Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1917 — State Public Health And Clean-Up Week. [ARTICLE]

State Public Health And Clean-Up Week.

“The custom of spring cleaning is good business,” says Gov. Goodrich in a proclamation declaring the week of Sunday, April 22, to be Public Health and Clean-up Week in Indiana, “and the custom of community eflfort for spring cleaning is also good business.” . „ _ ~ , In his proclamation Gov. Good men recommends that all state, ; county, township, city and town officials, and all professional and business men, farmers, women, children and all citizens organize in their respective localities and devote the week of April .22 to making Indiana clean. He makes the suggestion that churches have special services emphasizing the importance of health and cleanliness on Sunday, April 22, the .beginning of public health and clean-up week. The state board of health is urging upon the people of the state the necessity for the removal of all disease breeding filth and dirt. The board says: “The most important business before the business men today is the business of the public health.”