The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-19

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snow he crawls up the walls.
Yet he never falls
Oh. III we but had such legs
LOU and l could walk on eggs
"'S pyo BABY bye! Bye-lo, bye-lo,
Nno az you watch him, kill him. be-
eSuse paby has no deadiier foe than
."e "y-the common house fly which
"1msn'ty has always regarded a. a
harmless annoyance.
XIII him before he brIno. IN.
enoiera infantum germ to the baby,s
DID, TO the baby's milk.
XIII him and know that with hin,
ole the germs Of deadly typhoid fever.
malaria. dysentery, the contae ions--
tuberculosis even.
KIN him! XIII himl KIN him -
you can before he comes into vour
mouse, before he 10 Matched, and save
death. s's' anu
riies are one OF the greatest men.
aces TO health In our civilization ;,
SAID DR.. Kiefer. Il am glad TO see
Inc ilmes call peoples attention 10
the danger.
Inc nies bring typhoid, malaria
aysentery, cholera observation-disclosures.
yosis even. They spread disease from
zone person TO another However II
the people or Detroit realize the dan.
ger and work intelligently. the city
may be- freed from the pests"
riies breed In manure piles, in gar
page cans. In every place where filth
and germs OF disease collect. From
there they fly direct 10 the kitchen. 10
the table, TO the sick room.
The wonderful feet OF the ny. bury.
sticky and spreading, which enable
th'm to. walk en- the ceiling. gather
germs In myraids. A full grown NV.
the government Observers compute.
imay carry 100000 to 100000 of these
disease baciIi.
The nies crawl through the butter.
they get into the milk. they trail their
germ-laden legs across the cake. and
bread, and household dainties. In
each they leave a trap for the health
or an entire family.
Iney ny around through sick room
iwnere tuOeseulosis OF typhoid or other
y dread diseases are. Then covered with
Tiny germs OF those diseases they fly
to the homes OF the we'll
With every flutter of their wings.
hundreds OF germs are thrown loose
In the air. We breathe them In. they
lodge In our eyes, our faces The flies
light on head and hands. Their sharp
proboscis, germ-laden, too, sinks into
our skin. leaving possible disease
The ny speek Is danger and men.
ace. The microscope OF scientists
have discovered In them the tubercule
bacillus, which brings consumption,
the typhoid germ and many others.
They used to call them house flies.
The new name adopted In government
bulletins is typhoid flies. That tells
its own story.
Typhoid fles-that 10 a good name
to call them. Teach the children that
name for them. Il will help them real
? lie the danger. Think Of them as
house flies. II will remind you Of the
danger they bring.
Government bulletins have been full
OF the typhoid fly evil recently. A re-
cent Issue commented on a headline
In Washington newspaper. It was
Typhoid National Scourage"
The headline should have read,
Typhoid National Reproach, the
4 bulletin said, "Or. Typhoid National
Crime For typhoid can be prevent
ed"
Flies breed with wonderful rapidity.
IL tdktS Only II udyS IOT a ny eSg 10
become a full-grown fly This makes
about twelve or fourteen generations
of flies during a summer. AS fly
lays 100 to $50 eggs at time. yod
can see that the descendants OF sin
gle fly in one summer might reach into
countless millions.
Attention TO the typhoid fly as a
cause OF disease and epidemics came
with the Spanish war. when American
soldiers were dying by the hundreds
The army surgeons devoted their best
efforts to learn the cause. they final.
ly traced II to the fly. hitherto consid.
cred harmless.
The same thing was found to be
true during the Boer war. The typhoid
flies, growing fat and numerous from
the unsanitarv camps descended on
the soldiers tents. carrying disease
and death.
Just as the mosquito was blamed
for bringing yellow fever and malarial
fevers I'm Panama. Cuba and southern
United States. so the fly is an undesir-
able in the north.
Vigorous work by the government
IN the south is driving The mosquitoes
away, and making the previously In
fected country healthful
SO now war is declared on the fly.
In many cities OF the country 81
gantic campaign is being planned to
rid the people of the typhoid NY daE'