Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-16

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II outhouses, cess pools and decayln
II household filth that may accumulate I
/ unclcan backyards The greater IN
4 number Of such places that exist q
any locality the greater the number @
H flies. for here the ny finds palatahl
H food. pleasing odors and an ideal plac
| for dcpositing its eggg.
Each female ny deposits on an aver
age geo eggs. sometimes many more
which, under favorable conditions
hatch within a hours. The small grui
thus produced develops rapidly. and In
about 10 days the fully matured fy
comes forth. Thus we may have three
or four generations OF matured flies In
one month OF warm weather one may
imagine the numbers that may be pro-
duced from 100 female flies during a
season.
The fly is strictly domestic in it, hab-
its and lives only I'm and about the
habitations OF men. Man provides the
unsanitary conditions and therefore be-
comes responsible for its existence az
| II cannot and does not live and thrive
] IN strict cleanliness. Contrary to the
| widely prevailing opinion, the scaven-
| ger hy never bites for the simple rea-
| son that its mouth parts are construct
| cd In such a manner that Il cannot bite
but II Is provided with a wide sucking
mouth through which II takes up liquid
foods.
We have, however, about our homes,
especially I'm the late summer and early
autumn. a limited number Of real bit
Ing hies those provided with "A mouth
for piercing the skin OF animals ana
extracting blood for food Most COM
mon Of these Is the ordinary stable ny,
very closely resembling the house ny in
general appearance, but on closer eN-
animation. presenting a number of dis
tinguishing characteristics. These fies
however, do not belong to the scaven-
ger group and play a small part as
disease carriers. They are most album
dant In mountain districts and unln-
habited localities.
Under the microscope the body Of
the fly Is seen To be covered with num-
erous short black hairs. Also it's feet
are OF peculiar construction. each
foot consists OF two claws and two
pads. The purpose Of these Is 10 en- |
able the fly to support itself on either !
rough or smooth surfaces. Those pads /
are covered with thousands Of minute |
short hairs, which are constantly sup |
piled with a sticky substance which |
cxudes from the ny's foot. and to thes,.
sticky pads adhere various substances
OF foreign matter over which the rs
may walk. IL Is beyond all question
that millions Of bacteria are transmit
ted from place TO place on the feet OF
files. II has been shown by scientific
experiment that n single fly may east
~ carry upon its body million or per-
haps twice that number OF bacteria or
disease germs at one time. and we
10 "a /
4 frequents that it's body and especial
y its feet. must be constantly loaded
NTH bacteria OF various kinds which !
{ transfers from place to place. I'm |
this transfer Of disease
germs by means Of the hy's body and !
eet Is a simple matter compared with
hat which takes place through its ex-
reta.
Experiments have shown that flies
wallow the germs Of typhoid IN count
PISS millions while feeding on the ex-
reta of typhoid fever patients; and !
ines more typhoid fever germs In 9
heir execreta than by their feet and I
odies. our Imagination almost fails
& In drawing the picture when II Is !
emembered that each ny Is the au-
nor OF at least 200 fly specks in each a ! :
ours. each speck In different place : q
nd all NAV be laden with the germs OF g
very disease with which the ny comes .r
contact. These disease germs Of y
lmost every kind lose none Of their O
irulence by passing through the intes-
nal canal Of the fly
Knowing something OF the life and
a bits Of the fly, its love for fifth ana
astiness, we cannot be far wrong when
e say that the ny walking over the
,od on our table has just returned |
ON a filthy cess pool and Is wipins y
Is feet upon our bread, or he may G.
seated on a lump Of sugar and i q
gcrously cleaning himself up and de- h,
sitting his oXcreta after visit TO Al
me exposed Clubhouse or other similar go
ace. 81
Where has the fy been that Is walk III
X over the fruits ana vegetables In fc
e market, that you are about to buy? a
ny. he is just back from flying
ip TO the street gutter where he has
ZEN sampling a new deposit of tub
cula sputum and rs now distributing
bercule bacill over the fruits and
getables you are about to take to M
ur home. a.
How about the fly that Is crawling III
er the face Of your sleeping babey vi
Il not reasonable to suppose that In
: last visit was to regale himself IN
.on the eXcreta Of some typhoid fever a
tient or some child suffering with %
miner diarThoea Of children? Such re
suppOsltion Is not unreasonable or | w
probable. but on the other hand Is To-
ally very probable, for Of all the ia
leases in which the fly plays an i'm gil
rtant role, these two diseases, ty-
Old fever and summer dlauhoea
children, head the list Millions
on millions OF the germs OF those dis
SEES may be and no doubt are dis Ee
buted by the feet and exCreta OF
We shall soon come to know that the
a. responsible for much OF the Ill I
Is of small children and infants dur ers
the hot summer months and early fat
l. when the fly abounds. and that We -.
r. greatly in error when VIC at WIS
luted such illness 10 teething. hot Y
ather and indigestion. the main reg
Use being the bacterial contamina- u,i,
h of the milks and foods that our irc
ldren have taken Likewise. We H..
III also learn that the proper treat 80
nj OF these diseases is prevention, -
bringing about a more sanitary | 3D.,
dition in our homes and COM ~
nity. W
I'd you ever see the milk men or the ~,
se wire straining out a few flies a, ~
to 20 or 800. from an exposed can e..
pan of milk II you have not. il ~, ~,
puly one ~ the things you have 80
scd. Suppose 10 or 20. or even less ",ll'
4. =.