Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1892 — State Board of Health Circular. [ARTICLE]

State Board of Health Circular.

Indian ,v i-ot.is. Sept. 3, 1892. To llkai.th Uffiukus: In view of the rapid spread of Asiatic Cholera , in Europe, within the last sixty days, this Board feels that there is great danger that it will invade our country, and comprehending the destruction of human life that would ensue, recognize the necessity of placing UKState in such a sanitary condition, that if it comes it will lind no soil in in our borders to propagate its gi mis. It is Therefore Ordered That All Boards of Health Observe The Following-. 1. Make a thorough sanitary inspection of their respective jurisdictions. 2. See that all accumulations of filth, decaying animal and vegetable matter on roads, streets, alleys, door yards, and vacant lots are removed . 3. That all gutters and drains arc kept open and clean, and that they arc frequently Hushed and disinfected wherever practical. 4. That all privy vaults, sinks, cesspools, foul cisterns, stagnent pounds, hog pens, foul stables, unwholesome cellars, manure piles, dirty yards or lots, foul sewers, and all other places suspected of being injurious to the public health, are thoroughly cleaned, disinfected and purified. 5. That all rank vegitation along streets, sidewalks and gutters of cities and towns is cut and destroyed and not left to rot. 6. Attention is called to the importance of compelling the proprietors of steamboats and those in control of railway property, owners of hotels and boarding houses, school officials, sheriffs, city councils, town trustees, and others in control of property to thoroughly clean and disinfect their premises, and prepare suitable water closets for their patrons, tenants and scholars, and frequently disinfect them, 7. Attention is called to the necessity of making frequent inspections of all vegetables and other articles of food offered for sale. Tainted vegetables and fruits are frequently sources of disease, 8. The carcass of any dead animal or the offal from slaughter lie uses putrid animal substances, or the contents of privy vaults, must not be placed upon public grounds, market place, common, field, lot, road, street or alley," or into any riwr, stream or lake.