Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-05-19

police supervision. Some trouble and expense will
be involved, 1t 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
screened incosure. Each layer should be
sprinkled with chloride of lime. This is the cheap
est and most efcacous discourager of the fly, gives
1t almost chance to breed, and thns its numbers
almost to the vanishing point. Other dsinfectants
may also be used, such as kerosene or a solution
of paris green or 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 strictes
regulation. Always 1t should be borne In mind
that 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
at least the stricest regulation of outhouses. in
which flies are 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 bacili and their subsequent deposit upon
food. In this way pronounced epidemics are spread
The remedy consists In doing away altogether with
the oldfashoned outhouse and the substitution of
some form Of earth closet, the use of lime and
decent precautions consistently and persstently 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
the private arder the dsinfection and screening
of refuse in hospitals, the regulation of abattoirs.
garbage deposits and ashpts and all accumulations
of fermenting apd decaying matter.
Lastly, the close screening of all dwellings, to the
absolute exclusion of ancient and pestiferous
friend will greatly crcumscrbe 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 1t 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 some objection, convey
ing the erroneous idea that this fly is solely re-
sponsible for the spread of typhoid" Perhaps"
Continues the authority "even under city
conditions 1t (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 instant to minimize the
pernlcious 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
welito-do or In noisome shops where the impov-
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 wares exposed
upon the counter in the elegant bakery at
which madam orders her rolls and macaroons
as open to contamination the soggy pies and
sinkers in the cheapest restaurant bake-shop OF
the Ghetto The fruit lying unscreened upon the
tastiiy decorated stand of Upper Broadway Is
dangerous to health as that pushed about in the
handcart of the intnerant 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
test for health happiness and increased length OF
days. We must fight equally against own in,
difference to civic regulation. which to be the
abiding sin OF people who love Individual liberty
very much to the exclusion of the collective good.