Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-19 | Page 5 | Your Health

YOUR HEALTH : BY 6R. R H BISHOP ROACHES PERIL Cockroaches as carriers of disease have not been proved to he more dangerous dan-gerous than flics. Yet there are few people who would not rather have many flic around than one cockroach. I Like flies, however, cockroaches carry germs on their legs. Their legs ir,- net hairy, as those of flies and In consequence the number of germs( on a cockroach is not liable to ex- Iceed 10.000, while flies commonly havo more than 100 000. Roaches feed on sputum, whore' there are germs of pneumonia, tuber-1 culosls and cohls, anil on filth where reside germs of typhoid fever and summer complaint. Their legs covered cov-ered with tho germs from one fooel, are wlpod on tho next food catch, which may be food ready for human consumption. All In all. cockroaches are not as capable of spreading disease as are flies, but they arc apablc enough to warrant reckoning with A dark box trap baited with sugar i a fairly good way of catching them, lioach traps are oo the market, tbOUgh poisoning Ir perhaps the best method of getting rid of these vermin ver-min Mix equal quantities of powdered borax and powdered sugar thoroughly thorough-ly anel placo In small heaps around ,the floor in cracks and crevices.