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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1907
Page
8
A speaker outlines public health risks from water and sewage, notes the fly and rodent threats, and argues for rigorous inspection, milk and dairy controls, quarantine, and disinfection. Emphasizes economic loss from disease and advocates sewerage, waste disposal, and hog use debate in cities.
The passage notes a total loss of $297,100 to citizens and the state from a single disease in a few weeks, asking whether sanitation pays for such tragedy and leaving the question to the readers.
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