Show DOCTU R S un ua NO S ALARM ALAN aff ME FOB me AR ALL he tells how oust dust causes throat and lung trouble ONLY STRONG CAN RESIST haff chaff from hay wagons dira dir croppi dropping ng from contractors loads etc a di distinct S menace to any community prompt reports to authorities necessary in the many small streets in the poorer parts of towns aud and cities W writes rites a prominent doctor where nul nuisance sance occur a considerable time elapses before they are re potted to the proper authorities the nuisances continue CoUtin ue unabated during this time and may result iu in infection of so some me 1 land ind that la Is not noi w willful negligence it L li simply because it seems to be nob odys to report those which continue until tile the lennet complains to tile the real estate 11 gent agent or it reaches a local department in sonic some other way why could not a department of public safety use inspectors Ins and police officers and have bare them report every occasion if they found that garbage was scattered over the street or was not properly prop eily co covered vereal th that at it a in main a in wag wa s broken browa a drainpipe stopped or t that ha t an any y such nuisance had bad occurred when excavations are made throughout a 8 city a great deal of tho the dirt blows about and oils tile the air with dust dual the children of the neighborhood too play in the dirt and scatter it about why should hid not the excavator excava tod material be covered with a tarpaulin so eo that the dust would be minimized sed another preventable cause of the dust and dirt cornea comes from the hay bay wagons which trail their loads through the streets dropping dust and chaff along the way F finally there are arc the drop bottom carts of the contractors which carry dirt and refuse from one place to another often one sees a trail of erti earth sifting from the imp improperly properly closed trap bottom of these wagons to be scattered and blown about the streets all these and many more things go to make up the dust which especially y in the sum summer mer makes a haze which the eye can discern smoke often causes part of this haze particularly in damp weather ber when it descends in clouds but dust is 1 largely responsible for ril it the effect of these dust particles if laden den with nit all sorts of disease bearers depends simply on the resistance of the individual who breathes them in with the polluted air they are responsible for many cases of conjunctivitis and I 1 think ara are an important cause s e 0 of f catarrhal catarrh a and other head ahr throat 0 a t a and n d pulmonary troubles |