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Show Insects and Infection. To prevent infections reaching the human hu-man body through the medium of In-sects In-sects means that they shall be exterminated extermi-nated or else shut away from the body Itself; also from food and water. Sclen-tlflc Sclen-tlflc sanitary investigation has proved that to get rid of files and mosquitoes, the breeding places of these insects must be deytroy.-d F)n--t bi -d In -table manure piles, barnyards, and wherever wher-ever there are masses of filth Mosquitoes Mosqui-toes breed in marshes and swamps, old rain barrels, ea os-troughs and wherever wher-ever there is stagnant water impregnated impreg-nated with decaying organle matter, writes Dr. Kate Lindsay in the Housekeeper. House-keeper. Tie- sanitary lesson for the home-maker home-maker i,, b arn Is to avoid the marshes and drain them bi fore building and to keep free from nil pools of stagnant water, wa-ter, great or small, on the premises, and Iroon the ttnhln a inl JlnrnVflrdS free from fermenting masses of decaying organic or-ganic matter. To keep these insect pest? out of the house, it should. if possible, be so planned that the prevailing winds will not blow from the stables, barnyard or any marshes In the Vicinity toward It, and then In summer use wire screens on every door and window as well as inclose t fie porches around the house Italian physicians experimenting In the Pontine marshes to discover the cause of Roman fever, found the peasants living liv-ing side by sI'V in ordinary canvas and ln tight screen-protected tents, contracted con-tracted this disease ln the unprotected tents where mosquitoes had free si 1 l c and escaped infection In the screen-protected, where they were excluded Al nicely-screened. shaded. cool back porch Is s Banitarj blessing to the overtired over-tired farmer's wife There she can prepare pre-pare a great part of her food and have a comfortable couch to rest on. free from insect and annoyance The children chil-dren can play there and thus keep out Of the kitchen h.vtt and at the same time avoid noxious Ins.-' t Infection. The screens are within reach of every American Amer-ican householder. |