PROTECT THE WATER 171 



the final fight of checking yellow fever in our midst, 

 to neglect so important a matter as this, so we strongly 

 urge that the change from cheese cloth to wire, if not 

 legally postponed until Dec. 1, shall he hy liaving the 

 wire screens placed over the cheese cloth without 

 removinsf the latter. 



Advisory Committee, O.P.JNI.S. 



Public opinion having been educated, the City 

 Authority feels now strong enough to bring in an 

 ordinance to compel landlords to screen all vats. 



Sfcj) 11. _A WATER-CISTERN SCREENING 

 ORDINANCE 



Mayoralty of New Orleans, 



City Hall, Augud 2, 1005 



NO. 8196 NEW COUNCIL SERIES 



An ordinance, prescribing the manner in which 

 water liable to breed mosquitos sliall be stored within 

 the limits of the City of New Orleans. 



Section 1. — Ee it ordained by tlie Council of the 

 City of New Orleans that no water liable to breed 

 mosquitos shall be stored within the limits of the city, 

 except under the following conditions. 



Section 2. — Water kept in cisterns, tanks, barrels, 

 buckets, or other containers for a period longer than 

 one week shall be protected from mosquitos in the 

 following manner : Cisterns shall be co\'ered with oil 

 by tlie property owner or agent thereof within forty- 

 eight hours after the promulgation of this ordinance 

 and provided with a cover of wood or metal ; all 

 openings in the top or within G ft. of the top larger 

 than Yg in. to be screened with netting of not less than 

 18-mesh, or cheese cloth or other suitable material by 



