Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-06

Remember that bright, sunny
rooms are the best cure for disease,
so allow the sunlight to enter.
Screen every window. and the front
and rear doors. Swat and kill every
fly and only thor is 1t possible TO
have a home free from flies where
the children will be safe.
Where there are small children
screen either the front or back
porch for their comfort.
Quite recently 1 made a trip to
the rear entrances of several
squares of two and three-story
homes that had every appearance
of refinement from the front. 1 was
much surprised to note the way in
which the garbage and trash were
disposed of in the rear. Some gar
bage cans were so filthy that they
were not fit for one to handle; they
were covered with a mass of flies,
and there were numerous mice and
rat holes, which gave evidence of
the feeding and breeding place of
these pests. There were open pals
and containers that made no pre-
tense of covering their contents.
These were left openly to the ele-
ments, stray cats and dogs, reaches.
water bugs and ants. which swarm
ed around this spot.
HOW TO dispose OF waste
Remove the food from the paper
or container as soon as it comes
from the store; then IL you have
facilities for destroying these pa
pers, burn, them in the kitchen
range or heater in the cellar every
day. II you are unable to do this.
then rinse the papers under the
cold-water spigot before discarding
them.
Tie all trash in neat bundles. so
that the wind does not blow 1t
around, and do not place on the
sidewalk for the children and cav
engers to root through. Rinse all
cans which contained food with
water before discarding them. Now,
IL you have a filthy, greasy garbage
pail, discard it at once; 1t is abso-
lutely dangerous. 1t is not neces-
sary to have a pail in this condition.
If it is rinsed daily with scalding
soapy water. it can be kept as sweet
and clean as the dishpan. Line the
bottom of the pail with two or three
thicknesses of newspaper. Use some
good d~isinfectant about the place
where the cans stand.
Do not try to stuff corn husks,
pea pods and other bulk waste of
this character into the pail; rather
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and then turn a tub or box over 1t
until the time for removal.
How Do You Keep Your Food?
Many deaths each rear a be
traced directly to the ~container or
| refrigerator in which we store our
| foods. Is your fcebox or refrigera-
tor in a dark, damp place? II so
remove it to the coolest and light
est spot in the house. To store foods
in a dark, damp place is absolutely
dangerous, and then, again. how
can you keep the icebox clean? Just
wiping out the metal-lined box is
not sufficient.
Many old boxes have an accumu-
lation of dirt and filth In the cor
nefs on the metal that brings death
stamping into the home.
Discard the dirty old boxes; they
are dangerous.
For several summers an entire
household were the victims of vari-
Gus summer ills Of intestinal char
acter, and upon analysis of the 1000
no cause for this trouble could be
a~scertained until one physician ask
ed where the icebox was kept. He
was told that 1t was at the foot of
| the cellar stairs; and then. after
lighting a candle to investigate its
depth, the physician Immediately
ordered this box destroyed and nei-
| ther the food nor the ice placed In
il. Now, this housewife was a clean
ly soul, and she could not under
stand that because the box was old,
for she had it some ten or fifteen
years, it must be discarded. but the
physician explained that, clean as
she would, she could not prevent
food from getting into the seams
and corner and that the metal lin
ing had become discolored. and II
that were taken to the laboratory Il
would show it to be alive with bac
terra, which, no doubt, had caused
all their intestinal troubles.
The selection of a sanitary icebox
placed In q cool, light and airy place
removed all their trouble and the
money expended for medicines and
help soon paid for the box.
During the war; weather foods
spoil very quickly and the increased
cost of ice has led the thrifty house
wife to cover the ice with a-blanket
or even newspaper. This is a mis-
take. Foods kept in this refrigera-
tor are liable to develop ptomaine
poison. Why? Because the icebox
will be found to be a warm, moist
storehouse. 1t is necessary for the
ice to melt in order to cool and keep
chilled the air and the contents OF
the box, and If the ice is wrapped
in cloth or paper, this is not posi-
BILE.
Wipe the icebox daily with a
cloth which has been rung from
scalding water if the box is metal
lined; but If lined in enamel or por-
celain then use cold water. Do not
permit the l~eftovers to accumulate
and do not allow spilled foods to
lie on the shelves or floors of re-
frigerator; remove them immedi-
ately. Keep the butter in a separ-
ate container and cover closely,
Wash and scald this container once
a week.
Do not keep the milk In a pitcher
in the icebox: milk quickly absorbs
odors from other foods: place it In
bottles and then urn a jelly glass
down over the top of the bottle.
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