Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-05
SUGGESTIONS OFFERED


Health officer and Nurse Al
ways At Service of Public,
Statement Says
The county health board, CONF
posed Of N. A. Ray, Prof. f. w!
Dupree and DR.. j. W. dhambliss,
win inaugurate campaign to ele-
vate the standard Of health in Sum
ter county Immediately, and as the
first step in this campaign the fol
lowing statement has just been
issued to the public by the board.
I'VE want the people of taiS
County to realize that they have at
their command an all-time Health
Commissioner and an all-time pub
lie health nurse, whose duties arc
none other than the protection OF
The health Of the community ana
She prevention of diseases BY
waging an earnest fight against
germs, insects, and other things
pertaining to disease.
The season is here and it be-
hooves each Of us individually and
collectively to begin a real figE'.
against ali things causing disease
among us. With the spring wealth
er and the waters Of ponds andi
streams beginning to warm up they
become inhabited with the mosquito
and yet the mosquito is not such
terrible thing, end they are crea-
lures that ahve instinct sufficient
to know when you are after them
and when this is known they fre5
quent places much less often than
they do the hidden places, or places
where they are not troubled.
"Then next comes the fly in the
spread Of diseases. They too can
Be gotten rid Of with no effort and
no more expense in proportion than
it takes to accomplish any other
worthy and worth while undertake
ing. With the many known tried
and true remedies we can, without
any experiment. protect ourselves
and families from these harmful
pests and enjoy the greatest thing
on earth, namely good health.
There is not 9 family so humble
in Sumter County but that within
their means and with the aid ~
yoar Health Commissioner that can
not have a reasonable protection
against disease and the mosquito
and fly, which not only carry dis
ease, but just poster your life out
Of you besides. So if yeu arc,
| poor and have but little money
available, or if you have near your
cannot drain, or if you cannot
screen your house, either for finan-
cial reasons, or from its construc-
ton, there is no use of giving up
or being pestered on top Of your
other troubles, as we have a rem
edy, one within your means, one
to suit your individual case, and
it's yours for the asking. Keep in
touch with your Health Commits.
sioner, Dr.. J. w. Payne, whose
I offices are in the Court Housa
telephone, write, come to see him,
or just send him word, and get
| your remedy. He's got it.
80 we want to make d few
suggestions, as we are unable to 60
into detail as he win when a given
case is specified before him.
Empty all standing waters on
your premises, regardless of what
they are in, once every seven days.
if you have a ditch or branch
running near your house and a
log or the fence crossing the stream
is damming it up, open the way
up under the fence or around the
log so the water can flow on swift
| ", as mosquitoes win not breed in
edy places Don't forget your horse
troughs, hog wallows, wash tubs,
syrup kettles, or anything that holds
waite i for seven days and
notice what a difference. Throw
a few shoyels full of lime on the
manure pile once a week and Keep
the flies from breeding. It's in
expensive and helps the fertilizer
rather than hurting it. Dig a pit
/ privy two feet wide, four feet long,
five feet deep. Set your little
house over it and make it. fly
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