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Clean City Essential
For Family Health
Mr. E. D. Miller, Sanitarian - and L. O. 'Fears, Jr., M.D., Di. * rector, Rappahannock C o u~ff t y Health Department «#trge all citizc/ns of Washington to actively support the Clean-Up Paint-Up program beginning April 1957, as an important means of protecting health.
“Germs. rr*s. firs and mosquitoes thrive" in dirt, o stagnant ponds, garbage, and overgrown areas. “Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix- • Up time gives us an another opportunity to reclare war on these threats' of health. Remember, rats carry rabies, plague, typhus and other diseases. Flies- spread dvse-"erv, tuberculosis and other disea es.” - * .
M -. Miller’and Dr. Fears made the-r- suggestions on how to best safeguard a family’s health:
1. Reoair and install window and door screens.
2. D'":n stagnant pools and spray adjoining areas.
3. Cut weeds in yard and nearby vacant lots.
4. Have metal garbage and, trash containers, with tightly fitting lids cans off the ground: if possible.)
5. Rinse cans each week to pre* vent odor.
6. Get rid of wood piles—a favorite home of rats and mice.
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