The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-12
Time TO- CLEAN UP
STATE. FOOD AND DRUG DEPART.
MENT LAYING PLANS FOR
SPRING WORK.
OTHER ITEMS OF. INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
State institutions n from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

tCitOs
On account of the unusually long
and severe winter with the conse
quent large accumulation OF garbage,
manure and other waste, inspectors of
the state food and drug department
find that it is going to be very difficult
to have proper sanitary conditions
about restaurants, hotels, markets and
food stores this spring. and summer.
The situation is, such that work on
the spring cleanup should commence
with the coming of the first warm
spring days. Large piles of garbage
and n are to be found in the
alleys and In the rear of buildings in
practically every town in the state.
With the coming OF warm weather all
these accumulations are going to af'
ford just the kind of breeding places
that flies delight in. They will also
very soon send forth the characters,
tic foul doors Of decaying organic mat.
ter; >
Last year. cleanup campaigns were
numerous in, the state, and their bene.
fetal effects were appreciated. in the
towns where they were carried on
when, later in the summer, the i'm.
proved appearance and lessened mum
Der of flies was noticeable. II our
food handling establishments are to
reach and maintain the high stand
ard which the state food department
with the cooperation of. the merchants
has been striving for, ,duriug the last
four years, there must be nc let UP in
the efforts to remove, az soon as
weather conditions pernit. all accu.
mutations Of winter Waste. 1t is not
sufficient to haul the garbage and ma.
nure. to some place 0utside the city
limits and there pie, ii. Up for lies
and other insect pests. All waste
which is capable Of use al fertilizer
should Abe spread on the fields and
plowed under. and that which is not
suitable for such use should be burned,
1t has been demonstrated that flies
travel distances of several miles, hence
removal of garbage and manure out
side the city limits will only serve
to furnish ~sustenance for a prolific
crop Of flies, unless the waste ma.
terials be burned. Is
Another faverite breeding place for
flies ands.one of theamost active agen.
cies in the spread of diseases is the
open privy. 1t is doubtful il there be
any n factor more potent in the
spread OF germ disease than this relic
of the past. Fortunately, our state
+ legislature recently enacted a law com.
Polling every city and town I'm the
state, having a population Of ESQ or
more, to construct, and maintain al
public expense public toilet stations.
These are to be In operation within siy
months after July /, 1917. The main.
tenance of such facilities should make
it possible to do away with many OF
the dilapidated outhouses in use al
present. twill. also relieve largely
the hotel keepers from the burden
which they have had to bear In the
way of furnishing public toilet con.
veniehces. The food and drug depart.
ment expects to wage an active cam
paign this year for the elimination OF
the insanitary outhouses which are
such a potent factor in creating In,
sanitary conditions in food-handling es
Establishments.