Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-06-21

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where there is accumulated filth: ANY
decaying animal or vegetable matter
that will furnish food for her larvae.
The eggs mature in about ten days,
and in season there may be ten or
twelve generations which means that
under favorable conditions untold mil
lions of flies may result from the
eggs of single fly.
As 1t takes ten days. for the eggs to
hatch, 1t will be seen that if all vege-
table or animal matter liable to decay
or ferment is removed every five days
and properly disposed of, the breeding
places will be eliminated, and, second
ly, it We protect all food and destroy
all refuse. the fly will starve. s.
As the manure heaps from domestic
animals furnish the greatest number
Of breeding places the stables I'll )uld
have water-tight floors, and the man
ure should be removed daily to water
proof and alright pits, which should
be emptied every five days. The
manure can be plowed under the
ground and thereby rendered harmless.
The food supply for domestic an
mails should be properly protected
from flies The household food should
be kept in fly n excluding containers,
and if even one fly is found ON cooked
food ready Ito be served, the food
should be either destroyed or else re-
heated, Uncooked and green vege-
tables should be washed carefully in :
Dish. water should never be, thrown
on the ground in vicinity Of the kitel-
en-. 1t means an army Of flies ready
to invade the house. =, ~ -
= The refuse from the house, table
scraps, Feelings, decayed fruit,
sweepings. ETC., should be burned, if
possible, or if removed by the munich
palities, should be kept in air tight
garbage cans which, when emp.ied,
should be. disinfected by, boiling wa
ter, a solution of Chord of lime or
kerosene.
Too much precaution cannot be tax
en- in regard to the sickroom Every
door and window should have a prop
er]y fitted fly screen, and if fly
/ should get in, he should be killed, and
not driven out perhaps to infect some
innocent neighbor. The greatest care
should be taken to disinfect the de-
jecta of the sick, and the directions of
the attending physician followed to
| he letter.
In the country and small towns where
there are no sewers, the utmost eau
tion SHOULD be observed. The vault
should De tight and the windows and
door screened. Fine dry sand or ash
es should be sprinkled freely in the
closet each day. This will not only
destroy the odor, but will to a GER
tain extent disinfect the contents
Food which is placed on the table
either by placing napkin over it or
using a cover.
There are some good ways to kill
flies. One way is to heat shovel or
any similar article and drop thereon
twenty drops of carbolic acid. The
vapor kills the flies.
A cheap and perfectly reliable fly
poison. one which is not dangerous to
human life is Dichromate of potash, in
solution. Dissolve one dram which
can be bought at the drug store, in
two ounces of water and add little
sugar. Put some of this solution in
shallow dishes and distribute them
about the house. .
The latest, cheapest and best fly.
poison is a solution of form alin or
formaldehyde in water. A spoonful OF
this liquid put into half a cupful OF
water and exposed in the room, will
kill all the flies.
These rules published by the Mer.
chants Association of New York, are
so good that they are here appended
and we can suggest no better work
for women clubs than to reproduce
them on cards and distribute the
broadcast:
Keep the flies away from the sick
especially those i'll with contagious
diseases. Kill every fly that stray.
into the sick room. His body is GOV
cred with disease germs. ~g.
All refuse which tends in any wa,
to fermentation, such as beddiD,
straw, paper, waste and vegetable mat
ter should be disposed of or covered
with lime or kerosene. Ass
Screen all food, 80 s4.r...
Keep all receptacles for garbag
carefully covered and the cans cleane,
Or sprinkled with oil or lime ,..
Keep all stable manure in vault O
pit screened or sprinkled with lime
oil or other cheap prepare tion.
See that your sewage system is il
good order; that it does not leak, i
up to-date and not exposed to flies.
Pour kerosene into the drains .rg.--
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bury all table refuse. 5F4saae
Screen all food exposed for sale.
Screen all windows and doors. espe
clally the kitchen and DIM G. room.
Burn pyrethum powder in the hous'
to kill flies, 81 14a IA .-se. -=.
Don't forget, if you see flies, that
their breeding-place is in nearby
filth. 1t may be behind the door, III
der the table or in t he cuspidor.
If there is 10 dirt and filth, there
will be no flies. tSa
If there is nuisance in the ,neigf
borhood. it would be advisable Il
write at once to- the health depar.
ment. ge asa nsat srsv - 3-fe5s5 =
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