Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-17
PERTINENT REASONS
!. FOR KILLING THE FLY
Important Bulletin Issued by the
Utah State Board of
Health, April 1914,
FILTH Is THE CAUSE
REMOVE THE FILTH.
Either Man Must Kill The Fly Or
The Fly viii Kill The
Man.

In every town and locality in the
State many people have failed to heed
the numerous warnings that have been
ISSUED against flies. Attention has
been called to the fact that they are
one of the most dangerous menaces
to the life and health with which man
kind has to contend, being responsible
for large proportion of all cases Of
typhoid fever and diarrhoeal diseases
of infants and many cases of tuber
culosis and other contagious diseases
This results from their habit of feed
ing on filth and discharges from the
sick, thus collecting and carrying dis
ease germs to various articles of food
and drink.
They have caused thousands of
deaths in Utah and will continue THEN
work of destruction until the public
awakens to the fact and inaugurates
a warfare that will result in their ex-
termination.
This can be accomplished definitely
and effectively. IL requires only the
removal Of filth, flies breed in filth and
in filth alone. Without filth there car
be no flies. More than ninety per cent
of them breed in stable manure an6
the balance in grabage, outhouses and
other forms of refuse. Their develop
ment from the egg requires about ten
days. Maggots are flies in the larval
stage.
The fly season is now approaching
Prompt action at this time may pre-
vent many deaths during the summer
and fall, and a grave responsibility
rests upon all health officers ond other
citizens.
An immediate and thorough clean
ing of premises should be effected and
further accumulations of filth or de-
cayihg matter avoided. Stable ma
.nura should be kept in vaults or boxes
screened or covered or frequent,
sprinkled with lime or kerosene, ard
should be removed at least every
week.
Garbage receptacles should be care
fully covered and the contents sprin-
killed. with lime or oil.
sPrivy vaults should be made fly
proof, and their contents frequently
sprinkled with lime and kerosene,
Privy vaults on premises where ty-
phoid fever has existed should be fill
led in and abandoned.
(Plans for an inexpensive and sani-
tary dry earth closet will be furnished
on application.)
Cuspidors should be cleaned every
day and there should be constantly
kept in them two per cent solution
of carbolic acid.
In addition to the measures for the
prevention of the breeding of flies
every effort should be made to pre-
vent them from entering the house
or having access to milk and other
foods. When germs are deposited il
milk they multiply rapidly.
All doors and windows, especially
those of the kitchen and dining
room, should be screened throughout
the fly season.
Food exposed for sale should be
screened and ordinances to this effect
should be enacted and enforced.
Flies should be especially kept away
from the sick, and if one is discovered
in the sickroom it should be killed.
Discharges from the patient should
be Immediately disinfected and dis
posed of.
A simple and effective fly poison
may be provided by mixing two tea
spoonfuls of formalin with a pint of
sweetened water.
People who have cleaned their own
premises should demand that their
neighbor shall do likewise, and notify
the Board of Health Of any failures or
refusals.
The saving of life and suffering will
amply repay for all the trouble and
expense.