The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-18

OdS 10 PREVENT EHeS In Houses ana
Outbuildings.
ROLLINSFORD, \. H, June IS
Typhoid. tuberculosis. dysentery, in
fantile diarrhoea. leprosy and diphthe-
ria are carried and spread by what is
commonly known as the common house
fly" stated State Entomologist Walter
c. O'Kane, addressing the meeting of
the Eastern New Hampshire Pomona
Grange with Hiram r. Roberts Grange
here, when he adaonished the 200
Grangers to destroy the early fly.
Mr.. O'Kane said that many thought
it fun to get rid of bugs. He referred
to the new discoveries recently arrived
at in reference to the spread of human
diseases by insects. particularly brought
about by conditions attending the World
war and partly by facts collected which
would take place in the natural course
of events. stating that such diseases
were divided into various groups. He
took for his topic those caused by bac-
terra and minute animal organiSms@
Insects spread disease, acting as car
ricrs, he said During the early part of
the war in Europe thousands Of lives
were lost due to typhuS or prison or
trench fever. TyphuS fever depends en-
tirely on body lice and is carried in no
other way and the control of that fever
Is narrowed GOWN 10 the COniEOl OF lice.
Lice thrive where it Is unSanitary, in
prisons and trenches. hence the name
prison or trench fever. related Mr.. o.
Kane.
The entomologist, however, stated
that the most daStardly germ carrier
that the Changers had to deal with Is
the house fly. He stated that any farm
or, if he was willing to take the trou-
BILE. could practically rid himself of flies.
House flies spend the early part of their
existence in filth and filth is the only
place they can live at that period of
their life. One of their familiar habits.
he said. is to enter the house and walk
across food. The structure of the house
fly is very interesting. The adult house
fly under Tense appears clothed with
very large hairs or briStleS sticking out,
Il regular walking comb to comb up MI
sorts of dirt. The fly has six legs TO
get in the dirt and two claws on each
leg. Between the claws Is Il sort of pad.
covered with minute hairs each contain
ing Il sticky liquid which enables the fly
to walk ON window glass or other up
right slippery material The fly leaves
a colony Of bacteria in every footprint
which can be incubatcd in the ordinary
way The professor stated that 1t In
been estimated that there are a million
and a quarter germs per fly.
One Fly Means MiniOns.
He maintained that gS per cent of the
flies originated in stable manure. The
fly breeds in eSs than two weeks. One
fly mcanS at least a million Aug. / and
100000.G00 Sept. L. The fly breeds in
almost any decaying animal or vege-
table matter. The garbage pail should
be taken care of. One case in Detroit
was cited where 30 cases of typhoid
was directly traced to the fly. This
epidemic resulted in three deaths.
Mr.. O'Kane advised the throwing out
of horse manure frequently and if it is
spread thin it will no longer breed flies.
One preventive is the spreading of COM
mon powdered boraX over the manure
once a day. using one ounce to Il cubic
bUShe of the manure. The manure
treated in this manner will not be in
jurcd for farm use. This remedy had
been worked out by very careful tests
by the department of agriculture at
Washington. Storing the manure where
it is absolutely dark or in a tight con
tainer will also prevent flies from breed
ing.
An easy way to make a fly trap can
be obtained by writing to the professor
ut Durham. This trap that he described
can catch $500 flies in an hour, proven
by experience.
In the house sticky fypaper can be
used to catch the fly, but a half pint of
milk and a half pint of water with a lit
tie formaldehyde is better and much
safer than the fly paper, which contains
arsenic Closing room at night and
spraying Persian powder through the
air will kill the flies and the powder and
the flies can be swept up i'm the morning
The entOmOlosist also gave what he