Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-24
INSECT CARRIERS !
OF DISEASE GERMS
DR.. Al. p. RAvENEL DISCUSSES
HousEFLY AND OTHER
PESTS.
KEROSENE AND CHLORIDE OF
LIME EFFECTIVE AS DE-
sTRucTIvE AGENTS.
Madison, March %.

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 Sc o.
sis, an organization Of twelve women.
mostly newspaperwomen and authors,
the first president being Alice Cary.
the poetess. This club it was which
at meeting in 1889 laid the founda-
ton for the national federation of wO-
mans clubs. Since that time the
Biennial has been regular occur
renee. This event coming every two
years constitutes a great rally for
the representatives of the $500 clubs,
with a membership of 100000, which
makes up the national organization
Through committees whose work COW
ers almost every phase of national
and civic activities, this great wo-
mans organization makes it's power
felt wherever there is the work of re-
form and progress.
The biennial this year will be held
in Cincinnati from May IL to zig. Mrs.
Phillip N. Moore of ST. Louis is pres
ident. The local club is entitled to q
delegates with alternates; these are
chosen by nominations from the floor
and will be appointed at future
meeting
DR.. NJ p. Ravenel, director of the
state Kygienic laboratory, gave the
address of the afternoon with an IL
Illustrated lecture on The Housefy and
Other Insects. That insects are car
riers of disease is fact but recently
known, was the opening statement of
DR.. Rayenel. 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.
testinal disorders, while the bite 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 100 eggs
which develop and reach maturity
from ten to fourteen days, accord
ing to favorable conditions of temper
AZURE. 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 a 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-
stroying the fly life, but their use is
expensive. A slide exhibited by DR..
Ravenel showed the best continuance
for taking care of this necessary adj
Junct to stable. A tightly built
Genet van, rooted and with screened
windows, forms a permanent and safe
receptacle, to be emptied at intervals.
Observations made during the Span
ish-Amer;can 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 IT,
phoid, passed on with the fly from
tent 70 tent successfully. That fiy
time IS fever time was shown BIZ
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 vel