The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-09-22
Largely Responsible for Spread o.
Typhoid Fever and other DIS
edSeS--NeceSSity for War
on House Pests.
Ordinary Care VIII Externlinate
Them.

pile, is to hunt for drink. Therefore these sau
GERS of poisoned water conveniently at hand
will do the business Of house fly determination.
When II Is realized that the destruction OF hui
man lives by typhoid fever alone can be greatly
reduced, there Is every reason why EVERY
READER OF this article in THE SUN should take
part in an active warfare against the Musca do
mestica.
When it is further THOROUGHLY UNDER.
STOOD by the public that In addition to typhoid
fever, the other most prominent Of the infections
conveyed by the fly are Cholera and tubercu
losis and also that of diptheria, the plague and
eprosy have been traced to this source then 1t Is
time to act along the line suggested by the poet.
II will hardly be necessary to picture to the
readers some of the habits of the fly. It would be
disagreeabe recital, for it is subject altogether
to unpleasant to contemplate. And yet the atti-
tude Of the public to brush aside this thought Is
what Is really responsible for the condition.
If people would only think Of the responsiveness
OF the common house-fy," was the recent remark
of vigilant housekeeper who fights them 1--WE
would form crusade OF earnest workers which
would mean the end Of the fly. II they would
THINK 1T OUT, how and where the fly is incu
bated; Of its devious travels and then Of its per-
sistency to THEREAFTER travel SEVERAL
TIMES OVER EVERY SQUARE INCH OF FOOD
We intend to, and DO EAT, why then, II people
will think this all out am sure decisive meas
ures will be taken to rid humanity Of this pest
and pest In its fullest sense and meaning Is the
correct word for the common house-fy"
In Pensacola the vigilance and employment of
means to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes has
had Its good effect. MOSQUITOES ARE SCARCE
The same should be said Of every community
and particularly in regard to flies. 1t was the
SpanishAmerican war with its victims Of soldiers
who died from typhoid that brought about that
elaborate series Of tests and Investigations which
resulted in the definite conclusion and announce
ment that typhoid and its spread was due entirely
to the transmission Of the germs to food by means
OF the ever active Musca domestica or common
house-fy
That flies should be tolerated in an enlightened
community seems almost unbelievable but the
evidence Is ENTIRELY THAT WAY. This be-
cause the average person does not think
1T Is only when the damage has been done and
the long, endless days Of typhoid fever are at
hand" says another that the family of the suf-
ferer expends an amount OF energy and work. suf
fers anxiety, care and worry In the extreme and
goes through an ordeal that is terrific, while the
little daily care required in keeping away flies
and exploiting this propaganda would have
saved them and others from disease so uniformly
disastrous"
1T will only be then, when the public at large
is awakened to the full realization of the FLY
DANGER says still another, that the extermi
nation OF the fly will become reality
Il know OF no better way to bring home this
matter" continued the speaker, than to let peo-
pie get into the way of thinking along one line and
that Is this:
Whenever you see fly let your questioning
thought be:
do YOU KNOW WHERE THAT FLY HAS
BEEN?
III the average mind will conceive the many
FAVORlTE alighting places Of the fly, there can
De no doubt but that such thinker will be soon
doing his share to eliminate the danger"
The simple fact is that the fly Is not merely a
simply annoyance-as commonly and universally
accepted-but menace and that we are bothered
and annoyed by them simply because we choose
to be so subjected.
One stable" 1t has been asserted, will supply
whole neighborhood with flies throughout the
summer"
Why will the people put up with such a horrid.
dangerous condition when they can be rid of It?
Simply
First-Because 1t costs so much to screen n