CITY GARBAGE DUMPS

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22108, 2 June 1937, Page 7

CITY GARBAGE DUMPS

TO THE EDITOB OF THE PEESS. Sir —The Mayor's adopted scheme is evidently very ill. The doctor has been called, a consultation has been held with doctors and scientists at Home through the medium of their published reports now open for public inspection in the City Council Chambers. If the scheme is not liable to spread infectious disease, then why in the name of common sense should it be isolated in a gravel pit down in Spreydon, covered up and sealed every night, proving that pathogenic bacteria are dangerous if they escape. The first time saprofenic organisms—that is his full name—goes to sleep at his post, which is liable to happen in the best regulated dumps, it is then that pathogenic bacteria will knock saprofenic on his organic head, muster an army of invisible germs, escaping through visible and invisible cracks and broken seals of the dumps. This deadly though invisible convict army will then take the air. These convicts would just as soon land in a milk jug as anywhere else. These germs eat with the flies and sleep with the flies. They go visiting with the flies and have afternoon tea with the ladies. They are also in company with the flies that tickle the baby under the chin, and those that kiss him while his mouth is sticky. While the fly swatting mother is restinf, and sonn-" is home with a sore throat, the flies return to their germ factory, the dump, for reinforcements. Half their deadly doings have never been told. According to the meaning of the word science, the destructor contains the most scientific method of disposing of rubbish—no ifs and ands, beg pardons, or flies on the destructor.—Yours, etc., C. CRAIG. May 31, 1937. TO THE EDITOB OT TOTB PBBSS. Sir,— Why not re-erect the destructor well outside the citv? We have three winds—east, sou'-west. nor'-west. If we placed the new destructor, say, five miles west of Addington, and gave it a much higher chimney than the present one. it seems to me that no one would be inconvenienced. We should spend a little on petrol, but get great value for it.— Yours, etc.. A.H.B. June 1. 1937.