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something more to milk, sweets and things of that
sort beloved by children; he is also disposed to
visit an infectious individual and then seek the
companionship of a healthy person. These habits
are matters of common knowledge, and have
hitherto been but little considered, except as to
the nuisance they create when their numbers are
too large.
Attention has now been most pointedly
directed to this undoubted means of spreading
disease, and much thought is being given as to the
best methods of lessening their numbers and their
potentiality for serious mischief. The fly per se
is only a nuisance, but as a carrier of disease he is
a power for evil and he must be combated. Flies
are attracted by filth and rubbish, especially
organic, that is, animal or vegetable refuse. The
accumulation of filth of this sort in hot weather in
proximity to houses is largely within the control
of the occupants.
See to it, therefore, that these accumulations
are not allowed; cover, well cover, and keep
covered, your dust receptacles; lime-whiten and
clean generally, using plenty of water, with disinfectants
if possible, as these are not at all to the
liking of flies, and, above all, spare no trouble to
exclude these inquisitive creatures from the larder
and all places where food is stored. Use wire
gauze meat covers, and have perforated gauze
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