The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-10-02

Committee on Pollution of the Waters OF
New York
Flies are the most dangerous insects
we have. They are much more danger.
Gus than bees or hornets; these may sting
you, and the sting Is painful, but you
soon get over the pain. Flies do much
more harm than this. They walk oycr
filthy places like sewers and garbage
cans, and after eating the filthy food
they find there, they come into your
house and walk on the food you eat
carrying on their feet the tiny germs
which live in filth just rs YOU live in a
house. These germs are not only filthy
and disgusting, but many of them cause
such diseases us typhoid fever, cholera
infautum and summer complaint. When
the flies bring them from some dirty
place to your food or leave some Of them
when they crawl oh your face or hands
you may swallow these germs without
knowing it and be taken i'll with one of
these diseases. So the fly that seems 80
harmless may do you much more harm
than bee or u hornet.
Your parents should place screens at
their doors and windows during the
warm weather to keep the flies out OF
the house If they cannot screen all the
rooms, they should screen those in which
food is kept; and If any one is sick in the
house, flies should be kept from the
sick-room, so that they may not carry
germs from the sick person to the rest OF
the family.
Children may help 20 keep flies from
swarming in and around houses, and
from carrying germs of sickness from
one person to another. In the first place
they should not buy candy, frnit OF
other food which is left in front of stores
or anywhere else where flies may feed o.
walk on It, Flies lay their eggs chiefly
in stable manure, and If this is left with
out screens or other covers to keep tn,
flies away, great numbers will be hatch
ed in every stable, If you know of store
where food is not covered from flies, o
of stables that have swarms Of then
around, get your father and mother l.
write to the Board of Health about then
and the board willmake the storG-keeper
or stable-man obey the rules. But be
fore you report other people Tor bein
careless and dirty and so making
possible for flies to become nuisance
be sure that your home is clean, an
that no garbage.cans or boxes are LEI
uncovered to attract flies.
If you and all the people you kno,
will follew this advice there will not b
nearly so many flies to plague you in he
weather, and there will not be nearly S
much sickness and death, especial
among children, as now.
RULES FOR DEALING WITH
THE Fly NUISANCE
Keep the flies away from the sicl
especially those i'll with contagious di
eases. Kill every fly that strays int
the sick room, His body is covered wit
disease germs.
Do not allow decayiHg material of an
sort to accumulate on or near YOU
premises.
All refuse which tends in any way
fermentation, such as bedding, stray
paper waste and vegetable ma tier, shoul
be disposed of or covered with lime
kerosene oil.
Screen your food, whether in Il
house or exposed for sale.
Keep all receptNcles for garbage carr
fully covered and the cans cleaned {
sprlnkred with oil and lime.
Keep all stable manure in vault or pl
screened or sprinkled with lime, oil {
other cheap preparations, such as al
sold by number of reliable mani
facturers.
See that your sewerage system is
good order; that It does not leak, is up {
date and not exposed to flies.
Pour kerosene into the drains.
Burn or bury all table refuse
Screen all windows and doors, espeC
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