Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-11

pital brought the Sapc Investigator upon
a horse putrefying in the sun, covered
with 4 black mantle of flies. In Mulberry
BEND Park nj eleven O'Clock Sunday morn
ing a heap of refuse was observed Of such
dimensions as 10 suggest that ii was the
accumula ton Of more than one day; II
lay directly opposite a large public school.
At the Fourteenth street station Of the
subway Is an illustration of n hygienic
pit oject gone wrong. Under the i.an graf
Jugs which have there been let into the
roof Of the subway through the sidewalks.
with the laudahle purpose of ventIlating
the tunnel have been placed corrugated
iron shields. These are thickly covered
with dust compounded horse manure,
Sputum and the misc ellis aeous deposits OF
The street filth which are scraped from
the shoes of pedestrians rs they cross the
gratinTS. Not only may flies breed in
great numbers in these specially prepared
quarters, hut they will find in the Inn
mediate Heighborhood number Of restau-
rants ana fruit stands ms an inviting field
for their germ carrying operations.
The downtown and tenement districts
are hy no means the only offenders. A
downtown hotel whose name is known
the world over has the habit of keeping
@orhage and ashes in an opening under Its
Kitchen, and the place was in bad cOndi-
tom when viewed by the inspector. A
large family hotel on the upper west side
i roDOrfpj hv another inspector as I'm
hIlhr condition.: corridor where goods are
delivered piled full of ashes and rubbish
o all Kinds; furniture and garbage piled
high; many compIaintS.'
| \ the suburban district, or the small
town, the situation is a little different.
Here the principal source of danger will
Ct hi ,,S.r
should he of course absolutely prohibited,
and indeed usually are but the law Is
not always enforced. The former should
either be cleaned out once IA week. or
where the removal or cleaning Is thor
oughIy done, twice month: or the man
ure should be thrown into large boxes or
small rooms which are thoroughly
screened and made Gy-tight and provided
with n swing door through which the
manure Is thrown. This involves n little
INITIAL expense, but is well worth il TO the
morse owner himself, to say nothing Of
nus HelghborS, If only i'm protecting his
horses from the greatest plague of the
year, annoyance by flies. Where removal
or screening doesn't seem to he feasible
watering down of the manure heaD once
+ week with solution of ordinary white
"I'7uIG or paris green, teaSpoonful to
ne SaHon, or sprInk,ing the pile SO as to
Ittl1e SH&ht bloom to the surface, with
e'lher of these dry, will kin ninety oer
cent or all eggs Deposited
MS IS more objectionable than tbs
o'h"F methods, inaSmuch as it involves
- tefIaln amount of risk of poisoning
ffr,ul inns IS slight and is practically con-
rtngu 10 me possibility Of cattle on the
!afin TO which the manure is hauled get
ing, at 1t and eating some of tbe loo,
Sp"ned straw or hay in the mass. II
uoeSh [ destroy its value as fertilizer in
amy way In fact, as is well known. n
4 spray OF about one-lifth this strength IS
gClIN used upon apples and other fruit
Ito-PieNeht the Development Of fine c0dIinV
uloih or apple worm with few or no in.
J"IiOuS results to those eating the aDDIes
IL vaults are permitted to exist in the
suburbs they should be sprinkIqd once
! week win either the solution or the dry
powder OF arsenic as described ThIs Ia
nor so much to prevent flies breeding IN
/ 'h'm as 1t IS to poison them when thev
/ attempt 10 feed there, as the contents oF
! me plVy vault are one Of their favorite
ana most MghIy reIishcd foods. 1t is on
account Of this charming Labit and nref
eFeuGe OF theirs mat they are so effective
! ia the spread Of typhoid ana summer
GLaFFhoeaS' transferring the bacill from
/ the stools of one case to the milk vega
( tables or other food to be eaten bv fbe
fifh and nIors or DIeG ,5 IN dirt' feeds on
InSt If III ~ r,,,;, "ml ii; I"u ana races,
the open comntry ar r,rnms SILL, NIIlages,
lie sanitary nrac.,,t i;,1,pS, Whert 20 pup
best methods arc G.st a. az ,"tESn. ~, ,ho
garbage ana SWIM are aDnfiad az M lo at
every other dav, that tI,a No. ana chI@R.
ems 10 which I6rv are fed are Kent NJ least
two hundred wards 9yyav from The honss
lin summer lime, and mai the nIones
where the garJagp or swirl raps Stand pi'' arc
Imoisroucd down cgce a ueoE 2yi1L an
arsenic solution. Both nigDens nd rbic,an
yards are fruitful sources If Nv nrodnc-
ton. but must for the present prnbahIv
be regarded as necessary evils. to he re-,
duced merely 10 their lowest minimum bv
/ kaeDiug Them nj a Droprr distance from Tho
house and by thoroughly raking over ami
cleaning up their surfaces. burning any
unused refuse ana sprinHung tn" ground
with creosOte, crude petroleum or kero-
scue ut least once Il week Chicken yards