The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-05-13

time the family has grown incredibly
IL makes no difference where the tlie
50 III winter so long as one stays a
home TO start things again the mex
year.
lies breed almost no place eXcep
in nIanure piles from stables where
horses are not infected with thei
yolnS. Dat wherever there is horse
manure there is the ideal condition
Ior Tie rearing OF great numbers OF
flies. Conversely, wherever there are
great numbers OF flies there is certain.
y a manure pie in the vicinity. A
manure pile in an average degree OF
lnIe.Ilon Will, upon scientific eXami-
nation, show the young of 1900 flies
to the pound At this rate the refuse
OF an ordinary stable will produce
vast quatnities in the cycle OF a few
weeks.
Revel in Filth
But the danger of the fly does not
come from the manure pie. 10 be
sure its origin doe snot tend to make
1t popular as a promenader over the
food or tace OF the fastideous. Yet
the filth OF the manure pile is not OBJ
Jectionable in comparison with the
other places that the fly haunts. The
ny goes everywhere. Decaying dead
creatures have fascination for it
ana the refuse OF all the households
roundabout are ltS means OF suDSiSt-
an.e. There is nothing unclean in
ne1ghborhOod that is not visited by
the flies. Then, unless due precaution
is taken, there is nothing so sacred
That they will bring that filth to 1t.
Some scientists in Connecticut rec
entity captured Ala common flies in a
trap for the purpose of experimental
ton. The wanted to know how
many bacteria were on each fly. They
put the captives in sterilized bottle
and poured sterilized water upon
them. From this process they figured
that all the bacteria found could safe
ly be placed to the credit of the flies.
They shook the bottle, thus washing
The flies. Then the water was analy-
zed. 1t was found that each fly had |
contributed an average of a million |
and quarter germs. 1t is almost in
0SNAoSA' Se1blS ChoC oo creature
;ould carry so many germs yet
similar experiment showed a fly in
IN uncommOnly unsanitary commun-
ty to be carrying 100000 bacteria.
II course all these germs are not OBJ
ectionable but they will be if oppor-
unity presents.
Carry Typhoid Fever
The germs that produce typhoid
nd those that produce dystentery
Which is so fatal to children in the
ummer months are the diseases most
carried by flies. In the
war one man in
very six had typhoid fever. 1t was
ef1nltely shown that this fever did
OF come from contaminated water
+ milk supply but from a lack of
eWerage and the flies. One man
'ould be attacked by the fever. In
nose days the germ idea was not so
ell known and no care was made in |
lsposlng OF the waste from the sick |
Dom. The flies had access to this I
aste and carried it broadcast
trough the ranks. OF the 2197 I
eaths from all causes in the war '
VA died of typhoid. Practically all t
this was due to flies. {
The Merchants association of New l.
ork has been carrying on a siren [
GUS campaign for better dispoal of /
wage. ~ system traps have been Il
alntalned and the daily catch of d
es in these traps is used as a meas e
"a of thnir &
cord from typhoid and diarrhoeal a
seases is found to follow separately
e period of abundance of flies. The
es swarm thlckets along the water
ont where much of the refuse from o
e sewers drifts and lodges. This u
ould naturally be suspected of car @
ing much disease. The students of u
e situation hit upon the plan of
aking a dot on map each time a p
attn from one of these fly borne dis II Il
ses was reported. At the end of u
e season the map showed black D
TN dots in belt along the water "
ont some three blocks wide. A 81
meWhat improved condition on the u
ater front a season later resulted
decrease of 554 in the number q
deaths among children from ty- es
old and diarrheal diseases. So ~
The conditions in other cities are CT
bad as in New York. In the vii III
ses with less effective sewerage ST
stems they are much worse, and in ~
? country they are still worse. In
It. typhoid fever has come to be al
own as country disease. 1t is re
2 dweller who starts the outbreaks eN
TN these acts in mind, it is obvious 90
At the fight against these diseases