The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-24
Of the typhoid Fly

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(By DR.. w. S. feathers, director O
Public Health and Sanitation for Miss.
The common house-fiy is the most
dangerous enemy to mankind. This
pestiferous creature is especially preva.
lent during the warm season of the
year. He begins his existence as a
tiny wriggling worm in any pile OF
filth. The egg is deposited in this in
cubating material and matches under
favorable conditions in about twenty
four hours after being laid. 1t then
remains in the larva or nlaggot stage
from FIVE to sever days. 1t requires
from ten days to two weeks for the fly
to reach the adult stage. The home of
the fly is, therefore, manure, rubbish
and garbage of all kinds. The pres
ence of the fly mean disease and un-
sanitary conditions Where there is no
filth there are no flies. KEEP THE
HOME SURROUNDINGS CLEAN.
His habits of living and crawling
make him one of 'he FOUR great
agents in the spread of disease. He is
the chief cause in the transmission of
typhoid fever, hence he has come to be
called tht typhoid fly" All intesti-
nal diseases, such as cholera infantum,
which kills children by the thousands,
are more frequent whenever and wher-
ever flies are most abundant. 1t is this
little pest and not the summers heat
which is the active agent in the spread
of these diseases. KEEP THE FLIES
OFF Of THE LIPS AND FACE OF
THE HELPLESS BABE.
The spongy feet and hairy body Of
the fly make it possible for him to car
ry thousands of germs--so he is found
transmitting not Only the germs of ty-
phoid fever, but what is worse, the
germs of consumption from the sputum
IN the sidewalk Or cuspidor to the food
We eat. FLIES TRANSMIT GERMS
Of CONSUMPTION TO MAN.
During the Spanish-American war
thousands of soldiers died of typhoid
Upon investigation the officers
t the regiments were found eating
heir food under screened tents while
ne food of the privates was left ex-
osed. 1t is known that disease germs
+ the sick are found abundantly in the
matter. The epidemic was con- :
ned to the privates and the flies were Z
cen coming direct from the waste pits .
0 their tables. When the refuse in !
pits was covered with lime then the l
pod was marked by the white tracks 9
the flies. Thus the presence of the
is not only a nuisance, but he may
bread disease wherever he goes. His I
'uch may be deadly. His presence .
lould not be tolerated. THE FLY Q
UST BE DIFFERENTIATED. l
A person can catch disease only by .
ming in contact with it. For in :,
ance, the germ of typhoid fever must (
swallowed in the food that one eats !.
in the liquid that one drinks, or OBJ y
lned from the vessel from which one n
is Or drinks. CLEANLINESS PRE- =
5NTS DISEASE. =.
that MILK is an excellent V
medium for the growth of |.
If exposed to flies ard a few
get into it, in a very short time
ese germs viii multiply into the p
JUS ands. GERMS MULTIPLY2i
GREAT RAPIDITY. s
Therefore, keep the flies away from
IL food, whether it be for sale on ur
Street, in tie store, the butcher
'p, or in the kitchen. BUT ESPEC-
LILY KEEP THEM AWAY FROM
LK.
1t would be well for those interested
promotion of health to clip these
alth Bulletins and keep them for -
Their reference.)