Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-28
clean UP Week PART
OF Preparedness
DR.. Frederick, Head Of Health
Board. Tells Of Proposed
Activities
CAMPAIGN DURING
THE WEEK OF MAY 7

sity to any country WnlCn Is WaElub
war but the most important of those
is the conservation Of the health OF i
the people and the conservation and
expansion of food supplies. Every eff
fort possible on the part Of State and
municipal authorities now is being
made in an effort to impress upon the
people the absolute necessity of or
eanizod and immediate action in each
OF these essentials TO our national |
preservation
The activity of the State which has |
taken over the direction of tho latter |
through central board appointed by |
Governor Townsend, will be directed |
toward securing the citizens of Della |
ware against the dangers OF food |
shortages to come, which is only too !
real. and not fancied. as some Della !
wareans appear to believe The mat !
ter of safeguarding the health of the
people, through careful and intelligent
attention to ine details Of the only
methods by Which this result may be
attained, namely, through universal
cleanliness and sanitation. falls upon
/ the Board of Health OF this and other
cities throughout the State.
] In all wars In the history OF the
world. the prime agent Of destruction
/ has not been the bullet of the enemy
| i'm the field. but the work of epidem
les both among the troops OF armies,
and among the people home. In
! these days OF advanced medical sci
ence. the danger of opidemics In the
/ field has been reduced to a minimum,
although sometimes, due to but sin
gle case OF non-attentlon to sanitary.
details. they do break out i'm armies,
where under strict military rule,
with full power to enforce their sani-
tary regulations they quickly arc
checked
But in cities and towns. the safe
guarding Of their health, and, thereby,
their ability TO keep their armies in
the field supplied with necessities Of
food and ammunition and other sup
plies, is squarely up to the people
principally to the housewives of the
land For everyone incapacitated by
disease at home. It usually means the
loss of man from the fighting force,
to be sent back home to keep the
women and children sheltered and
! fed and to keep the wheels OF indus
try on the move.
DIR. Frederiek's Statement.
In the hope of enlisting the whole
hearted active cooperation OF the
I people of Wilmington in their plain
! and unavoidable duty of preventing
a any chance of epidemics OF disease
0 the Board of Health has decided &c
e issue an earnest appeal to the people
. OF Wilmington to devote the weel
commencing on Monday, May Z. to a
3 real. effective Cleanup Wedk Cam
= paign. In issuing this appeal to the
p. people. DR.. S. c. Frederick president
Of the Board of Health. briefly but
forcihly calls attention to the neces
sity Of this action, in a statement
(which follows;
! 1.-THE week of May Z has been de
, cided upon as the Cleanup Week il
Wilmington and ! sincerely hope tina
every householder will see to IL tina
C general cleaning and clearing vii
l. take place. | want to seize this, the
opportune moment, TO repeat thu
!. warning OF DR.. FleXner, the eminen
4 Rockefeller Institute bacteriologist
who predicts another outbreak OF in
- fantile paralysis in this part OF TIT
a country next summer and a scourg
no less tragic than the previous one
F. 81. with the physicians OF our city
e, familiar with the source of the dan
ger. urge the people to consider tn
n, infinite Importance OF personal an
re community cleanliness as measures o
prevention. The organisms OF infec
S. ton. as was demonstrated last veal
y are long-lived, elusive and almost In
possible to eXterminate by ordinar
lie methods. They will exist indehnitel
t, under snow and ice or wherever az
foundations Of dirt provide a restin
ct place. Unclean alleys. cutters, cellar
u and even old clothes can harbor thi
subtle peril and in this connection Oh
B. matter of clean promises assumes
II new importance at this time.
81 trust the various department
de will cooperate with the Health d
th partment in an effort through III
Citys inspectors, to bring the work
y cleaning to a high grade of ethcienc
th The householder is under obligatio
TO the community. as truly as II
IS were written I'm a bonded contrac
so The sweeper should make the stree
clean, the citizen must to the eNtei
nd of his ability keep them so. SweepiI
10 dirt from stores and houses into q
streets does not get rid of it but on
M throws It out where winds and whee
lge have full play 10 carry it and the d
ease germs il harbors far and wide.
er, 81 implore you, clean up for %
%. own sakes. for your interest in Il
asst community, for Wilmington
lth Everyone. especially Wilmingti
mothers. remembers the terrible 81
"a pense which they suffered. day al
~. night, last year. when hundreds
No. babies and young children died
various cities OF this country. fro
va infantile paralysis, and their fear
W. take their little ones out OF doors il
NJ. they might contract the dread disea
son which would either kin them, or lea
them hopeless cripples Every baby
err entitled TO a square show for its 4
Ton and happiness, and the best way
Wilmington mothers to guarant
nm this. Il is claimed. is TO see TO II N
eet every nook and corner. every era
b. and crevice. every alley and att
, OF every stairway and shed, back va
io' and building is given a thOrou
T., cleaning during the week. and tn,
sue which is of equal Importance is MA
AT tanned in that condition.