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Anti-FIy Campaign OF 1921

An exceptionally vigorous cam
paign against the house fly will bt
waged this season by The Merchant
Association of New York through its
Committee on Pollution and Sewer
age, of which Edward Hatch. Jr., is
chairman.
Season Favorable for Flies
The unusually mild winter pres
ages Il season that will be favorable
to the development Of the house fly
swarms which are such active agents
in the spread of disease germs The
winter "hang-Over" flies have already
made their appearance in cOnSldera-
bic numbers.
The Deadly Easter Fly
The Easter House Fly is more dead
ly than other flies. 1t is the proSen-
itOr Of many billion sWarms. 10 XIII
Just one Easter fly now means tha'
there will be fewer billions to XIII
this summer If you don't XIII II
now you are endangering the life OF
YOUR babies and yourselves. Inc
danger threatened by the germs OF
the new tangled diseases that may
be brought by the thousands of I'M
migrants now coming to our shore
is a menace that demands our great
est vigilance and the fly can be de
pended on to see that a wide spread
distribution of the germs is 1llaoe
when they arrive.
Reports collected from all parts OF
the country by Chairman Hatch last
fall showed that the war against the
house fly has been productive OF
noticeable results in decreasing the
number of flies. The testimony OF
health officers in practically ever!
part of the country was 10 the eHect
that the anti-fy crusade, which was
started originally by Mr.. Halch
Committee is bearing good fruit. 1t
is the desire of The Merchants AS
-ociatlon that the ground gained
shah not be lost through inactivity
nf ovar-con lidence.
Danger from Europe
The danger of importation OF con
taeious disease from Europe makes
il all the more necessary that no ef-
fort should be spared to keep the
house f1v under control The fly is a.
busy and undiscriminating germ car
rier and medical science places MN
in the same category with the ma
Iaria-bearing mosquito. the plague
CARRYING rat and the typhuS-cafrlns
louise. chasing him as an enemy OF
mankind, and putting him at the
head of the list.
The campaign is of especial inter
est TO hotels. boarding houses ana
restaurants. The largest and most
influential of the WOmen'S 5 orSanlZa-
lions in the City, are taking an IN
rcrest in this branch OF the work anu
will make inspections of places where
food is served for public consump-
ton including the cheaper restau-
rants.
An Important Decision
The Maine courts have decided
that the owners of ESTABLISHMENTS
which do not use vigilance in pro-
tecting food against flies are llable
TO their patrons. a decision III the
case of William V. Sweet Maine
40 All. r. 316D, is quoted IN ne
Journal of the American Medical AS
sociation." December II, 1920, as
follows:
The Supreme Judicial Court OF
Maine in granting the defendant a.
new trail after the plaintiff had re-
covered a verdict IN this action to, rae
cover the price which tie defend6T3s7
had contracted to pay for certain
rooms for two weeks, in the month
of August but which the defendant
and his party had abandoned after
four DAYS, says that the cruX OF the
case was found in answer TO the IN
auiry: Was the defendant Justliled
i'm leaving? 1t will be conceded
that a hotel, when ii holds Itself out
TO the public as a place of resort for
rooms and board. carries with such
offer an implication that it will FUR
nish its patrons with accommoda-
tions that are compatible with the
standing of the hostelry, the prices
Maid and the class of people invited
TO become it's guests. These "ac-
commodations" include apartments,
table, dining service, and especially
such sanitary conditions as are cal
culated to render the surroundings
inviting and wholesome rather than
repulsive and deleteriOus to health.
The complaint in this case was that
at the table at which the defendant
and his party were accustomed TO slt
the flies were so numerous and be-
came so obnoxious that their pres
ence created an intolerable condition
in violation of the obligation of the
landlord to furnish suitable. and
sanitary dining facilities as implied
in his contract The real issue in
volved a single question of fact:
Was the defendant justified in leav-
ing the hotel on account of the fault
of the plaintiff, in allowing flies to
collect at the defendants table in
such numbers as TO become insani-
tary and repulsive? The court !,
thinks that he was.
1T is a matter of common knOW-I