The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-06-08
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH ISSUES
BULLETIN REGARDING FES-
TIVE FLY
MANY DISEASES DUE TO FLY INFECTION. NOW IS THE
TIME TO FIGHT THE FLIES AND REMOVE ALL
ORGANIC MATTER

The State Board of Health has is
startling facts about the ordinary
and seemingly harmless house Iiv.
GA large per cent of all cases of
typhoid fever that occur in Montana
between now aud the first of Septem-
Der will be due to fly infection. That
is, the disease germs will reach those
who become infected by flies trans
mitting them on their feet from
sources of infection to the food. Now
is the time to fight the fly. See that
your windows and doors are screened
securely. This will keepmost of the
flies out of your house. But even
with the most careful screening some
flies will invariably find their way
into the house. and come in conta ct
with your food. Naturally if the
number of flies be reduced there will
~be less liability of their getting into
your house, therefore, do your part
| in reducing their number by doing
away with places where they breed.
Horse manure is the favorite breed
ing and hatching place for flies. DO
not permit this breeding ground to
exist Oh your premises. If you do
not have enough manare to Justify
hauling it away daily, provide a fly
proof box in which to keep the man.
ure. Such a box is easily made from
large dry goods box, provided with
a spring door in one side or end
This door is made by cutting out a
square piece from the end of the box,
and attaching an ordinary spring
hinge at the lower side, SO that when
a shovelful of manure is pressed
against the door it will spring shut
again. The bottom of the box is re-
moved so that the manure rests on
the ground. and when the box is full
it is lifted off and the manure is more
easily shoveled into the wagon than
would be the case We're it placed in
a completely closed box. Manure is
not the only place where flies breed
and hatch. Any organic material
will furnish a suitable Matching
place. Therefore, see that your gar
, bage cans are we'll covered or
screened against flies. See that ev-
cry particle of organic matter is re-
moved from your yards. DO not
throw table refuse on the ground in
your yard, and see that your SER
wants do not do so. Give your yard
a thorough cleaning, and see that it
is kept clean. DO not think that if
you clean your premises once q
month that flies will be prevented
from Matching there. A fly will lay
her eggs and bring forth an abund-
ant brood of young flies in a very few
days. In order to prevent this the
Matching places must be eliminated
not once in the month but every day.
Remember that there is abundant
organic matter in the average can
from which vegetables or fruits have
been removed to furnish a Matching
place for many flies; therefore, see
that tin cans from which food mater
ials ha We been removed are burned
before they are placed where flies can
secure access to them, or better still
see that they are removed to the
dump grounds. Constant cleanl-
ness will reduce the flies to a sur
prising extent. Spasmodic cleaning
will have little or no effect on the
prevalence of the flies. Individual
cleanliness is required in the fight
against the fly. by fighting the fly
you are not only preventing typhoid
fever. but you are preventing many
other diseases. The fly can carry
the germ of every disease known on
it's feet. All the fly asks is a source
of infe ction and he will do the rest, I"