The Detroit times., 1909-04-19


And rs you watch him, kill him, be-
cause baby has no desdlier foe than
the fy-the common house ny which
humanity has always regarded as a
harmless annoyance.
XIII him before he brings the
cholera infantum germ to the babys
bib, 60 the baby's milk.
Kill him and know that with him
die the germs Of deadly typhoid fever,
malaria, dysentery, the eontaaions-
tuberculosis even.
Kill hinI XIII hlml XIII him, n
you can before he comes into your
house, before he 10 Matched, and save
your home from sickness, grief and
death.
Files are one OF the greatest men.
aces 10 health In our civilization"
saio DR.. kiefer. II am glad TO see
The Times call peoples attention 10
the danger.
The flies bring typhoid. malaria,
dysentery. cholera infantum-tubercu-
losis even. They spread disease from
one person to another. However. II
the people OF Detroit realize the dam
ger and work intelligently. the city
may be freed from the pests"
Flies breed In manure piles. in gar
bage cans, In every place where filth
and germs OF disease collect. From
there they fly direct to the kitchen. to
the table, TO the sick room.
The wonderful feet Of the fly, bury,
sticky and spreading, which enable
him to walk on the ceiling, gather
germs In myrslds. A full grown fly,
the government observers compute,
may carry zoe, 200 to 5000 900 of these
disease baeiii.
The flies 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
OF an entire family.
They fy around through a sick room
where tuberculosis or typhoid or other
dread diseases are. Then covered with
tiny germs OF those diseases they fly
to the homes Of the well.
With every futter 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 speck 10 a danger and men
-The- micrnscope 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 10 typhoid files. That tells
lie own story.
Typhoid fiIes-that 10 a good name
20 call them. Teach the children that
name for them. u will help them real
Ire the danger. Think Of them as
house files. 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 O Washington newspaper. 1t was
Typhoid a National Scourage."
"The headline should have read,
Typhoid a National Reproach, the
bulletin said, "Or, Typhoid a National
Crime For typhoid can be prevent
ed"
Flies breed with wonderful rapidity.
It takes only IL days for ny egg TO
become q fullgrown ny. This makes
about twelve or fourteen generations
of dies during q summer. As ny
lays 40 TO $50 eggs at time. you
can see that the descendants OF sim
xle fy In one summer might reach into
countless millions.
Attention to the typhoid fly as
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
" 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 unsanitary camps descended on
the soldiers tents. carrying disease
and death.
Just as the mosquito was blamed
for bringing yellow fever and malarial
fevers IN Panama. Cuba and southern
United States, so the ny IL an unaesir-
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
90 now war Is declared on the ny.
In many cities OF the country a 81
rantic campaign Is being planned TO
rid the people of the typhoid fly dan
ger.
The crater OF the extinct volcano OF
Diamond Head will be utilized as a
NOW der ma GA zine kv tho army In ffa