The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-24
The Fly and Typhoid Fever
From The Journal of the American Medical Association
August 1000.

The fly has from time mmemoria1 been as neces-
This cavenge necessary only to those
to reasonable and adequate cleanliness.
at es a oh hG
tera the virus of cholera of eanu rachoma and Of anrax
est in fly time Mk fair culture medium for
p a%a es w be s
with the germs enging to their feet One fly
its the dearest mix pitcher" generally agreed
that the dysentees apd the
fly surely implicated especially since beasted
never suffer the intestinal disorders which deporaby frequent
ton iyesss sss bsea stssa ausys
phoid the Counting months from the
cubatio we the curve Of 81 e e @ sfe
high high them pc most conducive activity
snn e time nota t when M fly most active and
have come down ~t yphoid
on returning to the y from their vacations and tainted wells
has 50 bamewortby as the bluebote wen
40 me mas not napty been termed the typhoid
h than dh ough this put that it formidable @
sables animals and human beings
qns from S ee m, and the of typhoid
warmth and moisture coexs Two hundred larvae have
brood fifteen are possible twelve flies
ng b @ may 1 no. during the bl warm
dormant through the winter in closets and the parts Of
Felt has found travel beyond
three hundred to five hundred feet from its its
behind doors 1t is them the of wisdom keep these insects
doors and windows especially in kitchen and dining
homes but also in hotels provision Decaying
material should not accumulate dwelling mentabc
refusebeddng which be burned
otherwise destroyed should be with lime
oil modern leaking and
be maintained plumbing should sanitary effective;
kerosene should be poured drains. Nusances
once reported to health departments Where there dirt
filth there will be flies 1t suggested that the best
simplest hykier weak solution of ormaldehyd in
drains the pn this should be throughout the
dwelling. Pyrethrum powder burned destructive of flies
The typhoid bacillus be carried from drains vaults
and cesspoos by flies and then deposited by them food and
the infection be conveyed from box prves
through underground drainage into wells small lakes
used districts should be with
the vessel should be emped daily in where it is certain the
drainage would dangerous Manure should be
pits vaults without wire (Which would be coroded
dnfecants) there should be door from which
be hovecd of Chord Of lime should
tany hand from which each deposit OF should be
sprnkled.
Thus the breeding flies may be prevented but undoubtedly
will be until something like the effort has been
public sentiment against the fly against the mosquito
When by iteration and reeraton the chain Of that
refuse flies and disease shall have become known
one when The housewife shall feel much horror finding
81 flies al her back door she feels finding The
parloren perhaps the day may when ayenger flies win
be se.respecing community
sayenger dogs those which constitute the force
of f0nsann0pe Even the determination Of The fly should
mean much with relation disease The determination
ln tbs anopees has for malaria The eKinelion
alpns Q yellow view Of the humber and variety germs
iur which The Hy Is