Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-03
titor of many millions during one

decaylng, garbage, manure, es- pecially human or horse, rotten
 flock beds, rotten straw mattress les, old cotton garments, socks, waste paper. bread. fruits, vege- tables, Sputum, parasitic worms, putrid meat, rotten chicken feath- irrS, chicken manure. COW dung, and, of course. milk, sweets. but
 ter, lard, every kind of food, ev- !erything accessible to our pan tries, kitchen, dining rooms. our |childrcn'S meals and all our food stuf's.
 When discharges from a typh- 'Oid patient are exposed, OF dis charges from a running sore, OF Sputa of contagious sore throat are exposed, any flies present
 bounce upon it for a meal; they swallow countless numbers of deadly bacilli and their hairy legs
 are fouled with thousands more. Anyone who had seen once the leg of fly would not be surprised
 how that tiny, slender limb could be the carrier of millions of germs. It is asserted on good
 authority that more than one mil lion bacilli was found on one fly. Eighteen flies were examined by
 scientific observer and eStimat- ed to carry about eighteen and a half million germs. Another i'm
 portant fact was brought out by Scieitific researches that the fly is able to retain and hold those germs in their virulence for long periods of time, whether being carried on their bodies or ingest-
 ed into their alimentary canal. In
 other words, the fly ingests tub ercul0sis, typhoid, dyssentery germs and possibly those of small
 pOx, measles and many other in 1 fectious diseases and pass them
 even weeks after their infection.
 Loaded with ophthalmia and ve- nereal diseases, they settle on the eyes and mouths of infants. They
 deposit their excreta on windows, plates, table linen, kitchen uten-
 Sils, kitchen tables and dissemi- nate as messengers of pests and
 disease the germs of various ail-
 ments that the human family is
 heir to. They feed on the stools
 of patients sick with dysentery,
 typhoid and diarrhoea; on tuber-
 culosiS Sputum, on sores from
 any cause, on discharges from the
 eyes and nose; feed on human ex-
 creta, in water closets, on decay
 ed vegetables lain in the back yards, on garbage thrown care- lessly in alleys. They live with
 Jus in our homes and mingle with
 everything that is dear tu ,os,
 and yet people can not break with
 an old habit, cannot begin to pay
 attention to a seemingly harmless little insect, familiar to them since
 their childhood days. If we could
 see in it's true light the house fly
 as it stalks about with it's hun-
 dreds of adhering bacteria, breed
 CTS of the most contagious, the most loathsome diseases, the
 fight would be half won. But the
 limited imagination of the mind luntrained to scientific observation fails to realize the fearful dan
 ger resulting from these bacteria
 which are carried about unseen
 on this insignificant and familiar
 insect. The range of flight of
 flies has been studied and found
 limited circle of about three tludI ltl = 'I tt IIfli' 'i '''' |brrcding pieces. although they
 are attracted to refuse deposits
 across rivers and hills.
 i The time intervening between ! the laying of eggs and the rmcr--
 ing of the adult fly from the p'ipa
 is eight OF 10 days; hence the re- muval of fly breeding media with
 in that period should prevent the | l.. if tance. Fortunately. several phy- Siological traits inherent to the i habits and development of the fly
 come to our aid m the war or eX7 Termination. As it was stated
 that flies breed in accumulated
 garbage, waste, manure of all
 kind and especially horse manure,
 which is in state of fermentation
 and putrifaction. Hence such
 breeding places could be under
 control; they could be controlled
 far better in town like ours than
 in a city, for here the individual
 has control over his own ground
 and needs nobody's consent for
 making a start in good sanitation
 if he realizes the importance Of
 decomposition of vegetable mat ter and filth around his premls- es; and, considering the short time of hy-breeding and growth
 the present time and early spring is the time when everyone should begin and do on his or her own initiative what sooner or later is bound to be insisted upon by the health authorities as an essential sanitary ordinance. One careless householder may cause flies ema- hating from his place to infect a neighboring area three-quarters of a mile in radius, this area be- ing limited by the life habits of the fly. It is a disgrace and a menace to public health to see purifying garbage m fiil the etaar ar with dt cay, peelings and fruit skins de- lcompose and sour, grease and dish water petting rancid and