The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-28
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THE. HOUSE Fly
ONE OF TEE GREATEST MENAC-,
Es TO OUR; HEALTH.
Some Simple Suggestions rs to How.
They Can be Reduced in Numbers

They Can De ReQuceu In NUMBERS
and Danger.
We are in receipt Of an. interest
ing and instructive leafet on the
dangers of the house fly, issued by
the Merchants Associations COM
mittee on pullution.. of the waters
of New York, of which committee
j. Pierpont Morgan, the great bank
er, is a mmembv. Declaring the
flies to be the most dangerous in
sects We have, the committee "speci-
fies" as. follows:
They walk over filthy places like
sewers and garbage cans, and after
eating the. glthyo food which they
find; there, they come: into your house
and walk on, the food you eat, car
rying on their feet the tiny germs,
which live in filth just. as you live
in a. house.; These germs, are not
only filthy and disgusting, but many
of them cause such diseases as ty-
phoid fever, cholera infantum and
summer complaint. When the flies
bring them from some dirty. place
to your. food or leave some Of them
when they crawl on your face or
hands, you may swallow these germs
without knowing it and be taken i'll
with one of these diseases;
After emphasizing the Importance
of placing screens in doors and win
dows to keep the flies out of the
house, it Is pointed out how chill
dren may help in the good work as
follows:
Children may help to keep flies
from swarming in and around hous-
es, and from carrying germs of sick
ness from one person to another.
In the first place they should not
buy candy. fruit or other food which,
is left in front Of stores or anywhere
else where flies may feed and walk
on it. Flies lay their eggs chiefly
in stable manure, and If this is left.
without screens or other covers to-
keep the flies away, great numbers
will be- hatched in; every stable. If
you know of stores where food Isl
not covered from flies, or of stables
that have swarms of them around,
get your father or mother to write
them, and the: Board will make the
storekeepers Or stables obey its rul-
es. But before, you report other
people for being careless and dirty
and so making it, possible for? flies
to become nuisance. be- sure that
your. own house, Is cleani and that
no garbage-cans: or boves are left
uncovered to- attract flies.
The committees warnings and
suggestions are summed up in the
following rules to be; observed:
keep the flies. away from the
sick,. especially those i'll with: con-
tagious diseases. Kill every fly that
strays into the sick room. His body
is covered with disease: germs,
do not allow decaying material
of any sort. to. accumulate on or
near your premises:
"All refuse which tends In any
way to fermentation, such as bed
ding, straw, paper waste fand veg
letable matter should Ibe disposed
o." or. covered with lime or kerosene
oil.
Screen, all. food,
Keep all recertacles for garbage
carefully covered and the cars CLAM
ed,:or sprinkled with oil. or lime.
"Keepi all stable manure In vault
or pitt. screened, OF sprinkled' with
lime, oil or other cheap. prepara-I
tom.
Cover food after a meal; burn
or bury all table refuse.
Screen all food exposed for sale.
Screen; all windows and doors,
especially the Kitchen and dining:
room!
Don't forget, If you see: flies.
their breeding place Is In nearby
filth: It may be behind the: door,
under the table, or. in the cuspidor.
"If there is no dirt and filth there
will be no flies:
'If there. is. a. nuisance In the
neighborhood write, at once to ths.
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