Show CITY COUNCIL WILL BE PETITIONED TO APPOINT TWO SPIT DETECTIVES I What do you think of ot the appointment appoint appoint- 1 ment merit by the City Council of two spit detectives whose duty it shall be to arrest persons who expectorate on the floors of street cars An ordinance creating the office of ot spit sleuth will probably be presented presented pre pre- at the next meeting of the Council City Health Commissioner King and the officers of the Ladies Ladies' Literary club are among the enthusiastic advocates advocates advocates ad ad- of this plan to crush out the menace to the public health and to put an n end end- to a 8 disgusting habit of ot persons persons persons per per- sons who should know knoy bet better er Ordinance Not Enforced There is an ordinance providing providing- fine of 5 for persons convicted of expectorating expectorating expectorating ex ex- ex- ex not only In street cars but butIn butIn In tn public streets This measure however however however how how- ever ever has never been enforced and therefore is worse than no law at all A few arrests were made soon spon after its passage but since then it has been allowed to become a dead letter No method Is now in force for re reporting reporting reporting re- re porting or prosecuting offences of this character committed In street cars and even on the streets where the police police po po- lice are able to detect the offenders no arrests are made With Plain Clothes Sleuths I at Work It Is Believed Persons Who Expectorate Expectorate Expectorate in in Street Cars I May lay Be Punished City Health Commissioner Dr King Xing i isaid I Isaid said today A large lare percentage of tuberculosis I is caused by failure of ot patients to properly dispose of their sputum They expectorate around carelessly in public public pub pub- lic lie places so that the saliva lodges Inthe in inthe inthe the dust This is stirred up and when it gets into the air is breathed into the lungs of healthy persons If they happen to have a cold with phlegm in their throat or lungs this this' forms fer len lentile fertile fertile tile soil solI in which the germs may grow and arid thrive There are sanitariums where tuberculosis tuberculosis tuberculosis tuber tuber- patients are treated in which there are no instances of ot the nurses nurse's and attendants ever being taken with the disease simply because e the sputum is carefully t taken ken care bf bt It simply goes to show that most of the cases of this terrible disease could be avoided if the proper care were taken Need Two Spit Sleuths As it is is we e have no way of enforcing enforcIng ing the ordinance What Whal we need is some officers to keep their eyes open for offenders and arrest them If It we could prosecute a a. dozen or or so every day for a week or two th the people would begin to wake up to the fact that there is an arc ordinance and they th-cy would be careful about obeying It It too We need needa a a. couple of ot men employed for this particular particular particular par par- l purpose They should not be inI In I uniform Then they can catch people better Mrs Bailey Favors Favors Plan Mrs L. L M. M Bailey of the Ladles Ladles' Literary Lit Lit- Literary club sald said today We are very much in favor of anything any any- thing that will help to stop this awful practice Our club has presented the matter to the City Council several times already and called Its attention to the fact that the ordinance has not been enforced Up to this time it has not resulted In ja any good People go goon goon goon on expectorating in the cars and no noone noone noone l one ever stops them I certainly be behave believe be- be have lieve that h t we ought to have some men appointed whose business it is to arrest ar ar- ar arrest rest persons that break the law this way ay |