The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-06-24
HEALTH BULLETIN.
Beware of the Typhoid Fly"

The common house-ny Is IN
most dangersus enemy OF mankind
pestiferous creature is especiall
prevalent during the warm seasol
of the year He begins his exis
tence as tiny wriggling worm il
any pile of filth. The egg is de
posted in this incubating materia
and matches under favorable condi
tons i'm about twenty-fovr hour
after being laid. 1t then remain
in the larva or maggot stage from
five to seven days. 1t requires
from ten days TO two weeks for tn,
fly to reach the adult stage. Tn,
home of the fly is therefore manure
rubbish. and garbage of all kinds
The presence of the fly means dis.
ease and unsanitary conditions
Where there is no filth there is no
flies. Keep the home surroundings
clean.
His habits of living and crawling
make him one of the four great
agents in the spread of diseases.
He is the chief cause i'm the trans
mission Of typhoid fever, hence he
has come to be called the typhoid
fly" All intestinal diseases, such
as colera infantum which kills chill
dren by the thousands, are more
frequent whenever and wherever
flies are most abundant. 1t IS this
little pest aud not the summer
heat which is the active agent IA
the spread of these diseases. Keep
the flies off of the lips and faces Of
the helpless babe
The spongy feet and hairy body
of the fly make it possible for him
to carry thousands of germs, So he
is found transmitting not only the
germs of typhoid fever, but-what is
worse, the germs of consumption
from the sputum on the side walk
or cuspidor Ia the food we eat.
Flies Transmit Germs of Consump-
ton to man.
During the Spanish-American
War thousands of soldiers died of
typhoid fever. Upon investigation
the officers of the regiment were
found eating their food under screen
ed tents while the food of the priv
ates was left exposed. 1t is known
that disease germs Of the sick are
found abundantly in the waste
matter. The epidemic was confined
To the priyates and the flies were
seen coming direct from the. waste
pits to their tables. When the
refuse in the Pits was covered with
lime then the food was marked by
the white tracks of the flies. Thus
the presence of the fly is not only
nuisance but he may spread DIS
ease wherever he goes. His touch
may be deathly. His presence
should not be tolerated. The fly
must be exterminated.
A person can catch disease only
by coming in incontact with it. For
example, the germ of typhoid fever
must be swallowed in the food that
one eats or in the liquid that one
drinks, or obtained from the vessel
from which one eats or drinks.
Cleanliness prevents diseases.
Remember that milk is an ex-
cellent culture medium for the
growth of germs. If exposed to
flies, and few germs get into it.
in very short time these germs
will multiply. into thousands.
Germs multiply with great Rrpid-
ity.
Therefore, keep the flies away
from all food. whether it be for
sale on the street, in the store. the
butcher shop, or in the kitchen.
But especially keep then away from
milk.
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