Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-05-20

police SUPERVISION Some trouble and expense will
involved it is true, but not to prohibitory de-
All manure in stables barns should be de-
posted frequent intervals either in pit or vault
sprinkled with chloride of lime. This is the cheap
est efcacious discourager of the fly, gives
it almost no chance breed, and thns its numbers
almost the vanishing point. Other disinfectants
may also used, such kerosene solution
of paris green arsenate of lead. The bin or pit
kept covered carefully and not allowed to
overflow The may be kept tightly rammed
In barrels Tor purposes Oh reIioNai- rs
and deposit should also be under the strictest
regulation. Always it should be borne in mind
that of prevention in destroying the CHIEF
breeding place of the insect is far less expensive
pound of when the MISCHIEF has been
done
The next precaution to be taken is the abolition
or at regulation of outhouses. in
which flies are disposed breed. In the great
cities this care lessened by the perfection of
sewerage systems, but in the suburbs and country
the danger is always present The chief peril here
the absorption by the fly of typhoid and In
testinal bacilh and their subsequent deposit upon
food In this way pronounced epidemfcs are spread
The remedy consists in doing away altogether with
the od-fashioned clubhouse and the substitution OF
some of earth closet, the of lime and
precautions consistently and persistenty OBJ
served at considerable expense and care.
Equally important is the screening of food sup
plies, whether displayed in the market or in
private larder, the disinfection and screening
refuse in hospitals the regulation of abatto1rs
garbage deposits and ashpits and all accumuations
O fermenting and decaying matter
absolute exclusion of our ancient and pestiferous
friend will greatly circumscribe his ability to work
The fly is also only a minor factor in the spread
of tuberculosis. The bedbug. the flea and other
household pests also be charged with some
measure of guilt in conveying noxfous bacilh
Again, while it has been proposed by Dr. Howard
the house fly be known henceforward as the
typhoid" fly he himself 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 authority even under city
conditions it (the fy) must assume third rank
next water and milk Even human teings have
been found be personal carriers of the disease
injecting whole families with whom they
brought in contact
Without desiring instant to minimize the
pernicous activity fly 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 or small realize that it is alone by
the extinction of particular species of insect
that mans health is to be conserved East side or
West side in thousands stores that to the
erished many buy their supplies the same careless
and unsanitary customs prevail in varying degrees
The dust that blows in clouds through every
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
open to contamination the soggy pies and
sfnkers in the cheapest restaurant or bake,hop OF
the Ghetto The fruit lying unscreened upon the
Hastily decorated stand of Upper Broadway is as
dangerous health that pushed about in the
handcart 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
test for health happiness and increased length of
days We must fight equally against our own In
difference civic regulation, which seems to be the
abiding sin of people who love individual liberty
very much to the exclusion of the collective good