The broad ax., 1908-08-01
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TALKS.
Hot weather Hints on Files and MIX
-FIome-Mads Ice Box.


Some weeks ago we had q few
words to say as to flies and the i'm
portance Of keeping them out of the
home. Here are a few short, pointed
suggestions on the same subject thar
are worth observing:
Keep the flies awaY from the sick.
especially those i'll with contagious
diseases. XIII every fly that strays
into the sick-rOom. His body is COW
cred with disease germs.
Do not allow decaying material Of
any sort to accumulate on or near
your premises.
All refuse which tends in any way
to fermentation, such as bC lding
straw, paper waste and vegetable mat
ter should be disposed Of or covered
with lime or kerosene oil
Screen all food.
Keep all reeeptacles for garbage
carefully covered and the cans
cleaned or sprinkled with oil or lime.
Keep all stable manure in vault or
pit, screened or sprinkled with lime,
oil or other cheap preparation.
See that your sewage system Is in
good order; that it does not leak, is
up-to-date and not exposed to flies.
Pour kerosene into the drains.
Cover food after a meal; burn or
bury all table refuse.
Screen all food exposed for sale.
Screen all windows and doors, es-
pecia1y the kitchen and diningroom.
Burn pyrethrum powder in the
house to kin the flies.
Don't forget, If you see flies, their
breeding place is in nearby filth. It
may be behind the door, under the
table or in the cuspidor.
II there is no dirt and filth there
win be no flies
If there is q nuisance in the neigh
borhood, write at once to the Health
Department.
The midsummer inspection work
that is now being done by the depart
ment in the interests Of the babies
Of the city, brings to light the fact
that many babies are being fed on
sour milk, simply because the parents
esnnot aftord to buy ice or have no
refrigerators in which to keep 1t.
It Is not only possible but easy to
make, at q triaing expense, an ice box
that win take but little ice and which
win keep the baby's milk cool and
sweet for 20 hours with i've cents
worth Of fee.
In construction, It Is very simple,
and Of trining expense. A person can
make one ct q cost Of from twenty,
I'VE cepts to fifty cents. An ordinary
wooden box. Is by Is inches, with
depth Of IL IL inches, can be obtain
ed from your grocer In the bottom
Of the box place y substantial layer
Of sawdust- On this set q tin pail OF
can, 8 inches IN diameter and tan
enough to hold aquart bottle Of milk
Care should be taken that the pail
rests on saWdust-not on the wood
bottom Of the box. Around the pail
place q cylinder Of tin little larger
than the pan. then pack sawust about
the cyiinder-not between pail and
cylinder-up to top Of the cylinder.
On the cover Of the box nan about
50 layers Of newspaper. Place the
MIN bottle IN the pan ana pack
broken ice about the bottle. A re-
frigerator Of this description Vim hold
two quart bottles Of mi1k or four
aIghtouncs bottles. It can be oper-
atsd for about two cents per day. To
prevent rusting. q little soda may Be
placed IN Che can each day.
ne Health Department recon-
msnds the uss Of an Zee box Of the
hind described. The little expense IN
volved Il nothing e compared with
ne cost Of sickness and death