The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20

nolice suneryision Some trouble and expense will
be involved 1t is true. but not to prohibtory de-
gree.
All manure in stables oarns should be de-
posted at frequent intervals either in pit vault
or screened Enclosure. Each layer should De
sprinkled with chloride of lime This is the cheap
est and most efcacous discourager of the fy, gives
it almost chance to breed and th1ns It's numbers
almost to the vanishing point Other disinfectants
may also be used, such as kerosene, or soiuuoh
of paris green arsenate of lead Inc Din or PIT
should be kept covered carefully and not allowed to
overflow The may be kept tightly rammed
in barrels for purposes of removal. Its transporta
ton and deposit should also be under the strictest
regulation. Always 1t should be borne In mind
that an ounce of prevention in destroying the chief
breeding place of the insect is far less expensive
than the pound of when the mischief has been
done
The next precaution be taken is the abolition
or at least the srictest 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 mere
lies in the absorption by the fly of typhoid and In
testinal bacilli and their subsequent deposit upon
food In this way pronounced epidemics are spread
The remedy consists in doing away altogether with
the old-fashioned clubhouse and the substitution OF
some form of earth closet, the of lime and
precautions consistently and persistently OBJ
served even at considerable expense and care.
Equally important is the screening of food sup
plies whether displayed In the open market or in
Of refuse in hospitals, the regulation of abattoirs
garbage deposits and ashpits and all accumuations
of fermenting and decaying matter.
Lastly the close screening of all dwellings to the
absolute exclusion Of ancient and pestiferous
friend will greatly circumscrbe 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 that, strictly speak
ing the term is open to objection, convey
ing the erroneous idea that this fly is solely re-
sponsible for the spread of typhoid" Perhaps
CONTINUES the same authority even under city
conditions it the fy) 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
perntcious activity of the fly in the great conspiracy
Of natural forces against the continuation of the
human species, need only walk at random
through the streets of New York, any other city.
large small, to realize that it Is not alone by
the extinction of particular species of insect
that mans health Is to be conserved. East side or
West side in thousands of stores that cater to the
weto-do in noisome shops where the impov-
erished many buy their supplies. the same careless
and unsanitary customs prevail in varying degrees
The dust that blows in clouds through every un-
sprinkled thoroughfare deposits germs upon the
food of rich and poor alike. The wares exposed
upon the 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 bake chop OF
the Ghetto. The fruit lying unscreened upon the
tastily decorated stand of Upper Broadway is as
dangerous health that pushed about in the
handcart of the intinerant peddler. In expensive
groceries, meatshops and confectionery stores the
lax methods prevail.
A scientific warfare against disease bearing in
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test for health, happiness and increased length OF
days We must fight equally against own in
difference civic regulation, which seems to be the
abiding sin of a people who love individual liberty
very much to the exclusion OF the collective good.