 Relief and reconstruction measures were enacted in the British Honduras beginning on September 30 . A large @-@ scale reconstruction program was initiated by the government to help rebuild 48 villages . The government also declared a state of emergency for Corozal , Orange Walk , and Belize administrative districts , including a ban on liquor sales . Temporary communication lines were rebuilt , which initially only allowed official communications with affected areas . Due to the severity of the damage in Corozal , an airstrip was built to help deliver relief to the city more efficiently . Food depots in Corozal , Louisville , and Orange Walk Town were tasked with distributing food . The potential for widespread disease following the devastation wrought by Janet forced a widespread vaccination initiative against typhoid fever in affected areas . The Jamaican government sent £ 20 @,@ 000 ( US $ 55 @,@ 000 ) to the colony in relief funds , while the British government sent £ 40 @,@ 000 ( US $ 110 @,@ 000 ) to affected areas in the British Honduras and other affected islands in the Caribbean . The United States sent the cargo ship USS Antares , which supplied the colony with various relief materials . In Corozal Town , a $ 3 @.@ 5 million grant was given to land surveyor H.C. Fairweather to plan and reconstruct the township . 
