The Brunswick news., 1919-05-17
MOSQUITO WORK
BRINGS RESULTS
DETERMINATION OF DISEASE
CARRYING PEST CONTINUES
WITH ENERGY.

w CIh III IHE eAlerHlllldIlO1 Oh HOS
quito pests on st. Simcns Island is
being carried on with success by the
Joint efforts of the Board of Health
and archaeological men loaned by
he L. s. Treasury department.
For the past four weeks efforts to
locate the breeding places has been
the subject of the members OF the
committee. The pools have been
drained and water remaining on the
surface has been treated with oil
Residents of ST. Simons Island have
been cooperating with the commit.
tee and the resort has lad thorough
srubbing. The extent of the imprpve-
ments can be estimated from the size
Of the Island which is practically four
teen miles long, All of these high
ways have been poiced with a bush
hook and ditcning has been carried
on wherever it was ioun6 advisable.
In this work assistance has been Civ
ell by the county police who have
placed gangs of shcYtterm men en-
the job. Over fcrty are in the work
ct present and camp has been es-
tablishfad on the island. which will
practically finish its work today.
Visitors are treated to the inter.
aating sight of the big daily egress of /
the working gangs with ehovele and
hush hcoks on their shoulders look.
inr Ike the advance guard Of an in
udstrial army
f. F. Higginbotham, the county
warden. loaned th.e msn at The re-
quest Of the Health board
G. c. Beasley. the deputy warden.
has had the actual mana cement of
tho camr,--- -+Fty-six men and their
equipment We're lightered t. tbs is.
land. They took with them three au- !
to otruck& an automobile, tents. a cook
inj5 shack on wheels sleeping tent !
{ cage for men who were not allowed
the privilege Of sleeping in the open.
Tho camp was pitched several hun-
dred feet to the rear Of the man ~.
Tilion at st. Simons Island. Apart from
the camp and near to the lighthouse Il
factory has been started for the max |
ing Of cesspools out of cement.
These are the latest applications of |
medical science to the art Of san.
itation and have attracted the atten- |
tion of experts n all parts of tho stat? |
Practically ell of the white residents
are Being furnished with them
The installation is based on the
idea that sewage will ferment if allow
Cd to and will soon work its noxous
properties off into the atmosphere if
it Is gwen 4 chance. Two concrete CYL
inders are made in molds on the prem
ises. From an ingenious method of
mixing the sand and the cement the
work will dry out suff' ciently t. allow
molis to be removed a short time aft
CT they are filled
The cylinders are allowed to dry
for period Of several days and IRE
srrinklsd with water from time to
time. They are then rolled onto the
big trucks and set up in pairs. Two
Of them al each house
Sanitation IDEAS have been enthusi-
astically backed by all the members
o. the cottage colony and seventy-five
OF them will be installed Men are
at work under the direction of G. a
True, who is supervising the sanitary
work on the island fer the cottage col
ony. Othere branches of the manu-
facture are attended by G. L. Krause
all expert in sanitary matters who
has been sent here from the big can.
tonments by the United States Treas.
ury department.