Show open war declared on deadly housefly the typhoid or bc avenger i id a scavenger in the and consequently is most numerous where filfli and refuse it la attracted for considerable distance by the foul odors from stables cow cess pools and decaying household filth thit may ac in unclean hick birds alie greiter the number of such places thit exist in any locality the greater the number of flies for here the fl finds palatable food odors and an ideal place for depositing its eggs each female fly deposits on an kveraga eggs sometimes alani more which under conditions dit ions hitch within 24 hours the small grub thus produced develops rapidly and in about 10 days the fully matured fly comes thua we may have three or four ganen eions of matured alica in one month of w arm w eat lier one may imigine the number that may be produced from female flies during 1 season the fly is strictly in its habits and lives oab in and about the habitations of men man pio alie unsanitary conditions and becomes responsible for its existence as it cannot and docs not live and thrive in cleanliness contrary to alie widely prevailing opinion the nger fly never batea fair the simple reason that its mouth parts are constructed in gucci a that it cannot bite but it is provided with a wide sucking mouth through which it takes up liquid foods we have however about our homes especially in the late summer ind early autum a limited number of real biting aliea tho provided with a mouth for piercing the skin of ammill and extracting blood for food most common of these 18 the ordinary stable Q verj closely resembling sem bling the house fly in general appearance but un closer examination presenting a number of distinguishing characteristics these flies however do not belong to the scavenger group and play a small as disease carriers the are most abundant in mountain districts and localities under the microscope the bod of the fly la seen to be covered wit numerous short black hairs also its feet are of a construction eccli foot consists of two chiwa and two pads the purpose of ih to enable the fly to support itself on cither rough or smooth surfaces thebe pads arc covered with anda of minute short hairs which are constantly supplied a sticky substance which exudes from the flys foot and to flipse sticky pads adhere various substances of foreign matter over which the fly may walk it is beyond all question thit millions of bartena are transmitted aiom place to pi ice on the feet of aliea it hia been shown by scientific experiment that a bingle fly may cisily airry upon its body a million or perhaps twice eliat number of basteni or dibe ise germs at one time and we know from its habits and the haunts it frequents that its body and especially its feet auit be constantly loaded with bacteria of various kinda it transfers from place to place unfortunates thi transfer of disease germs by means of the flys body and feet matter compared with that which takes place through ilg excreta experiments hive show n tint dies en allow the germs of typhoid in counties millions while feeding on the excreta of fever patients and as a result they spread a ind tunes more typhoid fever germs in their exe creta th in by their feet ind bodies our imig mation almost fills us in draeme it is remembered that eich nv is the luthor of at beast fly specks in cadi 24 houra eacle spick in 1 different and all may be laden with the germs of disease 1 lie game 13 equally true of every disease which the fly comes in contact these disease germs of almost every kind lose none of virulence viru lince by pissing through alie of alie fly know ing something of the life and hibit the fly its love for filfli and hastiness we cannot be far wrong when we siy that the alj the food on our table lias just returned from a filthy pool and is wiping his feet upon our or he ruay be seated on a I 1 lump of sugar and is vigorously himself up und depositing hia excreta after a visit to some exposed or other similar place where his alie alv been that is over the and vegetables in the market that vou are about to buy why he lo 10 jut bick from a hying trip to the street gutter where he has been sampling a new deposit of sputum and is now distributing bacilli over the fruits and vegetables iou are about to tike to our leoine how about the fly oer the face of your bleeding bleeping ble babe Is it not reasonable to suppose eliat his last visit was to regale himself upon the excreta of some typhoid fever patient or some child suffering with summer diarrhoea of children such a supposition is not unreasonable or improbable but on the other hand is really very pio bible for of all in which the fly plas an important role thebe two di typhoid fever and summer diarrhoea of children heid the list millions upon million of the germs of cheso diseases may be ind no doubt are distributed by alie feet and excreta of fly we will soon come to know eliat the nv is for lucli of the illness of children and infants during alie hot summer months and eirls fill when the fly abounds and thit wo were greatly in error when we attributed such illness to teething hot and indigestion the main cause being the bacterial contamination of the milks and foods that our children have taken likewise we shall albo beirn that the proper treatment of these diseases 18 prevention by bringing about a more sanitary condition in our bomea and community did you ever see the milk men or the house wife out a few flies 5 to 10 or 50 from an exposed can or pan of milk ifju have not it is only one of the things you have missed suppose 10 or 20 or even less hies have been washed ind bathed and perhaps met their deitle in i can of milk and from the boda of each one suppose to be he bay only disease germs we c left in the milk aliat kiy we expect from feeding such milk to our children when it is remembered that these battern ma in the course of a few hours in such a splendid medium as milk multiply to fifty million if then the fly is such a potent and active di semina tor of dis cise cannot be denied by what means shall we proceed against him how can best we exterminate him or at least reduce ins forces to a minimum alie answer is simple and it 13 thit we ought to take greater precautions both as individuals and as a community we should fully inform our selves on the subject b reiding and observation we should prevent the multiplication of flies by abolish leg their breeding places we should protect food and refuge so thit flies cannot get at bliem we should employ all reasonable agencies to destroy flies tint come into exial ance in spite of gilr other tiong 0 should keep flies out of our houses particularly dining rooms kitchens and especially sick rooms wherein may bo confined patients suffering from contagious or infectious diseases we should screen all alio doors and windows of our homes and especially protect annta salads and other foods do not lequire cooking we should insist tint our grocer butcher baker and everyone aiom whom we buy food stuffs does the bame if they persist in exposing their wares to the contamination of flies we should transfer our trade to chosse alio take greater pains to protect their goods from bubli contamination on the of alie city much might bu done toward exterminating alna peat by some geneal and consistent measures would also act as a stimulus to individuals to make greater efforts for example cesspools ces spools and outhouses out houses might be abolished by ordinance also it might be made for eacle homo to bo provided with a covered can these should be properly cleansed and disinfected dis as occasion acquire it would be an excellent thing if garbina were collected ichu larla twice a week during the lh beason dealers in fruita and vegetables and other food might be required to screen food from flie aa far i this can reasonably be |