Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-03-30

especially true of the legs. Thus.
when it crawls over infected mate
rial it readily becomes loaded with
germs and subsequent visits TO hui
man foods result i'm their contauina-
ton. When we realize that flies feed
upon the most filthy substances the
necessity and importance of hOuse-fiy
control is clear.
'In army camps, in mining camps
and in great public works bring
ing together large nu,ihers of men
for a longer or shorter time, there is
not always proper sanitation. aud the
carriage of typhoid germs 10 food
by flies is common and often results
IN epidemics of typhoid fever. And
such carriage of typhoid is by no
means confined 10 temporary camps
In farmhouseS, in small communities
and even in badly cared for portions
of large cities. typhoid germs are car
ried to food by flies.
''ln the same way other intestinal
germ diseases are carried by flies
| Asiatic cholera. dysentery and infan-
are the disease-bearing possibilities
of the house fly limited to intestinal
germ diseases. There is strong cir
cumstantial evidence that tuberculo-
sis, anthrax. yawS. Ophthalmia, small
pox, tropical sore and parasitic worms
may be and are so carried
I'm the effort TO destroy flies the
use of sticky fly papers is very com
mon. Another way is TO expose In
shallow dishes a mixture of forma-
lin and milk or water. sweetened with
a little sugar Zone teaspoonful of com
mercial f0rnalin to one teacupful OF
water or milk. This is most effec-
tive when no other liquids are Access
sible TO the flies. Formalin diluted
in this manner is not poisonous TO man
and will not iniure fabrics In this
respect it is much safer Than the fly
poisons containing arsenic
Methods of Destroying Flies.
Burning of fresh pyrerhrum pow
der is also effective in killing flies in
rooms.
"FIytraps may be used to advan-
tage in decreasing the number Of
flies. AS a rule the larger ones are
the most effective. These should be
placed on the outside of houses.
stores stables, etc. Bananas, sugar
and vinegar, milk aud beer will be
found to be attractive bats under most
circumstances.
The most logical method of abat
ing the fly nuisance is the elimina
ton or. treatment of all breeding
places. 1t would appear from what
we know Of the life. history and hab-
its of the common house fly that
Ii is perfectly feasible for cities and
towns TO reduce the numbers of these
annoying and dangerous insects SO
greatly as to render them OF compare
lively slight account
seThe bureau of entomology has for
some years advised that all refuse
and filth in which flies are likely 10
breed be kept in fiy-right pits or bins
( There is no doubt as TO the effective
| ness of this method when the neces-
sary precautions are taken.
! Fly breeding In Accommodations of
/ filth can be prevented by the use of
/ chemical substances which will Kill
/ the eggs and maggots of the house
! fly. We have conducted q series of
experiments during the last two years
/ in which a large number of chemi-
Gals We're applied 10 Infested manure
and observations made on their eff
t oh in - RI
numerous substances tried the one
which seems best 10 fulfill these con
dftions is powdered hellebore. For