The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19

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 or vault
or screened inclosure Each layer should be
sprnkled with chloride of lime This is the cheap
est and eficacious dscourager OF the n.y. gives
it almost no chance to breed. and hns its numbers
almost to the vanishing point. Other disinfectants
may also be used such as kerosene solution
of paris green or arsenate of lead The bin 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 it should be borne In mind
that an of prevention in destroying the CHER
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 strctest regulation of outhouses In
which flies disposed to breed. In the great
cities this care 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 baci and their subsequent deposit upon
food In this way pronounced epidemics are spread.
The remedy consists in doing away altogether with
the od-fashioned clubhouse and the substitution of
some form of earth closet, the of lime and
decent precautions consistently and persistently OBJ
served even at considerable expense and care
Equally important Is the screening OF 1000 sup
plies, whether displayed in the open market In
the private larder, the disnfection and screening
of refuse in hospitals, the regulation of abattors,
garbage deposits and eshpits and all accumuations
of fermenting and decaying matter
Lastly the close screening of all dwellings, to the
absolute exclusion of our ancient and pestiferous
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 noxous bacii
Again, while It has been proposed by DIR. Howard
that the house fly be known henceforward the
typhoid" fly he himself says that, strictly speak
ing, the term is open to some 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 il (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
pernicous activity of the fly In the conspiracy
of natural forces against the continuation of the
human Species one need only walk at random
through the streets of New York, any other city
large or small to realize that It 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
welito-do in noisome shops where the impov-
ershed many buy their supplies, the same careless
and unsanitary customs prevail in varying degrees.
The dust that blows in clouds through every I'M
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
open to contamination the soggy pies and
sinkers in the cheapest restaurant or bake-shop Of
the Ghetto The fruit lying unscreened upon the
Hastily decorated stand of Upper Broadway is as
to NJ aho in ha
handcart of the intinerant peddler. In expensive
groceries, meatshops and confectionery stores the
same lax methods prevail
scientific warfare against disease-bearing in-
sects is not sufficient to enable to win the con-
test for health happiness and increased length OF
days We must fight equally against 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
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