Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-20
The Typhoid Fly
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In this staie. rss Dasls 10 the prosor-
vatlon Of iiveR and lives Of babies In
particular. Thia typhOii or houto
fly. II conceived IN ruth. born Of un-
wholeuomeners. and lives life 81 dis
cane germ poddline We must not,
by the lives Of our people. allow the
menace 10 20 unchecked We must
act together and ~ once,
what tire Typhoid Fly r..
House Fly" sounds too much like
house cat" house plant" and such
and carries a sense o. pleasant ASSOC
citation and false security. since the
house fly h dangerous TO health in
many ways ard does carry the germs
Of typhoid fever. the common name u
being changed 20 Typhoid Wy az
daily warming.
Il is the medium sized. graylsh 10y
most frequently seen In houses. IL
can not bite. It's mouth parts ofo
spread out at the ZIP like pair Of
old, turnover az -the-heel slices 80 4
can only scrape off small particles "
solid food and suck them up. The
stable fiy, which resembles Il 80 close
~ as 60 be readily mistaken for u.
has tiny lancotr In its mouth parts
aud Il does pierce The skin og animals
and suck out blood. u usuaiiy stays
out Of the house. --unless the houso
and barn are too close together
Life History Of titc rypliohi Fly.
The adult female lays her Eggs un
some kind OF fIlth. Horse Hnnure
forms the birthplace for the majority
OF these flies. They Will breed IN hu-
man excrement and IN this lies the
great danger OF carryig the germs OF
| the diseases noted below. other ma
nuree. garbage. decaying cad fer
] montlnx vegetable matter Of almost
any sort, Stops. and decaying animal
matter will be utilized u more suit
/ able places are not prescott Il taEea
only a very little material " the con
ditlons are right. The waste lett IN
a can. hastily empticd and thrown on
the garbage pile, would serve TO raise
dozens OF flies Hundreds OF mag
gots may be found In a cubic inch OF
manure under proper conditions'
In from 9 to "a hours these eggs
hatch into maggots which eat Tor
about five days In this nth ana theu
change into the pupal state, when 'hey
look like brown. oval seeds about a
quarter OF AN inch long. In Tive days
more the adult Fly forces It's way out
of this and up 10 the aurfaoc. res's
a few minutes 10 dry itself and then
| flies away 60 do as its ancestors did
ten days before
About ten days are necessary ~
! midsummer for enc generation 10
| come TO maturity. Early ana m'e
generations usually require longer.
1; There II. then a possibility mere OF
some fiftecn generations In year
Each female fly lays 500 eggs IN l'ie
time II allowed 10 Hive. Can YOU is-
ure out the population possibilities "
one-half are males and one-hah are
females from each brood
A few adults live over winter ~
places where they can keep warm
Many pupae (the resting stage IN ue-
velopmcnt before hatchlnEl winter
over In the ground under manure lhe
few flies that come out In the sprl"f
soon populate the country again Thus
il seen the need for getting rid ct the
possibilities OF these first ones ~
living or Matching, as the case may
be.
source and Carriers Of Disease Germs.
The feet OF the fiy, with the little
| MAIDS. and the hairs on the body serN"
to hold and carry many germs. Others
are taken into the body. multiply
there and are found later In the ~
ereta. The "fy speoks" are, then,
no, only dirty but dangerous. Typhoid
and tuberculosis germs are especially
carried internally.
Typhold fever. Aslatlc cholera. dvs-
entery and infantile diarrhca. or "'rhe
Baby Killer" are charactcristicaliy
fly- borne. germs being gotten from
the sick room. from wastes from the
sick room. or from open and I'M
nroperiy cared for prlvics. latrines
etc. IN our own state In many cases
oven the open privy IL dispensed WIN
Tuberculosis germs may be gotten
from sputum for flies are very fond
of feeding on this material The
germs In the "specks" live long unde'
right conditions.
Anthrax smallpox. l0prosy and such
may he carried from sores. for files
delight ln exploring loathsome sores
OF all diseases typhoid fever and
lnfantlle diarrhca are the most di'
rectiy tracsable TO transmission bS
flies and this concerns us most vitality
Where This Matter Touches Us.
our population is essentially rural
We have no cities. The towns cOul'
easily be kept clean and fly free v
, the residents were made aware OF in'
need. The country districts. harde'
To reach, could be made able TO re
duce the number OF flies about tn
house to minimum. This erticl'
must be limited 70 needs. Means @
control. means Of meeting ihesi
needs. must find space az anothe
time or place.
The great need Is 10 get the peopl
of the state awakened 10 the danger
liable from the Typhoid Fly and the
get them into cooperative effort look
Ing toward this control. Right her
IL where the ant-fly campaigns hay
been wrongly conducted heretofore
The slogan "Swat-thg-Fly' wa
adopted and many efficient traps an
poisons are nov available, Prize
were offered for the largest number