Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-16
DANCER FROM HOUSE FLIES
Many Terrible Contagious Diseases
Carried by this Insect


the following warning regarding the
dangers from flies:
Many people of Wisconsin, as well
as the local municipal authorities
have failed to heed the numerous
warnings that have been issued
against house flies.
1t is a known fact, and many times
attention has been called to this,
that flies are one of the most dan
gerous menances to life and health
with which mankind, has to contend.
1t is responsible for a large proper
ton OF all cases Of typhoid fever
dia1Theal diseases of infants, many
practically every infectious and con-
tagious disease can be and is trans
mitted either by the common barn
on house fly.
Yellow Fever is transmitted by a
certain species OF mosquito. Destroy
the breeding place Of these mosqul-
toes, and yellow Fever disappears.
Another specie of mosquito is di-
rectly responsible for the transmits
sion of Malaria. Destroy the breed
in places of this specie of mosquito
and Malaria disappears.
1t has been demonstrated by Prof
H. j. ROseneau, of Harvard Univer-
sity, and given to the public at a
meeting of the Fifteenth Internation-
al Congress on Hygiene and Demo
graphy at Washington, September
10Th, 1912, that he had succeeded III
transmitting Anterior PoliOmyelit.s
or more commonly known as mfan-
Tile Paralysis, from monkeys sick
with this disease to we'll monkeys by
the bite Of the common biting fly,
more generally known as the barn
lily, or StomoXys Calcitrans.
In 1903, observations made by the
State Board Of Health of Wisconsin,
Turing the epidemic of Infantile Pa
,alysis in this state, proved that I'M
loubtedly the fly was a factor i'll
transmitting this disease.
The State Board of Health OF
Massachusetts made similar observa-
this disease in monkeys through the
bite of flies has been definitely
proven.
Fly Development
The female fly lays her eggs i'll
'ilth, one hundred and twenty il
number In less than tWentyfour
hours, these eggs become maggots.
In six days these maggots reach the
pupa state, and five days later are
lull-fledged flies beginning their work
If death. 1t is estimated that the
progeny of single pair in one sea
son is one sextillion Il, 900, 000, 600,
900 900, 600, 000.)
Statistics
Mr.. Hatch, head of the department
u @hLlCl ASetll SAh ~ EAooONiCt uC-
voted to the work of DISCRIMINATING
the house fly, says:
The cost of the house fly to the
United States annually in money is
$3.50, 1000, 600 and 170000,000 years of
numan life, Or four million lives of
the present average length. Another
item of interest is the ten million
dollars $10,000,000 spent every year
for screens, The tax, taken altogeth-
er, is pretty heavy when the means
If relief is SO easy to be had"
Wisconsin is contributing it's share
Of deaths as result of neglect in
destroying the fly which is such
fearful agency in the transmission of
disease
A vigorous warfare for the exter-
mination Of the house fly should be
lnau2urated in every town, village
and city of the state Clubs should
De organized to carry out this work
and every local health department
should insist that every breeding
ing place of the fly should be prop
arly taken care of. This can be ac-
complished definitely and effective-
y. 1t requires the removal of filth
Flies breed in filth and in filth alone
Without filth there are no flies
Ninety per cent Of the flies are bred
in stable manure, the balance in gar
bage, outhouseS and other forms of
refuse.
The fly season is at hand Prompt
action at this time and continued
will prevent much sickness and many
deaths during the summer and fall
Health officers and citizens, there
fore, should appreciate the grave re-
sponsibility upon them. An immedi
ate and thorough cleansing of all
premises should be effected. Any ac-
emulation of filth must be avoided |
Stable manure should be kept in |
vaults or boxes screened or covered |