The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
FLIES AND MOSQUITOES.
How TO Get Rid Of These Disease
Spreaders.


Among nearly all civilized people
determined efforts are nov being made
to get rid OF discnse-bearing insects.
by exterminating them. and until that
shall have been done BY shutting them
out OF dwelling places. The most pre-
yalent and the most injurious, In this
part OF our country. are The hpuae'ny
and the mosquito.
II is known that the former spreads
consumption. typhoid fever pneu-
monia, diptheria. cholera, alao dyeen-
terry and other intestinal diseases, and
that the mosquito alone II the means
Of injecting. with malaria, those sbo
are free from H. A few years ago
while typhoid fever was prevailing In
Chicago. III one district, M which re-
sided only one thirty-aisth part Of the
inhabitants of the clty there was one
seventh OF all the cases of this dis.
ease The water supply wRa The same
for the whole city, and the food used
in this district wBs not dlflsrept from
that used IN the others, but the
sewers we're out Of order Ia this part
of the city. 20 that the sewage Was
not carried on Az result house.
dies became abundant. and when they
we're caught ON the fences. house.
wallis and elsewhere In this section,
typhoid germH were found on their
feet and Ia their bodies.
The housn-fiy breeds IN moist nlth,
Animal and vegetable matters decay
ing with moisture and temperature
suited for fermentation exposed 10 the
ny, furnish its fayorite resort for pro-
pagation. We find such conditions, In
the country, ia neglected stables, cat
tle-yardR. hog-pens, IN and around
poultry houses and other places whore
filth accumulatea unless removed. To
get rid Of the fly. no such NTH should
be allowed, on any premises. no situ-
ated that II can possibly furnish a
breeding place for flies II should be
carried 10 the field where exposure TO
the sunshine makes II safe. Other
wise II should be covered with dry
earth or with lime. Petroleum or coal
oil poured upon Il also makes II harm
/ less. Considering the chenpness and
convenience OF using these protecting
agents, no householder Is justified In
having flies breed upon his premises
| for they are Bura 10 cause annoyance
and likely serious diseases in his own
family and In those Of his neighbors
The species of mosquito that carries
malaria breeds In stagnant water, be
II In pond, tank. barrel, can or bottle
IL Impossible To drain a pond, lts sur.
face should be covered with petroleum
or coal-oil once In ten days DURING
warm weather. Tanks and other yes.
sells in which water Is kept, Longer
than a day, should be covered so as u
exclude mosquitoes. Old cans. bot.
ties and everything Of the kind, that
will hold water and are Of no value
should be buried.
! Until these insects shall have beer
exterminated they should be kept ouI
OF all dwellings by properly screening
the doors and windows. and the fiel
should be kept from all food by hay
Ing Il tightly covered. On the farm
4 receptacles for waste milk and othei
food-stuffs, that are 10 be fed. to hogs
should have tight-ftting covers. Thesl
vessels should be emptied frequently
often cleaned with lime, caustic sodi
or coal oil. This will cause the foos
to be better for the hogs and less at
tractive TO the flies.
When either or both of these pest
h0fp 0iiCad9 HbtbSu iHlD a iOolI tittf,
may be destroyed by using insec
powder" Fumes OF burning suiphu
} will also kin them In using either
the room should be made tight am
kept closed six hours or more.
That II Is possible to exterminat
! these pests has been demonstrated b,
our Government in q number of places
! When the French government ownel
! and worked on the Panama Canal. dis
eases caused by mosquitoes. and file
were so prevalent and the mortalit
SO great that the work had to b
, abandoned. This canal zone furnishe
the most favorable conditions through
] out the year for the propagation o
these insects. yet writer who spen
two months there last year says, tha
! during his stay. he did not see or hea
either house-dy or mosquito an
there Is Less aickneas there now tha
/, many Of the most favored parts Of ou