The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-05-18

police SUPERVISION Some trouble and expense will
be involved it is true, but not to prohibitory de-
gree.
All manure in stables or barns should be de-
posted at frequent intervals either in pit vault
or screened Enclosure. Each layer should be
sprinkled with chloride of lime This is the cheap
est and most ecacious discourager OF the fly, gives
it almost chance to breed and thins it's numbers
almost to the vanishing point. Other disnfectants
may also be used, such kerosene, or solution
of paris green arsenate of lead. The bin or pit
should be kept covered carefully and not allowed to
overflow. The manure may be kept tightly rammed
in barrels for purposes of removal Its transporta
ton and deposit should also be under the strictest
regulation. Always it should be borne in mind
that an of prevention in destroying the chief
breeding place of the insect is far less expensive
than the pound of cure when the mischief has been
done
The next precaution to be taken Is the abolition,
or at least the stricest regulation of outhouses IN
which flies disposed to breed. In the great
cities this is lessened by the perfection Of
sewerage systems, but in the suburbs and country
the danger is always present. The chief peril here
lies in the absorption by the fly of typhoid and in
testinal bacil and their subsequent deposit upon
food. In this way pronounced epdemics are spread.
The remedy consists in doing away altogether with
the oldfashoned clubhouse and the substitution OF
some form of earth closet, the of lime and
decent precautions consistently and persistenty OBJ
served even at considerable expense and care.
Equally important is the screening of food sup
plies whether displayed in the open market in
the private larder. the disnfection and screening
of refuse in hospitals the regulation of abattoirs
garbage deposits and ashpits and all accumulations
of fermenting and decaying matter.
Lastly the close screening of all dwellings, to the
absolute exclusion of ancient and pestferous
friend will greatly circumscribe his ability to work
harm.
The fly is also only minor factor in the spread
of tuberculosis. The bedbug the flea and other
household pests must also be charged with some
measure of guilt in conveying noxious bacilli
Again, while it has been proposed by DR.. Howard
that the house fly be known henceforward as the
typhoid" fly he himself says that "strctly speak
ing, the term is open to objection, as convey
ing the erroneous idea that this fly is solely re-
sponsibe for the spread of typhoid" "Perhaps"
Continues the authority "even under city
conditions it (the fly must assume third rank
next to water and milk" Even human beings have
been found to be personal carriers of the disease
Injecting whole families with whom they are
brought in contact.
Without desiring for an instant to minimize the
perncous activity of the fly in the great conspiracy
of natural forces against the continuation of the
human species, one need only walk at random
through the streets of New York, or any other city,
large or small, to realize that 1t is not alone by
the extinction of one particular species of insect
that mans health is to be conserved. East side or
West side, in thousands of stores that cater to the
welto-do or In noisome shops where the impov
ershed many buy their supplies the same careless
and unsantary customs prevail in varying degrees
The dust that blows in clouds through every I'M
sprinked thoroughfare deposits germs upon the
food of rich and poor alike The wares exposed
upon the counter in the elegant bakery at
which madam orders her rolls and macaroons are
as open to contamination the soggy pies and
sinkers in the cheapest restaurant bakeshop of
the Ghetto. The fruit lying unscreened upon the
Hastily decorated stand of Upper Broadway Is as
dangerous to health that pushed about in the
handcart of the intinerant peddler. In expensive
groceries, meat-shops, and confectionery stores the
same lax methods prevail.
A scientific warfare against diseasebearlng in.
sects Is not sufficient to enable to win the
test for health, happiness and increased length OF
days. We must fight equally against in
difference civic regulation which to be the
abiding sin of people who love Individual liberty
very much to the exclusion Of the collective good