Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09

The total time required for a single
generation-from eggs to adults
10 days, and in this climate at least
12 or Is generations In the course OF
summer As each female lays from
500 to 1000 eggs in the course Of a
season, her escendants-should they
all live--would run ,p into figures be-
yond comprehension OF the human
miud--many billions Of billions!
The favorite nesting place Of the fly
is in all forms of decayng animal or
vegetable matter After the eggs have
Matched into maggots. these feed upon
surrounding organic matter, growing
rapidly, and finally reach the resting
or "pupa" stage, from which bursts
forth the perfect, full-grown and fully
developed fly.
Instantly upon emerging from tho
pupa-shell-the ny seeks food, and all
things organic are "grist TO his MILL
Alighting. perhaps, upon heap OF
foul. decaying matter for his FIRST
meal ne VIII feast there for while,
besmearing his mouth parts. legs, and
abdomen with thousands Of germs. and
then fly 20 the nearest dinner table,
spreading these germs with perfect
impartiality on sugar. bread, meat
and milk.
Again. in addition 10 the bacteria
left by legs. mouth, and body he de-
ppsits his own intestinal eNcreta, in
the form Of a hy-speck, literally tenn
Ing with all sorts Of cOntagion.
The number OF germs upon the
bodies OF individual flies has been the
subject Of continual research by
many scientists, and vary greatly a
nice. foppish ny-seieCt in his meuu--
may carry around with him only two
thousand or three thousand bacteria.
but the average Of Ala flies examined
by Esten and Mason last year was
1.22c.570 ny--the highest being
500 600 on one individual
MIX is an ideal breeding place for
all sorts Of bacteria, especially II not
refrigerated one 1y, covered with
typhoid germs. falling into dairy can
OF warm milk could develop, by the
time the milk is delivered to consum-
ers-say six hOurs-sufficient typhoid
germs TO infect one hundred families
Such cases are Of record.
The following recommendation are
culled from bulletins OF the Chicago
board OF health, and are respectfully
submitted 60
Don't allow flies in your house.
Don't permit them near your food.
especially milk.
Don't eat whore nles have access to
tho food
Files are the most dangerous insects
known 10 man. Flies are the hltlyest Of
all vermin, They are Matched in Nth,
live in filth and carry filth along with
them Files are known to be carriers
Of death-dealing disease germs They
leave some Of these germs wherever
they alight.
screen your windows and doors DO
u early, before ny time, and keep
screens up until snow falls Screen the
baby's bed and keep flies away from
the baby's bottle. tho baby's food. ana
the baby's comforter Keep flies aWav
from the sick, especially those an with
typhoid fever. scarlet fever. diphtherin.
and tuberculosis. Screen the patients
bed XII every fly that enters the
sick room. Immediately di-lnfcct and
dispose Of an the discharges.
Use liquid poisons, sticky fy- paper,
and traps.
place either 81 these ny-poisonV In
shallow dishes throughout the house;
"(a) Two teaspoonfuls OF Tornado
hyde to a pint Of water.
"Cb) one dram OF bichromate Of pot
ash dissolved In two ounces OF water
sweetencd with plenty OF sugar.
ITO quickly clear rooms Of flies. burn
pyrethrum powder or blow powdered
black flag into the air Of the room with
a powder blower. This causes the flies
TO fan to the floor in a stunned copdi-
ton. They must be gathered up and
destroyed
Sprinkle chlorld Of lime or kcro-
sene over contents OF privy vaults or
garbage boxes. Keep garbage rcccp-
tacles tightly covered. and clean them
every day.
sprinkle Chord of lime over ma
nure piles and other refuse Keep
manure screened II possible. II should
be removed at least once a week
pour kerosene into the drains
"Ciean cuspidors every day. Keep a
fiVe-por- recent solution Of carbollc acid in