30 YELLOW FEVER PROPHYLAXIS IN NEW ORLEANS 



mesh, or cheese cloth or other suitable material by the property owner 

 or agent thereof within forty-eight hours after the promulgation of this 

 ordinance, provided that after the first day of October, 1905, all 

 property owners shall be required to screen cisterns with wire netting 

 of the proper size mesh as required by the Board of Health in such a 

 manner as to prevent the entrance of mosquitoes. 



Section 3. — Tanks or barrels or similar containers to be constructed in the manner 

 provided for cisterns, or in some other manner satisfactory to the 

 Board of Health. 



Section 4. — Buckets containing water for longer than one week (such as fire buckets in 

 cotton presses) and other similar containers of stagnant water, shall be 

 covered in such a manner as to prevent the entrance of mosquitoes. 



Section 5. — Water in ponds, pools, or basins, in public or private parks, places of 

 resort or residences, or in depressions, or excavations made for any 

 purpose, shall be stocked with mosquito-destroying fish, or covered 

 with protective netting, or shall be drained off at least once every week, 

 or shall be covered with coal oil in a manner satisfactory to the Board 

 of Health, by the owner or agent thereof within forty-eight hours after 

 the promulgation of this ordinance. 



Section 6. — The Board of Health may, in its discretion whenever deemed necessary, 

 treat stagnant water by applying oil to its surface in such a manner 

 as to destroy mosquitoes. 



Section 7. — The penalty for violations of this ordinance or any section thereof shall 

 be a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment for not 

 more than thirty days, or both, and failure to comply with any provi- 

 sion shall be considered a separate offence for each day of its continu- 

 ; ance after the proper notification by the Board of Health. 



Adopted by the Council of the City of New Orleans, 



August I, 1905. 



T. W. Campbell, 



Clerk of the Council. 

 Approved Aug. 2, 1905. 



Martin Behrman, Mayor. 



2. A Day Appointed to " Clean up " in the City. 



The following is an appeal to the Citizens to " clean up," and it 

 again should be copied by all towns in the Yellow Fever zone : — 

 The Mayor's Proclamation. 



It has come to be recognised as an indispensable necessity for the eradication of 

 disease, and for the proper safeguarding of our public health, that our City ^ould be 

 thoroughly cleaned. Our patriotic citizens are unanimous in the sentiment and have 

 generously come forward to aid and assist in such a movement. 



The Executive Committee which was named to consider and take action upon the 

 thorough cleansing of the City, recommended that Wednesday, August 9, 1905, be 

 observed as general cleaning up day. To that end, and to promote the more 

 expeditious handling of the accumulations of dirt, it has been recommended that all 

 householders begin the work of cleaning their premises Monday, and continue the 

 same Tuesday, in order that the refuse and pilings will be ready and convenient for 

 removal Wednesday, " General Cleaning Up Day." 



It has been earnestly and urgently recommended that all merchants and business 

 men assist in this work by closing their respective establishments on that day, so that 



