The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-28
FLY CAMP A|GN
BEING WAGED
VIGOROUSLY
PICTURES SHOWN AT GOVERN
MENT AND REus STREETS,
WHERE DR.. BLOCKER DELIv-
Erred a LECTURE.

corner or Governments 11k0 EeS1szs Blfs<sNLA.
Although the MttsnanEce Was r0A as
largo as on T,aeaday nt9hs the ene1n-
siasna seemed to Increase and tins cssI-
pa1gn committee il much encouraged
over the attendance and interest mani.
tested Last night Dr. Blocker. chair
man OF the board OF puioisc works, De-.
lfvero6 q lecture on the ny, showing
the danger from negiecttng to guard
agasnst the fly and also pointed out
very paEtnly why every precnutfon
should be taken 20 guard against such
a pest In plain words. hs said: Swat
the fiy.- the campaign viii be con-
tinued tonight at Jackson and @
streets. Dr. C. W. D'Afemberte will
deliver an address at that time.
The Fly Pictures.
The following descripti Of the va
rious slides being produced ig written
by DF. Geo J. Fisher, OF New York:
On tho rounds Of the ladder OF Sue
cess are written In Increasingly en-
largeza letters the word Efficiency.
II matters not what our occupation
IS, whether Skilled ca unsiriI1ed, PROBES
sion OF domestic we nrust be more ef-
hctetlt tomorrow than today II we
would hold our present standing. To
cease TO be more Shloient means a de-
generatfve PROCESS
The condition OF the body has a
earntng capacity. II the machine Is
out OF reeeA1' Eco& work cannot DO
done. It is nos anougil that the body
be pxDperly nOlzf4sned be given suffi-
cient rest ard eruerc5ae. New condi-
ticns OF diseHse sxre arising making It
necessary that we as individuals be-
come practically familiar with our own
bod ifss and the sknnpie laws " nature TO
safely guide sur bodies through the
sr,rAar-, t,ns-ary4 e,yft1exs fyf lffe
Medical science has made RAPID
strides In the last decade and the
adaRe. AN ounce OF prevention je
worth q pcufnd OF cure has bean APP
piled to medicine m a most practical
way.
or CITY OF any Sine without its board
OF health. The Duties OF these boards
OF health are distinctly preventive In
character and their work has been re-
warded by a marked decrease In the
mortality rnSe OF mny prevantabae dis
eases SUCH dreaded diseases as
small pox diphfher9z, yellow fGwsr
etc. have application OF au4t1oxin and
antiseruns.
For many diseases a specific remedy
has not been found and about three of
these we wish to turn our attention to
at this time Practical education is a
very efficient weapon to place I'm the
naru OF our peOpda Wh5n AppA1&h 10
any common foe
Let us consider the rnvages OF the
great American ourge-4yphodd fewer
and associate diseases, dfaEThea and
enteritis
No antitozin or antfserun has Is pet
been discovered for typhoid and only
since 1880 has 1t been known as germ
disease and through this discovery real
weapons have been put IN our hands
with which to combat thu disease In
diligently.
(Snde il In tho United states there
are annually $4,000 cases OF typhoid
fever Of which 10 per cent or $4,000 are
fatal. Estimating that one half the
cases are workers and the average
period OF Illness at two months, which
is a conservative estimate, gives loss
of 10000 years OF time Estimating
the average earning capacity at $500
a year, means a loss OF fifteen million
dollars annually.
(Slide y Add to this loss through
death which at the low estimate OF
81, 700 each would be fifty mine and
one-half million dollars and you have
seventy four and one-half million doh
lars per annu1m to say nothing OF the
expense of medical attention. nursing
and privation accompanying sickness.
VIII you help stop the ravages Of this,
disease?
IVDnOlQ aIIdCkS CIIiGIlY Inc YOIfnK,
being very rare In infancy and old age,
average ago being % years
In the Spanish-American war 81 per
cent OF the deaths were due to typhoid
fever. In the Franco-Prussian war so
per cent Of all deaths were due TO to-
phoid. Surely typhoid has proven IT.
self to be mightier than the sword
tSlide 81 In 1908 there were $4,000
deaths from diarrhea and enterffis; Of
this number $4,000 were in children
under five years of age. OF this latter
number 0per cent or $4,000 could
have been prevented had the proper
preventive measures been employed.
(Slide A. Ten per cent OF ali deaths
are due to these three diseases--ty-
preventtble diseases. What are you
going to do about it9
The causes of these diseases are now
know 10 be bacterial: that is, they are
germ diseases. To make what follows
clear and more impressive we will
pause long enough to become ac-
Quainted with bacteria
(Slide 81 Bacteria are the 'smallesf
living things. $4,000 Of them placed
side by side would make row only
one inch long.
There are three classes Of bacteria.
1, cocci, which are spherical like mi
mute marbles; 2 bacilli or rod shaped
4, SplfAla OF CORK screw snap (See fig
ure at right of slide.)
Bacteria multiply by simply pinch
ing two. In the first figure on this
screen we see rod shaped germ
Next the beginning Of the division is
noticed and finally the completed
process showing the two germs.
some bacteria can divide and be-
come fun grown in Is or 20 minutes.
They can easily divide in an hour and
at this rate one bacterium would in
crease in two days to over 2SO million
millions of bacteria and in three DAYS
it's descendants would weigh nearly
fifteen million pounds. Do not be
alarmed at this for there are many
things that prevent such rapid deveI-
opnent, for even bacteria are not
without enemies Bacteria are onni-
present but fortunately for us a few
only are our enemies. a few are our
friends and most of them are neither
friends or enemies. SO long as the dis
ease bacteria do not come IN contact
with us little or no harm Is done By
them 1t Is the purpose Of this lecture
10 give such information as will teach
and stimulate us as to ways and
means to keep ourselves apart from a
particular group of disease bacteria
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