The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-07-27
BETTER HEALTH MEANS GREAT
Err LAND VALUES
State Boar dof Health Shows How
Sanitation Can Increase DoIIars
for People

Every man in Florida must realize
that betterment of health conditions
means development of the state, and.
subsequently. dollars in his pockets.
1t not only means an increased value
for farm lands but an enhancement of
city property; and every man, regard
less of his trade or profession, will be
benefited by this Improvement
In presenting the above facts, the
state board of health is endeavOring
to enlist the aid of every citizen in a
statewide effort to make the recently
inaugurated intensive sanitary cam
paign a vital asset and community
builder.
There was a time when man would
accord his domesticated animals bet
ter living conditions than he gave to
himself and his family. These ami
mails we're fed only the choicest Of
foods prepared by selected formulas,
while his children ate anything they
could digest without an immediate ia
tality. His animals were housed in
the cleanest of barns and kept free
from pests that would prevent them
becoming more valuable to their own
er. Yet the man and his family lived
in less desirable abode. where flies
and disease-carrying insects found
easy access.
Then the science of modern SANTA
ton became more generally under
stood, and thinking men began to
take more precautions to safeguard
their own health. Moreover, there
still remains a large element of hui
mainly which has never fully learned
the value of sanitation or which still
manifests a large amount Of indiffer-
ence towards it's practice.
Also, there is the individual who
looks at everything about him in dol
lars and cents. He may believe that
sanitary arrangements on his prem
ises are a good thing; yet he figures
the cost will be one which he can very
well do without. He is a large prop
erty owner, maybe, and one whose in
fuence, if enlisted in a cooperative
plan with the state board of health
campaign, would be a vital factor in
furthering the work
1t is largely to this class of citizen
that the board of health is making
the argument that increased santa
ton means not only better health, but
more money.
The man in outside localities, when
he goes to look for a new home, is
coming to think more of health condi-
tions than he did in former years. AS
proof of this, inquiries received from
those wishing to purchase land for the
establishment of new homes indicate
that they are not willing to go to a
community to live. regardless of the
opportunity it may present, when they
are jeopardizing the lives of mem
bers of their families.
diseases can be reduced by statewide
adherence to proper sanitary regula-
tions, which will cut down the number
of the maladies that come from un-
screened and improperly surface clos
cts. Malaria and typhoid fever are
largely a matter of choice with the
DIV nnVtxy r1A6
houses and a careful watch over the
surroundings they can be avoided.
This state has suffered greatly at
the hands of the large railway sys-
TENS of the west, whose agents, in
seeking to develop their own terri.
tory. have incorrectly informed pros.
pective customers who would have
come south. They have told them
that it is impossible to live here on
account of the intensive malariaI con-
ditions. thus causing many of them
to purchase land elsewhere.
However. in spite of their -dking
advantage of a condition which can
be remedied by the individual himself
Florida's population increased EOS
from 1910 to 1915. and review OF
census reports shows a corresponding
Increase for the preceding five years.
Every man in the state can cooperate
in making the intensive sanitary cam
natgn of the state board of health the
basic principle in increasing real es.
tate values and the emans of bringing
into Florida thousands of new people
to find homes.