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Show CLEAN THE YARDS. The State Board of Health has issued a bulletin on cleanliness and filth which is an appeal to the people to place their homes in sanitary condition, particularly at this time of year, when there may be filth accumulations of the winter in the yrffds and even within the homes. The bulletin says : "Filth and uncleanliness are directly or indirectly responsible for most of the diseases now known to be preventable; these include all contagious or communicable diseases and cause the death of more than Uo-third3 of the human race. The forms of uncleanliness which exact such a terrible penalty include filthy bodies from insufficient insuffi-cient bathing; filthy houses from gross neglect of good housekeeping; housekeep-ing; filthy air from neglect of ventilation; filthy premises from allowing al-lowing the accumulation of garbage and other refuse, including unsanitary un-sanitary outhouses; filthy water from contaminated surface wells and ditches; and filthy personal habits such as promiscuous spitting." The health authorities are urged to make a personal inspection of premises in an effort to wipe out filth. |