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

house. (But the cost of a siege of typhoid fever
and it's too often end In DEATH are not considered)
Second-Because the thought OF what fly
REALLY IS is lost sight of almost entirely.
Third-Because some of us permit our kitch-
ems always In the rear of the house) to be ada
cent to private stables located In the rear of the
lot back OF our lot. ugfJllM. rs TjHh
Fourth-Because the easy, inexpensive and
practical method of dominating the flies in their
natural incubator Is not enforced by ordinance or
law and thus the principal source OF the trouble
eliminated.
Fifth-Because people will patronize sellers of
food that is overrun by flies in swarms. III
The gravest danger lies in the fact that even in
the homes food in course OF preparation; food
exposed before 1t is placed on the table, and even
food on the table, Is allowed to be infested with
flies The whole condition Is before the eyes OF
those about the table and yet this food Is eaten.
In conclusion the following from the Journal Of
American Medical Association, reprinted In Flor
ida Health Notes." issued monthly by the State
Board of Health, Is In point:
1.-THE recent stress which has been laid on aim.
entary infection in tuberculosis should lead to a
more careful consideration or the means by which
tubercle bacilli may reach the aimentary canal.
The recent studies of Lord show that the ubiquit-
GUS fly may play an important part in alimentary
transmission The bacilli not only pass the ali
mentary canal of the fly unchanged, but undergo
marked proferation there.
ely specks may contain as many as 5000
thirty infected flies may deposit within three days
from 100000 to 100000 tubercle bacilli. The
danger does not seem to be from the liberation OF
bacili in the air, but from the deposition of the
fly specks on food. That this can and does occur
under certain circumstances was abundantly dem
onstrated by our experience with typhoid fever
during the Spanish-American war.
I'VE should bear In mind the possibility Of in
lection by the fly and be much more strict than
we are at present In the disposition OF sputum
nd In fho NJ nd refer
particularly to the summer months"
And the following from The Healthy Home, also
printed in Florida Health Notes:
Files are looked upon in general as simply an
annoyance. The clearly housewife endeavors to
keep them out Of the dwelling, but the men folks
frequently fail to sympathize in the effort and
leave the doors and screens open.
1T has been learned now that the presence Of
the fly Is not simply an annoyance but real
meanace to the home because he brings infection
from distance. This fact has long been sus-
pected, but has recently been proved.
1T has been noticed by DR.. Hayward, bacteriol-
ogist and other Observers that the flies focked in
numbers about the cuspidor of those suffering
from pulmonary tuberculosis. fly speck Is a
trivial thing apparently, but careful examination
proved that the "specks' from these flies were full
of tubercular bacilli. AS a consequence of their
presence the bacili Of this horrid disease were
scattered everywhere.
Flies imprisoned and fed on tubercular sputum
died In two or three days after the infectious ma
terial was introduced. Other flies likewise con-
fined and fed on milk lived from eight to ten days.
The "specks" or feces of these flies were rubbed
up with sterile water and injected into guinea
pigs, and the pigs developed genuine cases OF con-
sumption. rl4# aHt
These facts indicate the Importance of sup
pressing the ordinary house fly The use Of
screens, OF fly poisons and especially the cleaning
up OF all sources Of infection where flies congre-
gate, are among the practical measures for getting
rid Of this danger"