Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1903 — Disease at the Back Door. [ARTICLE]

Disease at the Back Door.

Yes, it is a nasty habit of pitching out of the back door a pailful find dipperful, now and then, of greasy Yrater, and a handful of parings and the general wasta of the kitchen that breeds fevers and bilious diseases. The waste disappears for the most part in the soli, but that is the key to the mischief. The soil gets full after a time and ferments, and the hot sun breeds gases which surround and enter the house. This .1.8. true.jaqt .only of the cheaper, poorer houses and careless fnnillies, but well-to-do, intelligent people have spots behind their houses saturated witlr slops. In .populous towns no amount of shpervlsiofi can prevent a great deal gif filthy, evil. But In the country” towns slops should be carried out to tree* and poured in small quantities ” here' and there as a fertilizer. Trees.will'takerup a large quantity of water and be -grateful for it. There muat-beßlniply constant intelligence In, the disposal of waste.