The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-09-22

there has Deen no thought even of an "Auf
Wiedersehen" clinging to this erstwhile tenacious
insect.
It's reason for existence has met with "sting.
Ing" rebuke by the long patient public and the
carefuness OF the prevention OF the fasciata's
propagation has immensely mimimized the danger
OF yellow jack ever even making It's appearance.
And now new battle cry Is heard through
the land:
Beware Of the Musca domestica!
DEATH TO THE COMMON HOUSE FLY"
For II Is credited with the accomplishment OF
most deadly work.
The house fly CARRIES THE INFECTION OF
MANY DEADLY DISEASES and as q harvester
OF the human race Is credited with a record Of
being the killer OF tens Of thousands OF persons in
the United States every year.
Doesn't seem possible" said the man on the
train, while In conversation with the writer
IT'S was my laconic reply and as good for
tune would have It, there was present such emf
nent authority as DR.. j. Y. Porter, State Health
officer, and my statement was corroborated
The subject had been introduced most apropos,
as DR.. Porter was then en- route to his neadquar,
tiers at Jacksonville after an inspection trip to
Pensacola, wnere he went to investigate the sew
eral cases Of typhoid fever and to trace the source
from which the germs originated
1t was neither through the water nor the milk
supply.
Following this statement DR.. Porter spoke most
interestingly of the diseases conveyed by insects
and with SPECIAL EMPHASIS on the SUPPRESS
SION of these diseases.
Writing from the memory of our conversation,
DR.. Porter Is quoted to say:
IF you live near stable or in it's vicinity
BEWARE. The stable may be looked upon and
considered as the open continuousp performance In
cubator OF dseasecarrying flies
I'm these incubators flies are permitted to
BREED by the BILLIONS, simply through the
neglect of the easiest precautions. It is estima-
ted that 95 per cent. of all the house-fies are
Matched In piles of droppings in and about the
AL nvuNn hnN0n unvNt
Matched. the house-hy Is ready for the battle
for It's existence From the stable It scars to
roundings that attract It. These are almost inva-
riably the k.tchen and the dining. Fresh from
the filth that produced 1t, It seeks the food which
may happen to be exposed in the pantry about the
kitchen or even that spread temptingly on the
dining table,
why people win not SAFE GUARD against the
fy--by means Of complete screening Of their
homes--just on general principles is hard to un-
derstand, but It is inconceivable why they will
have kitchens, pantries and dining rooms without
screens, WHEN THEY KNOW THE DANGER
and the filthy, disease-carrying and dseasebreed-
ing habit OF the fly"
AS to what else must be done In addition to the
screening Of the house, there are many things.
Talk flies and their danger SO as to arouse the
human fighting instinct against the Musca do
mestica Patronxe only those dealers of food
products who keep their food-for-sale we'll screen
ed or free from flies by strong air currents from
electric FANS Get the movement started by which
the owners OF livery stables, private stables and
daries will be compelled to properly care for the
manure 80 that there can be no breeding OF flies.
There are three wholesale and effective means
available. The expense is trifing and the work
involved but small.
To quickly and surely kill every one Of the i'm
mature insects an effective method is to sprinkle
the horsedroppings twice week with kerosene
All the stable boy has to be taught Is to carefully
and thoroughly use the contents OF common
sprinking can filed with kerosene
Another CurA would b0 the enforcement OF q
regulation by which every owner Of stable would
be compelled to have all droppings put into
rain proof pit or bin, provided that hies could
neither get into nor out Of this bin. Then, with
the contents removed at stated intervals and In
closed carriers, there could be no possible breed.
ing of flies. ..
Still another way to facilitate the reduction of
the number of fies-if not their total extinction
would be the placing OF saucers Of poisoned water
In the immediate vicinity of the manure heaps Of
stables Practically all the flies Matched would
be destroyed as 1t Is established fact that the
first thing the fly does-and unfailingly so-when