Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-20
Big CIEAh dJP WEEK
BEGIN MONDAY
Stlte Board Of Hi isai ttk Urges Oh!
.ervance By United, Action of
E. .~,-.s All People

Cleanliness, eltneT CIVIC or lnQlVlQ- |
ual, commands respect. Our standards
of civic 'decency demand that, gar
bage ana all kinds of refuse be remov-
ed at proper times in the proper way.
The State Board of Health has set as
ide the week of April "a for general
cleanup campaigns in all the cities,
towns, and villages in Minnesota.
Each municipality is a unit, and the
thoroness, of the campaign will de-
pend entirely on the spirit which the
people put into the drive for clean
er and better town.
The County Public Health Associa-
tions will encourage this work in ev
cry way possible, but realizing that
the responsibility is the community's
will not assume any financial obliga-
tions for the work. Cleaning-up in as
much as it means getting rid of places
where flies and mosquitoes breed, and
which harbor rats, mice and other
pests which are instrumental in carry
ing disease, is health measure.
Every town has it's school, Health
Officer, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp
Fire Girls, Town Council, Woman's
Club, Commercial Club, and other or:
CARNATIONS interested in any under
taking which will result in furthering
the common good. Each Of these or
CARNATIONS should appoint a member
to represent the organization on
cleanup campaign committee. The
Committee should meet and discuss
plan for thoro cleanup, the work
and responsibility to be divided to the
best advantage. The Woman's Civic
Club, for instance, might oversee the
work, the Health Officer point out the
things which must be done for hea1ths
sake, the Boy Scouts attend to the
destruction of tin cans, or other rub
b1sh, the Council could take charge
OF the final disposal of the garbage,
and the cleaning of the streets, gut
tiers, alleys, etc. The manual training
classes could make fy-swatters, and
f1y-trappers to assist in the fight on
the fly. The local merchants are
given chance to add to the general
interest in cleanup week by window
displays of rakes, lawn mowers,
screen door devices, fly swatters, or
better still an attractive clean prem
Uses window exhibit. The managers
of the moving picture house can put
real zeal into the campaign by offer
ing to hold matinee and admit each
school child bringing slip signed by
the chairman of the cleanup commit
tee stating that certain tasks in the
campaign had been performed. Not
many years agQ, one of the motion pic
: ture houses made twenty-five dead
flies the equivalent of the ten cents
which was then the price of admit.
ance, and put fighting zeal into the
war on the fly.
Before the actual beginning of the
work, the campaign committee must
see that it is given the proper adver.
Using. The newspapers can do great
deal towards arousing interest in the
campaign. Articles giving the details
of the work, showing what should be
done, and giving directions for going
about the work of getting the cans
broken glass, dead grass, leaves, and
other winter debris, manure piles, etc
out of the way, with Instructions s
to the cleaning of cutters and out
door privies, will give the people 6
definite idea of what is expected :,
them. Editorials and signed articles
on the subject, with notes giving the
progress of the work round out the
campaign thru the newspapers.
The State Board of Health Regula
tions make it compulsory for the
health officer. of each city and village
in the state of Minnesota to make L
thoro sanitary inspection of the MUM
cipality in the month of May and pre-
sent written report of the inspection
together with his recommendation
on or before the first day of June.
copy of the report is sent by tn
Health Officer to the State Board o
Health before July 1st of the SAM
year.
Preceding the inspection, the Healt]
Officer publishes in a local paper o
by means of bills posted in two Q
more conspicuous places an order TO
the citizens to thoroly clean all yards
vaults, cesspools, and barns contain
ing manure. Individual notices ar
served upon those who have not Cal
ried out the orders before inspection
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