Public health issues became more important in the early 1900s. While the Madison anti-spitting ordinance may seem minor today, it was part of this focus that developed from a new understanding of how disease was spread.
ANTI-SPITTING ORDINANCE.
Madison, Ind., May 5, 1908. To the Editor:—I desire to report for The Journal the result of our anti-spitting ordinance and how nicely it works. We have nice cement walks and for quite a time after they were made the people seemed to act as if they were made on purpose to be spit upon. So after numerous complaints from the public, our city council passed a very efficient anti-spitting ordinance, with a fine of from $1.00 to $20.00 for its violation. Then the city board of health passed strong resolutions endorsing the ordinance and declaring spitting on the pavements insanitary and a menace to good health, and then had a number of large cards printed warning and notifying the public of the penalty, which they tacked up in all public places. The results are all that could be desired, and we have not had to prosecute a single case for its violation.
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