The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-07-01
The Commercial, Union City, Tenn
FRIDAY, JULY /, 1921.
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
ANTI MALARIA CONTROL

SIessrs. Marshall & Baird,
| Editors of The Commercial,
Union City, Tenn.
feel that most of the people in
and around Union City understand
that we are carrying on a fight
against the mosquitoes and malaria,
and that this work is being done un-
| der the supervision of A. W. Fuchs,
Captain of U. S. Public Health Serv-
| ice, and that he has appointed me
! (W. e. Eason) to take charge of this
work, and to do this work according
| to his instructions, and that is what
l am going to try to do.
Our city and our state are paying
for this work and if it is carried out
| to the letter it will be worth the
while, and we can easily carry it
over the top if the people of Union
City will only cooperate with us.
We are getting the creeks, canals,
bitches, ponds, etc., well under con-
troll. l would be glad for the people
in passing around to take notice of
the changes that we have made in
the way of drainage work. We have
drained the old creek from Reynolds
Packing House north to line with
Church street. That is as far as the
old creek runs. Before we did any
work on the big canals the water was
from ten to fifteen feet across the
surface and covered with alice, a
green kind of mass, which is palace
for the mosquitoes and wiggle tails,
and very unsanitary looking place.
| Now we have channeled those canals
down so that there is nice little
flow If clear water not more than two
feet across the surface. We are now
working the town ditch from the
Lyon lot to Reynolds Packing
House. We have our oiler make this
round every week. We can handle
the work that 1 have mentioned al
right, but here in town where we
find so many useless wells that are
not in use and have not been for
years many of which have no cover
over them at all. Just a place to &C
cumulate filth and to breed mosqui-
toes In those wells we find dead
chickens, rabbits, turtles, and in one
well we found what seemed to be the
insides of cow-nice looking place
and the odor coming from same real
nice and healthy to inhale. The
people will be asked to fill those wells
with dirt or cinders, or most any
thing that they want to ge rid Of, |
and have plenty of dirt and cinders i
on top. Since we have plenty of city |
water we should do away with wells,
water barrels, and anything that is
not nice to have about our homes.
Tin cans should be watched very |
closely as they are a good hatchery |
for mosquitoes. When we empty the
can we should punch few holes in |
the bottom of same so they won't |
hold water and as soon as we get a |
few on hand have them hauled away. |
notice good many places where we
haven't the proper drainage for our
hydrants, and waste water from our |
kitchens in some places stands in
pools and in the weeds and grass.
should have little bitches cut to |
some proper outlet and the banks of |
these little bitches should be kept |
clear of vegetation so as to let the |
sunshine in, thus making it more |
sanitary and preventing the breeding |
of mosquitoes. l earnestly ask the |
cooperation of every Householder in |
Union City. If we can all get in line |
and only do what we should do about |
our homes we will make Union City |
better place to live in.
Quite number of our garage men
have contributed waste oil for this |
work and we feel very grateful to
them for the same.
So thanking you one and all for
the interest that you have taken in
the past and again thanking you in
advance for what you may do in the
future Yours very truly,
w. E. EASON,
Public Health Inspector