The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-15
FLY IS RELATED ID Z HOOKWORN, g. , DR. HUTCHINSON Reports Good Progress in Swat the Fly Cam
 paigns
KANSAS LEADS ALL
 IN FLY MORTALITY
"A We'll Dressed City, Like a Well Dressed Man, Commands Atten- tention and Respect" Says
 C. l.. Eshelman

Washington, December 14.-A live and congenial partnership exists be- tween the larvae of the house fly and the eggs of the hookworm, accord ing to pr. Woods Hutchinson of New -ork, who addressed the American Civic association here today on the re- suits and progress of the swat the fly campaign inaugurated by the as- sociation last year.
 He enumerates long list of diseases, including typhoid fever tuberculosis and other germ inspired scourges, which are spread by the fly. The house ny he said, could not exist away from human habitation and if deprived of breeding places would soon be driven out of existence.
 Edward Hatch, Jr., of New York, chairman of the fly killing commit tee, reported the progress of the cam paign during the year and described the methods and results of various mu- nicipal and newspaper "swatting con tests. Kansas, he said, led all the states in fly mortality.
 Prof. c. F. Dodge of Worcester, Mass, and pr. L. o. Heyward chief ento- mologist of the agricultural depart nent, also spoke on fly extermination
 Various features of civic improve ment were discussed by members of the association
 Campaigns against the fly until the pestilential insect is exterminated, was recommended in report made today by MT. Hatch. Mr. Hatch told of the progress made in waging war on the fly as A breeder and spreader of disease.
 Campaign Is Now Serious
 "When the chairman of this com mittee, a few years ago, before the committee itself had been formed, be- gan to acquaint the general public with the danger of the fly pest" said MT. Hatch his efforts excited more humorous comment than serious atten- ton. All that is changed now, and good part of the change has been wrought within the past 12 months. since the last annual conference on the fly pest letters have poured in upon the committee from all quarters of the country, asking for advice on the best methods of exterminating the house hy. The committee caused to be print ed and circulated upward of 100000 pieces of literature which served as ammunition in innumerable fly swat ting campaigns. In number of cities school children competed for cash prizes for compositions which would best describe the fly's vicious career. In many cities newspapers organized swat the fly" contests for consider able cash prizes. The numbers scored by the winners ran into the hundreds of thousands and the count (so many flies to the quarD in Baltimore alone reached 15,O00,00O. Washington boys and girls caught and killed only G., 3s6 500 but Washington can't boast of really bumper crop of flies.
 Seasons Work
 With a view to summing up the seasons work-taking a fly census as it were--the committee recently wrote to the health commissioners of the different states. From the replies it appears Kansas is in the van of the fly fighting army The Indiana board of health distributed text of the anti fly ordinance and 12 cities and IT towns adopted it. Dakota reported mark 
 ingenuity has been shown by some of the state boards in designing anti-fly posters"
 In concluding MT. Hatch said that the committed, while pleased with the results realized that the war against the fly was to be a long one
 :" Swat the fly campaigns help he said, but what we need most IS to arouse such a consciousness of our duty to ourselves and to others that we will first swat our own flies by de- privng them of breeding and feeding places and then compel our neighbors to do kowise--compel them by force of public opinion and of the law as represented by that benihcent czar the health officer. He is on our side and with the support which he is sure to receive from the people educated by our two years campaign, eventually will be able to make house flies infre- quent if not absolutely extinct
 A We'll Dressed City
 "A well dressed city like well dressed man commands attention and respect" declared c. L. Eshelman of >~~~~->~~>~-~~~~~~
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