Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-03-30
CLEANUP week
TO Be OBSERVED
in BROWNSVILLE
City Health Officer Calls Up
on Residents Of Browns
vile to Comply With Re-
quest Of Department

Get out your scrub brushes rakeS.
hoes and shovels. and prepare ta get
busy next Monday. was the order is
ssird last night hr Dr. Siivey. ciiy health
"fiicer. who announced that brownsville
would comply with the request If the
state health department and observe
Cleanup Week. which begins Monda,
There is no reason why Brownsville
should not observe -Clcan-up Week. e
the same as the rest of The cities Of
Texas are DOING Dr. Spivey continued
and everybody knows that the city needs
it,
The health department will give All as
sis'anre possible in making the clean a.
effective. and will have plenty of wagons
NJ i's disposal 10 promptly remove all
rubbish. Residents Of the city are urged
by The department To get busy Monday
and To have their premises thoroughly
cleaned by Saturday night An effort
will also be made TO have all rubbish "n
streets and vacant lotS removed.
Brownsville can BE- made the hcaithi-
est city in the South. Dr >piyey stated.
but 10 accomplish this We must make
absolute cleanliness our objective. We
have accomplished much in cleaning
up brownsville in recent years bun there
is still much To be- done. and there il no
logical reason why the ritizenS of
Brownsville should not cooperate IN
siving this. The state health department
has designated April IL : as ~t'Ican-t' 70
Week" Almost very city in Texas has
announced that II will arf on the Sug-
gcstion Of the department. and there j.
no reason why brownsville should not
do so. There l. no city in Texas that
needs thorough cleaning more than
brownsville does. and there i no ,.ity
that would profit more by having a
thoroughly clean city
Ia regard 70 mosquito control work
Dr. Spiyey stated that every effort will
br made 10 drain or cover with III an
standing. water ia the city and virinity
tisserns aud water barrels will be inspect
cd, and ordered clcancd "r screened
wherever the necessity for such orders
exist. The federal government. which
will cooperate with the city in mosquito
control work. and viii have an inspector
Here next week. and he will direct opera
tivis.
~ thorough Inspection uf the city
will be made the week following aud any
person whose premises have not been
elrancd. and which l.y reason Of their
filthy or unsanifary condition max he
adjudgcd menace fo public health or
safety. will he given an opportunity Ia
explain in municipal court why tI.ry
should bc permitted 10 maintain "A pub.ie
nuisance lpr. Spiv.y added : Hereto
fore the department has been rather LEM
lent ia this respect. seeking To educate
the residents of the city 10 the necessity
of maintaining their premises in sanitary
condition al all times. There i not
y resident of Brownsville Who is not
fully aware Of The necc>sifs Of cleaning
up. and il il not through ignorance that
they persist IN maintaining such eenoi-
iions. The great majority ~ browns
Vile people will ~ glad to cooperate
with the department IN this r;,snpaiSn-
but those vino refuse 10 a. So viii ~
compelled 4" in addition to paying fine
in municipal court.