The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-11
SALT LAKE AND
STATE NEWS
TALK OF DANGER
OF HOUSE FLY

Salt Lake. July 1.-two interest.
ing and instructive lectures were CIV
en- at the Second ward chapel Sun
day afternoon, Immediately after the
regular joint Sunday school services.
on the ordinary housefly.
In the absence Of Professor Powell,
DR.. W NJ. Stookey took up the sub
joct, which had been assigned to him
II was THE Life and Habits of the
Ordinary Housefly.' He first propos-
ed changing It's name to the typhoid
ny,' as he said that the spreading
OF this disease was lts chief business
"In the development OF the fly" said
the doctor there are three stages OF
It's existence which pass very rapidly
The average female fly in hot wealth
er. hatch in a day. The maggots thus
hatched live and thrive on any kind
of filth The next change In their
lives takes longer time. 1t being
about ten days from the time that
tho eggs arc deposited until they be-
come fully developed houseflios.
Files Live on Filth.
THE ordinary houscfly doesn't bite
It lives on liquid and scmlliquid sub
STANCES and has no means OF biting
Other flies. great deal like them,
do bite, but those are not the dan
gerous kind, The typhoid fly will
walk on you, wipe his feet on you
and try TO crawl into your mouth. but
he never bites. Everyone should re-
member where these flies thrive They
will not live where everything is
clean. They must have filth, and, be-
sides that. they live where people live,
and thus we arc responsible for the
flies around us. as they are there In
proportion to the amount of filth that
they can find The time Will come
when 1t will be just as disreputable
TO have files In your house as II is now
TO have bugs In your bed"
Files Great Disease Spreaders.
Dr. Alfred ]. Ridges then took up
the theme. He said that, during the
last Atty years. the greatest advance
which has been made has been that
toward the controlling OF infectious
diseases Already smallpox and dlph.
iberia are we'll under control This
great advancement has been made
possible by the perfection of the mic.
roscope and the study of the world OF
minute things through the glass.
Al,
are everywhere IN great numbers
There are two classes OF them. how
ever. one of which is harmless. The
work OF the latter class is seen IN the
souring of milk and the raising OF
bread. The housefly Is the worst DIS
ease spreader of them all and his
specially is typhoid. Typhoid germs
are sometimes being thrown off, from
one who has had this disease. for
three months after he has recovered.
and the germs are scattered by the
fly. II Is a disgrace to America that
typhoid RACES here as 1t does. De-
lay and neglect In this line may be
fatal
Lecture on Oon'ts.
DR. Stookey again took the floor
and talked about the different ways In
which TO deal with the flies "In the
first place" said he. "clty and county
officials should be asked TO take the
matter in hand, and the people should
use their influence by raising q voice
for the improvements needed and bv
upholding those officials who do good
work in this direction. Cleanliness
at homo Is the most essential factor.
however DO away with the breeding
places. Cover the garbage cans.
Then. after doing our utmost TO pre-
vent the breeding Of this pest. we
should kill all the flies we can. Fly
paper is n good thing especially the
tangle-foot kind. and II anyone would
invent some sort Of odor for this pa
per that would attract the flies. we
could get them all OF polsons, prob
ably the most effectual is formalde-
hyde"
Or. Stookey then suggested few
don'ts, which 1t would be we'll TO note.
Don't patronlze dealer who allows
flies to crawl over his fruits and veg
etables." said the speaker Don't al
low flies on anything you eat. Don't
allow them to crawl over the faces
and hands OF sleeping children. Don't
eat at boarding houses which are
crowded with files"