The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-02

md the typhoid patient.
All Washington. like the water and other dis-
tricts of New York. has been mapped and measure cd
for Its annually recurring plague dies willis prac-
ticaly every bacteioogist the United States and
ell boards OF health in the OF popula4
ton have r.cent exhaustive stud-
les OF the life and habits of tho house fly.
The facts recorded not matter OF isolated expcrI
iment or OF single seasons observation. They hava
been universally and repeatedly demonstrated and
they include these ndisputable facts:
The house fly breeds in 90 per cent of its numbers.
In foul stable mnnue; the . per cent remaining ia
bred in other and bad places n,varous wastes
and materials tho which rises as thev
rot The poisonous bacteria Injecting the places Of
Its birth i've when borne Its body. period OF
at least two weeks, and can oonaminate any milk.
fruit' meat or other food which the moist, sticky
tracks OF their carrier deposit them.
So far from being the friend servant and protectoS
of humanity the house ny scavenger is the Tro,
Jan horse bringing gifts Of humanitys dead.
lest foes
The famous Dr.. Leidy, after the Civil War. hrst
pointed the finger suspicion at the fly as the camp
follower responsible for the fatal hospital gangren,s
that slew tho soldery by the of thousands
After long years the regular army learned 70 heed
the lesson; militia and volunteers at the time of the
Spanish War had come to comprehend IL AZ all.
So Asa men died of honorable wounds from hattie and
5277 died of typhoid which subsequent investigation
showed TO have been directly due to the contamina-
ton of thu supplies by flies
Peace has Its victims less than war. The 1000
children of New York who annually perish of intes,
tinal disorders chiefly nys victims; i mark
eddy high percentage typhoid cases are due *
the fly.
Asatic cholera, SO fearful in It's ravages i, amons
the fys specalties; tuberculosis another every dis.
ease which begins or ends in filth Is his
ally. and it has bean demonstrated that the nv
carries and deposits in active and condition.
the bacillus OF the scourge before which the wh:ta
man quails In sick and terrified loathing-leprosy
Swiftly and very potently. the forces Of humanity
have been assembling this years relentlesa cam.
paign.
The Bureau OF Entomology. the Department os
Agriculture at Washington. with the Marine Hospital
Service operating done much 20 safeguard m.
capital and has done much more In stimulates
the activity OF boards of throughout the coun
try.
The Times Dispatch campaign against the fly begin.
Tomorrow morning, when the fly swatters and bapa
viii be delivered to the children of Richmond from
the business office of The Times Dispatch The con.
test closes June II o'clock when the nam..
of those who have prizes for killing flies Will h.
announced. The contest. which IS for both white and
colored children is mainly purpose of calIna
tina attention of the people of this section great
danger which exists in prevalence OF III,
NY. 1t Is not thought, OF course. that the killing of
Ie" million Mes Will In great degree wipe out
inc pest out tha campaign viii be an incentive for
all the people all the time not to protect them
selves but to wage unceasing warfare against the
fly through cleanliness the homes. this night IA
carried on it should be- and II the pepols of thi.
section the Importance of destroying thasa
innocent appearing murdersrs hundreds OF lives OF
Richmond people viii be saved yearly. this city
VIII takep lace health rn,,
tres. Every parent in Richmond should encourae.
tho children IN The Times Dispatch con- "a
test. in order insl into each childs mind III. ID
knowledge that the fy is deadly enemy TO the hui. 9
race and should be exterminated. you will heIo
The Times Dispatch swat n.y. you win pe rsnder
Ing the people OF thia section ami lssuns sara
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