The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-06-02
HEALTH BULLETIN
CITY OF ELY
by OWEN W. Parker ND.
Health Commissioner
CITY OF ELY

The following article is taken
from the Nations Health and in
dictates the grea.. necessity Of fight
ing the fly. The Health Depart
ment of the City of Ely, through
the Street Department is attempt
ing to keep the alleys and all parts
of the city clean. Crews of men
with truck and teams are kept con-
SANITY working on the alleys haul
ing away manure, garbage, and all
other refuse that accumulates in
the alleys. The Department of
Health requests all people of the
City of Ely to do everything pos
sible to keep down flies on their
premises, and to do this by killing
off all flies that come into the
homes by the method of swatting
the fly, or using certain fly papers
to catch them, and also by the
method of prevention, namely that
of removing constantly all filth and
dirt that may accumulate on the
premises. Flies breed inside of a
week in filth. If all filth is re-
moved daily or twice weekly there
is less chance for the flies to breed.
The following article, entitled
"Flies as Food Prisoners" is the
article referred to above:
The writer has positive know
ledge that maraudeS has been
proving around. He belongs to a
very large band of secret enemies
of mankind who live in the filth
ess sections of our cities and
countryside and spread out from
thence on their death dealing mis-
sions. They are not deliberate
enemies of our race, but are i'm
PEELED by the most powerful natural
instincts, survival and propagation.
They -prowl around homes and en-
ter them in search of food and
shelter. They know no other right
than their own.
They steal food in quantities so
small :heir loss is hardly noticed
but at the time of the theft they
implant by deliberate acts filth con-
tanning often the deadliest diseases,
and they are most likely to leave
these death dealing germs upon
| choicest foods. These marauders are
deadly enemies of the human race
through their very instructive acts.
during the Spanish-American War
they were persistent camp follow.
ers, and largely through their raw
ages Camp Chickamauga was deci-
mated by typhoid fever and similar
| diseases. ~.
During the recent war the writer
visited one army where The cases
d OF typhoid and dysentery were daily
becoming greater and found that
practically the only cause was a
most aggravated condition of filth
inhabited by millions of these dead
~ marauders, who were everywhere
IN the camp, especially in the
Kitchen and mess halls.
The common house fiy. Musca
domestica, is perhaps the deadliest
Oh all human enemies. 1t breeds
IN manure and excreta of all kinds
being very fond of stable manure
and human offal. 1t also breeds in
garbage and organic waste. #
haun:s stables, chicken yards, sew.
ers' prlvies, garbage pals and
dumps. 1t loves to visit man and
animals. A discharge of mucous
or pus will attract it to the snot
1t is very fond of open sores and
likes to visit unprotected babies
and feed around their mouths and
eyes and ears. But almost notbino
can keep it away from savorS
FOODS, once it enters the house
Science has proved the fiy to he
common carrier of many kinds
OF deadly disease germs, such as
typhoid, dysentery, septicemia. onh.
thalmia, cholera, and anthrax, These
germs live for weeks and months
IN the body of the fly and are
deadlier for having SO lived Every
drop that the fly excretes on food
or. a wound contains multitudes ~
germs. Some of these find suitable
culture media and grow. thus he.
gins the danger that may result in
death. "i' III
The flies that enter your house
may have Travelled many miles and
come directly from she worst
plague spot in the whole commun.
ity. o'i'ii' uii'