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This Day in Alexandria History: April 15, 1910 Was Clean Up Trash and Smells Day!
Over a dozen private businesses provided teams and carts to supplement City crews in the clean-up effort.

The cleansing of the City’s private yards and alleys, and the sprinkling of lime over damp areas throughout the City, were both deemed necessary to eliminate breeding grounds for the dreaded “typhoid fly” and mosquito. Over a dozen private businesses provided teams and carts to supplement City crews in the clean-up effort.
Not Much Has Changed, See Old Town’s Neighborhood All-Volunteer Cleanup Crew and Old Town Needs a Good Cleaning
(Source: Office of Historic Alexandria)