The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-07
SWAT THE FLY.

some OF the common dangers with
which we are likely TO be confronted
with in the next four months, hoping
that some may profit by these words Of
warning and advice.
lst. Satisfy yourself that the water
you use for domestic purposes is pure
and wholesome.
2nd. Take sufficient time and in
ves!igate your milk supply and see
that it is pure and wholesome, for dirty
milk will kill more babies than auto.
mobiles, runaway horses, street cars
defective sidewalks and all other
causes that would bring about acci.
dental deaths. Summer favors the
rapid development of germs IN milk
There is no clean dirt, and il there IL
any doubt as 20 the cleanliness Of milk
furnished you, safety demands that all
OF it be Pasteurzed
Bird. An American weakness is for
cold drinks, ice water, ice cream sodas
iced soft drinks and dirty soda foun.
tains are a big factor in summer dis
eases. Drinks ard ice cream purchas.
ed from street yenders are always dan.
gerous because they cannot be kept
clean and with every drink you con
sumo street filth. Soda fountains cal
be and are frequently very filthy
Much work is required TO keep soda
fountains clean aud most of the drinks
and foods served from soda fountain
are suitable culture material for BAG
terra.
4th. ln purchasing food supplies il
is well to bear in mind that vegetable
are generally grown in soil fertilizec
with all kinds of manure and are there
fore quite seriously contaminated and
unless they are thoroughly washed b,
productive of sickness, Dust covered
and hy-fCuled foods are dangerous
Patronize the grocers and meat mar.
Set who protects his merchandise from
dust and ilies, and Keeps a clean shop
5th. Garbage is largely composed
OF food waste and animal waste. All
kitchen garbage should be kept in
can with top or a cover. If the cover
is left of, it Is a breeding place foi
flies and therefore a source of our sum
mer trouble for the garbage can is us.
ually placed close to the dining room
With animal waste we find that stabl,
manure is the greatest nuisance that
the town has to contend with and il
responsible for most of its flies. Each
manure pile is an incubator for the
Matching of flies and now that science
has proven that the fly is carrier o
diseases incident to the summer
months, it is much safer to see that all
manure piles and kitchen garbage and
decomposing matter of every descrip.
tion should be removed and burned.
9Th. The way to avoid summer di.
seases is to practice cleanliness.
7th. Ifyour neighbor thinks more
of his hog-pen or his stable lot than he
does of you, ne should have no obiec-
ton to your testifying against him for
maintaining nuisance which is dan
gerous to your family's health.
Cleanup days don't imply that no
cleaning need be done on other days
Good housekeeping requires constant
housecleaning, and cleanup days are
simply the city's housecleaning.
The man who harbors breeding
place for flies is an enemy to society.
Many houses with swell fronts have
swill back yards and in cleaning up
the town take look at the back yards
and alleys as well.
Some people seem to think that al
leys are maintained as places where
they may indiscriminately deposit
their waste and filth. II any of these
people liye in your neighborhood make
an effort to get that notion out OF their
heads.
The State Health Department win |
urnish upon request model for Hy
ordnance and pamphlet on how to !
conduct cleanup campaign.
Every fly that comes to town
Keeps a-layin' its eggs aroun
Makes no difference where they're /:
foun'
We gotta keep a. swattin' those flies
Rroun'."
DR.. j. G. Mann