Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-15
REPORT OF STAMP SALES SPEEDING Up CLEANUP

or Military Guards viii Forbid
Soldiers From Entering-Lumsden
viii Address City Council.
"We are driving as fast as we can
to get everything in this town in good
sanitary condition and we are not
going TO stop until Alexandria is a
model of sanitation. We will not give
her clean bill of health until every
hing is as clean as a pin. The work
mas got to be done by the people
themselves and they should not be
satisfied until they have done every
thing possible to make it perfect city
from sanitary standpoint"
This statement was made today by
Dr.. L. l.. Lumsien. of the United
States public health service, who has
been assigned to Alexandria to look
after the work incident to putting
this city in sanitary condition.
His advice TO the public is as fol
lows:
Continue to boil all drinking water
unt! assurances are given that the
water is perfectly safe for drinking
purposes.
"Pasturize all milk at home regard
, less Of whether or nCr there is typhoid
fever in the city; all should do 1t al
this time of the year.
Persons should do everything pos
siblc to check flies, including trapping
screening and eliminating all breed
ing places for flies
Flies, he declared, are a mighty
dangerous proposition and all should
10 everything possible 20 keep them
Is far away from food as possible.
Let every citizen, he urges, wage ..
relentless war against flies.
Or. Lumsden stated that the forces
here are doing everything possible tc
continue the sanitation. Three Red
Cross nurses arrived today from the
public health service. They will visit
The homes where communicable dis
eases exist and assist the families in
carrying ont measures 20 prevent the
spread of the infection to other mem
bcrs Of the family and also to others
in the community. He asks that all
physicians Immediately report al!
.ases of communicable diseases.
The work Of sanitating the existing
outdoor toilets. NJ which there are
about 100. was begun today by a
force of men and later on the sani-
tary boxes being built will be in
stalled. This force also will give a
general cleaning up 10 the city. An
noancement also was made ~ Dr
Lumsdcn that beginning this week all
persons calling at the rooms Of the
Chamber Of Commerce vii! be inocu-
lated against typhoid by 4 physician
from the L. s. public health service.
This work will be done free OF charge.
According to Dr. ". l.. Wood. Of
The Z. s. public health service, this
weeks campaign will Gc with a view
of cleaning up food shops, soda water
stands. barber shops, etc. On the re-
suit of this cleanup. DR.. Wood eX
planned, will depend the lifting OF the
quarantine placed against soldiers
from Camp Humphreys purchasing
either food CT drink in chis city. H9
added until this work is done COM
olctely and satisfactorily the quaran-
tine will not be lifted. The food
shops. he said. have &c, 10 be cleaned
| Immediately. He said the merchant
will be called on and the situation cX-
| Dlainci to them. They will ne given
a reasonable length of time in which
! 70 remedy conditions and unless or
de!s are carried out a military guard
will be placed in front of their places
and soldiers no: permitted to enter
4 Joint meeting of the two boards
of city council will be held at S o'clock
tomorrow night when DE- T.umsdcn
will appear and explain what is ncces-
sarv to he done in correction with I'M
proving the sanitary conditions of the
city. Il is expected that every men,
bcr Of council will attend this meeting.
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