Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-03-23
CARRIERS
OF DISEASE GERMS
DR.. M. p. RAvENEL DISCUSSES
HoUsEFLY AND OTHER
PESTS.
KEROSENE AND CHLORIDE OF
LIME EFFECTIVE AS DE-
STRUCTVE AGENTS.
Madison. March ID.

Madison, March -.
The program for the meeting OF the
Woman's club yesterday Afternoon
was under the direction of the de-
partment of philanthropy, of which
Mrs. J. w. Hobbins is chairman. Miss
Lutte e. Stearns gave a preliminary
ten minute address on the General
Federation of Woman's clubs. The
movement dates back some forty
years, said Miss Stearns, to the 500
sis. an organization of twelve women,
mostly ewspaperwomen and authors,
the first president being Alice Cary,
the, poetess. This club it was which
at a meeting in 1889 laid the founda-
ton for the national federation of ,wo'
mans clubs Since that time the
Biennial has been a regular occur
renee This event coming every two
years constitutes a great rally for
the Representatives Of the $500 clubs,
with membership of 100000, which
MAKES up the national organization.
Through committees whose work Gov
ers almost every phase of national
and civic activities, this great wo-
mans organization makes its power
felt wherever there is the work of re-
form and progress.
The biennial this year will be held
in Cincinnati from May II to is. Mrs.
Phillip n. Moore of st. Louis is pres
ident The local club is entitled to
delegates with alternates: these are
chosen by nominations from the floor
and will be appointed at future
meeting.
DR. M p Ravenel, director of the
state hygienic laboratory. gave the
address of the afternoon with ANIL
Illustrated lecture on The Houseay and
Other Insects. That insects are car
riers of disease is a fact but recently
known, was the opening statement OF
DR.. Ravenel. We now know that the
migrations of the common house fly
may carry with them the germs of ty-
phoid fever, cholera infantum and in
festival disorders. while the ute OF
the mosquito may be the cause of ma
laria or yellow fever. The offspring
of one fly mounts into the trillions,
easily apparent when it is noted that
the average female lays 120 eggs
which develop and reach maturity
from ten to fourteen days, accord
ing to favorable conditions of temper
ature. Adding to this the fact that
the stable manure pile as a conven-
fence for breeding has the preference
over other places of filth, it becomes
clear that this prolific pest is men
ace to be guarded against with system
and care An open manure pile should
be looked upon with disfavor and
active protest. Kerosene or chloride
of lime are partially effective in de-
the fly life, but their use is
expensive. A slide exhibited by DR..
showed the best continuance
for taking care of this necessary ad.
junct to stable. A tightly built
Genet vat, rooted and with screened
forms a permanent and safe
receptacle, to be emptied at Intervals.
Observations made during the Span
war furnished striking
proof that the fly was back of the
$4,000 deaths from typhoid fever.
Lime which had been sprinkled upon
infested places was seen upon the
flies swarming over clothes, food and
men down along the line of tents. In
their wake followed the deadly ty-
phoid, passed on with the fly from
tent to tent successfully. That fly
time is fever time was shown by
charts made by the New York Mar
chants association; in July the fever
line mounted high and sank again
with the coming Of cold weather and
the decrease of the house pest.
Another menace to good health is
the mosquito, said the speaker: in the
north malaria, and in the south yel-
low fever follow in its wake With
the knowledge of the true cause OF
these diseases, wonders have been ac-
complished. Havana from being a
plague spot has become a health re-
sort, with not a single death from vel
low fever to its discredit. Panama Is
also free of the disease The reason
why the French made a failure there
was their lack of knowledge as to the
real cause of the origin of the fever
that devastated the ranks of the work
ing men,
AEON KARf<E@