Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-20

and discovered that o hundred thou
sand bacili were on Its legs, and that
when these were left on glass plate
In the laboratory by the imprisoned n.y.
a mass of swarming, death dealing ba-
GILL sprang into being , eacn capable or o.
has found that infant mortality Is
greatest in that city In fiy-time, and
health authorities are beginning cruz
SADIE that will make fly screens an I'M
perative necessity on all houses, ana
that will abolish rank garbage ana sta
BILE refuse from III tended aleys'
Evidence against the fly Is plentiful.
During the Spanish-American war
committee appointed by the surgeon
general OF the army found that typnoio
was not SO prevalent among men VINO
ate In screened tents and that as the
fly disappeared in camps at KNOXVILLE
and Meade typhoid greatly decreased.
DR.. H. A. Veeder claims that the ny
Is a more dangerous agent In spread
ing typhoid than either water or mix.
J. Q. Cobb of the marine hospital serv-
ice has proved the fly carrier OK tu-
berculosis bacilli. Investigators In the
Philippines found cholera spread by
fruit that had been exposed on public
stands and infected by flies. In Chi
cago two women from Hull House
conducted exhaustive experiments 10
discover the cause OF typhoid cpl
demic In a certain quarter and AFTER
a study OF foods. screening, sanitation:
water and milk supplies finally proved
the ny to be at fault.
The medical world Is working to get
the nation to understand the great
need of using an ounce OF prevention
rather than a pound OF cure. The MI
crobic origin of disease as discovered
Do &c
SO very old but 1t has revolutionized
modern thought. Pittsburg Is already
conducting a notable campaign In the
study of typhoid, and San Francisco.
believing disease Is spread by rats.
has recently had $500 caught each day
for experimental work in her bucterio-
logical laboratories. Southern cities
with screens and kerosene are annu-
ally anticipating any attack from tho
mosquito end her yellow fever germs,
and New Jersey Is keeping watchful
eye on the mosquito that has become
known as the dissemination OF malaria.
It is claimed that half Of the $751;
900 900 now being paid out by the gov
eminent In pension money could have
been saved had the nation been as
eager to prevent disease as 1t has been
to cure. Camp fever" and prison
fever" have been accepted as necessary
lished q record OF only one death or
disease In her army to two OF casualty
In battle the world had for two CEN
turtles lost from preventable disease
FIVE times as many as 1t had lost In
battle. In the Franco Prussian war
SO per cent Of the deaths were from
typhoid. and in the Civil War three
fourths of the deaths were from that
and other diseases. The nations
shame and browning imbecility was
reached in the Spanish-American war.
when II was shown that on September
10, 1898, 80 per cent of the force were
on the hospital lists. while In Porto
Rico there were 262 deaths from dis
ease to three killed in battle. Many
by The busy and unclean fly.
The war on the fly Is being conducted
along both educational and practical
lines. Through circulars, through the
press, through lectures, through house.
toulouse canvasses in slum districts
and countrysides. people are to be told
the very scientific but very revolving
truth about the flies that daily swarm
through unscreened homes, trailing
their way across the food on the tables.
across the faces OF the children and ON
or handled. They will be told that
these flies breed In the filth of the
stables and that IL is from this pest
heap from impure drains, from open
sewers and disease laden ground that
they come into the house to spread
hundreds Of millions OF bacteria every
hour. They are thus menacing the
health OF the family and that Of the
nation, and Indirectly ptling up long
expense account by encouraging ILL
ness and consequent idleness and ma
terially lowering the standard of ma
tional efficiency. Where stable sweep
ings are not available for breeding
bins have been known to produce a
goodly quota Of flies, and on these lead
Ing municipalities mean to keep a
closer eye In the future.
The educational campaign will offer
such suggestions as these: Do not
allow trash, garbage and organic mat
ter to accumulate. Keep damp, dark
cellars clean and sprinkled literally
with lime. Pour liberal doses of kero-
sene down all drains and over all re-
fuse. Have all kitchen waste moved
daily. Have all manure cleaned daily
from the stables and carried away to
spread and dry on the fields. or keep
venient time for removal can be found.
Keep all foodstuffs. whether In the
market or at the home. carefully
screened. The killing OF flies is no
easy task. Fly paper and poison
should be literally used, and while the
process seems sometimes slow, the
comforting thought comes that in the
Staying of one, the propagation of mil
lions Of others is prevented. The cru
SADIE Is one that requires cleanliness
for It's cardinal principle. and patience
and persistence for itw watchwords. but
with the public becoming more intel
ligent and more widely read every year,
the health authorities believe that the
mortality from diseases traceable to
flies will be markedly decreased In the
future.
Copyright, 1908. by Frederic J. Haslkin.j
Observation-Disclosures NJ AIasLn