Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-19

police superyision Some trouble and expense Will
be involved 1t is true, but not to pronlDtory oe
gree
All manure in stables barns should be oe
nosited at FREQUENT intervals either in pit or vault
or screened Enclosure. Each layer snoulo DC
sprinkled with chloride of lime This Is the cneap
est and most efcacious discourager OF the n.y. gives
il almost no chance to breed and th1ns its NUMBERS
almost to the vanishing point Other disinfectants
may also be used, such kerosene, or soluuoh
of paris green arsenate OF lead Inc plh OF pA'
should be kept covered carefully and not allowed 10
overflow The manure may be kept tightly ranmeo
in barrels for purposes of removal us transport
tion and deposit should also be under the str1ctes
regulation Always it should be borne In nina
that an of prevention in destroying the cnel
breeding place of the insect Is far less expensive
than the pound of when the MISCHIEF has oeen
done.
The next precaution to be taken is the abolition
or at least the strictest regulation of outhouses III
which flies are disposed to breed. In the greap
cities this is lessened by the per1ectoh Oh
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
festival bacilli and their subsequent deposit upon
food In this way pronounced epidem1cs are spread
The remedy consists in doing away altogether with
the old-fashioned clubhouse and the substitution OF
come form of earth closet, the OF lime and
decent precautions consistently and persisenty oo
served even at considerable expense and care.
Equally important is the screening of food sup
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the private larder, the disinfecton and screening
of refuse in hospitals the regulation of abatto1rs
garbage deposits and ashpits and all accumulauons
of fermenting and decaying matter.
Lastly the close screening OF all dwellings, TO the
absolute exclusion of ancient and pest1ferous
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
o7,il+ in nnYiOnS
Again. while it has been proposed by DR.. Howard
that the house fly be known henceforward as the
typhoid" fly he himself says that strictly speak
ing the term is open to objection, as 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 tney are
brought in contact
Without desiring for instant to minimize the
perncous 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 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
well-to-do or in noisome shops where the 1mpov-
erished many buy their supplies the 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 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
snkers in the cheapest restaurant or bake-shop OF
the Ghetto. The fruit lying unscreened upon the
lastly 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.
scientific warfare against disease bearing In
sects is not sufficient enable us to win the con-
test for health happiness and increased length OF
days We must fight equally against our own in
difference to civic regulation which seems to be the
abiding sin of people who love individual liberty
very much to the exclusion of the collective good