
no more except as matter o. his
tory. Where, for any reason the
tanks can not be constructed Mt
once, the Board urges that existing
garden houses be boarded up ct the
back and sides,and lids made for the
seats. so as to make them absolute
ly fy-proof, and guarded against
chickens and other domestic fowls
and animals. II these things are
done properly End the purpose of it
is appreciated. it will be easy 10
keep any premises clean the year
around, and II all stables and barns
be cleaned out once a week and the
manure put on the fields and gar
dehs, where 1t is so badly needed,
the breeding of flies will be pre-
vented. and one Of mans most
ubio1ttous and dangerous enemies
will be gotten rid of forever. as has
already been done by many cities
and towns and on a few farms
where the plan has been tried.
Illustrated bulletins with full in
structions for the construction of
the sanitary tanks, and containers
for samples al water for analysis