Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-03

cne ny may develop into millions within
few hours, and the person who drinks
such milk viii receive large doses of
bacilli. which may later cause serious
sickness"
Six important Don'ts.
The association offers a number of
''don'ts" to householders, as follows:
Don't allow flies in your house.
Don't permit them near your food,
especially milk.
Don't buy food stuff where flies are
tolerated.
Don't have feeding places where flies
can load themselves with elections from
typhoid or dysenteric patients.
Don't allow your fruits and confec-
tions to be exposed to the swarms OF
flies.
Don't let flies crawl over the baby's
mouth and swarm upon the nipples OF
its nursing bottle.
More specific directions are ther
given. Here they are:
Clean up your premises inside an6
out and then, as much as you can, see
that others do the same.
'Strike at the root of the evil. The
house-fiy breeds in manure, kitchen
offal, and the like. Dispose of these
materials in such way that the house.
fly cannot propagate.
"Screen all windows and doors anC
insist that your grocer, butcher, baker
and every one from whom you buy food
stuffs does the same.
There is more health in a vel
screened house than in many a doctors
visit.
| after you have cleaned up your owl
premises inspect the neighborhood fol
fy-breeding places. Call the attention
Of the owner to them and if he does moi
remove them, complain to the Board oi
Health"
How 10 Kill Flies.
The association then goes on to Offer
advice regarding practical methods oi
combating flies.
mot less than 90 per cent. of these
pests" its circular says, "breed ir
stables. All stables should have a ma.
nure bin with a door at the side and 8
wire screen on the top. that the larvz
deposited in the manure will be screened
As the young flies seek light and come
to the top of the bin they can easily be
killed by burning paper or some Other
device.
The fly has thirst only equalled by
his hunger: place a dish of poisoned
water in the stable and a greater par
Of the flies Matched there will be killed
Remember, that wherever absolut.
cleanliness prevails there will be no flies
Look after the garbage cans. See that
they are cleaned, sprinkled with lime OF
kerosene oil and closely covered.
Remove all manure from your stabl,
every three or four days. and when re
moved keep it in tight pit or vault, s,
that flies cannot breed in it.
"Lye, chloride of lime or blue vitrio
water, crude carbolic acid, or any kin,
Of disinfectant may be used.
keep flies away from the kitchen
/, Keep flies out of the dining room an
away from the sick, especially those i
with contagious diseases.
Screen all food. Apply this rule no
only to food prepared at home. but t
food stuffs offered for sale, and espec
! ally fruits. salads and all other thing
that are not required to be cooked.
Prevent consumptives from expeC
torating where flies can feed.
vi Carbolic Acid Effective.
r ''To clear room of flies, carbolic aci
Il may be used as follows; Heat show,
= or any similar article and drop thereo
= 20 drops of carbolic acid. The vape
: kills the hies.
"a cheap and very reliable fly poison
y one which il not dangerous to hums
n life, is bichromate of potash in solution
's Dissolve one dram, which can be boual
l. at any drug store. in two ounces
y water. and add little sugar. Put son
20 of this solution in shallow dishes al
distribute them about the house.
10 ''Sticky fiy-paper. traps and liqu
ID poison are among the things to use
y killing flies. but the latest, cheape
n and best is a solution of formalin
as formaldehyde in water.
e. "a spoonful of this liquid put into
of quarter pint of water and exposed
lie the room will be enough 20 kill all &
" flies.
'g 'To quickly clear the room whe
to there are many flies, burn pyrethrr
powder in the room. This stupefes t
at flies. when they may be swept up a
OF burned.
re eff there are flies in the dining-ro,
IA of your hotel, restaurant or boardir
'es house, complain to the proprietor Il
the premises are not Clean"
lly
-; o;d WORK WHEN YOU WORK.
of Advice by an energetic, effici
ese business man to man now going b;
,ou to work after q tired out spell.