the campaign and to familiarize the citizens with 
its purposes and its benefits. Schedules of the 
days and hours when city vehicles and other col- 
lection vehicles will cover various sections of the 
citv to collect junk, debris, and other useless 
items should be published in the newspapers and 
announced over radio and television. 
Prior to the campaign, talks to civic groups, 
PTA’s, and church groups should be made to enlist 
cooperation and active support both for the cleanup 
campaign and the program as a whole. An active 
civic-minded group composed of leading community 
citizens might make the support of the whole pro- 
gram one of its projects. This assistance would be 
welcomed by the responsible agencies, which fre- 
quently are short of personnel. 
A good plan is for active civic groups to divide 
the city into districts, with one person responsible 
for each district. These district supervisors then 
appoint “block captains,” residents of individual 
blocks, responsible to the district supervisor. The 
professional personnel of the local health depart- 
ment work with the district supervisors by aiding 
in the orientation, motivation and instruction of the 
groups of block captains. One or more civic groups 
cooperating in this or a similar manner can help 
immeasurably in achieving the desired sanitation 
improvements. While coordinating the efforts of 
these voluntary workers during and after the “kick- 
off” campaign, the local health department carries 
on its own activities toward attaining its goals. 
Utilization of radio, television, newspaper articles 
with photographs, posters, and literature is an 
essential part of the local health department’s 
permanent public relations program. 
Other methods have been used with good results 
for alerting the public to the need for good premise 
sanitation and maintenance. Printed cards or in- 
struction sheets covering refuse handling practices 
and containing excerpts from the city ordinance can 
be distributed to a large proportion of the town’s 
residents by mailing them in the envelopes with 
city or county water or tax bills. These sheets or 
cards describe proper prestorage treatment of 
refuse and approved storage facilities, give col- 
lection schedules, and provide other useful 
information. 
If enough health workers are available, their 
personal visits to individual premises to explain 
the program, to distribute the cards and other litera- 
ture, and to answer questions will stimulate more 
public interest than can be developed by merely 
sending literature. Distribution of any literature 
GARBAGE COLLECTION 
REGULATIONS 
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5, 1951 
1. GARBAGE COLLECTION will be made TWICE weekly and 
will include ALL garbage, rubbish, and refuse which is 
placed at the curb in APPROVED METAL CONTAINERS 
at 8:00 A.M. on the scheduled date of collection It WILL 
NOT include ashes, dirt, masonry, and 
large metal items. 
2. GARBAGE CANS shall be water-tight, 
made of metal, fitted with handles 
and with tight-fitting covers. Cans 
shall not exceed twenty (20) gallon 
capacity and not more than six (6) 
cans will be permitted for each resi- 
dence. 
3. COLLECTIONS will be made between 
the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 
P.M. All garbage must be at the curb 
at 8:00 A.M. and empty cans removed 
by night fall. No collection will be made on legal holidays. 
The next scheduled date will apply. 
4. WRAPPING GARBAGE All wet garbage shall be wrapped 
in several thicknesses of paper. 
This will double the life of your 
Wrap 
ASH COLLECTION REGULATIONS 
1. ASH COLLECTION will be made ONCE weekly and will in- 
clude ashes, dirt, masonry, and large metal items, placed 
in water-tight metal cans fitted with handles and tight-fitting 
covers. Cans may be of ten (10) gallon or twenty (20) gal- 
lon size but in no case shall the total weight exceed 100 pounds. 
(10 Gallon of Ashes weigh about 100 pounds.) 
2. TREE LIMBS will be accepted with ash collection and shall be 
tied in bundles that do not exceed four (4) feet in 
length. 
GENERAL INFORMATION 
1. DETAILED REGULATIONS covered by Ordinance £ 669 
are available at the Incinerator upon request. 
2. SPECIAL PROBLEMS — For assistance with special garbage 
problems, please call SUPERINTENDENT OF INCIN 
ERATOR, PHONE 4137. 
could be accomplished through civic volunteer 
groups who have been properly oriented and briefed, 
as previously suggested. It might be desirabb f < ' r 
volunteer groups such as the boy scouts to T this 
work in the residential areas, while the local 
sanitarians distribute the cards or other literature 
in the business districts during the course of their 
routine activities. Personal visits allow discussion 
of refuse handling techniques, and other condition- 
on the premise that may be conducive to rat and 
fly breeding and mosquito production may be 
pointed out. 
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