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The Health BulIvEtin 13 3. Don't let the child have coffee, tea or bottled drinks from the drug store. 4. Don't give store-bought ice cream. It is never made from boiled milk but is very often made from sour milk. 5. Don't feed the baby from the table. 6. Don't give the baby unboiled water during the summer-time. 7. Don't let the baby use a pacifier. 8. Don't put anything in the baby's mouth which has not first been boiled. 9. Don't give the baby candy. THE HOUSE-FLY PROBLEM It is probable that in the month of May more people are concerned about the house-fly pest than during any other month of the year, and they should be, because there is no doubt that the high sickness rate, at least among infants, in this month is due to infection carried by the fly. Dr. L. O. Howard, of the U. S. Government Service at Washington, and the foremost authority on the subject in America, has long ago designated the house fly as ''the most dangerous animal that exists." In the April issue of Hygeia, the new journal of health published by the American Medical Association, Dr. Howard has a most valuable illustrated article on ''The House Fly—Carrier of Disease." In his introductory paragraph to that article Dr. Howard makes the following interesting observation: "When we consider that the house fly may carry thirty distinct diseases and parasitic organisms, and that its occurrence in great numbers is due entirely to man and his actions, can we fail to marvel at man's utter and even criminal stupidity? The house fly is a domestic animal; its English name is appropriate; and the Latin name, Musca domestica, which Linnaeus gave it in 1758, conveys the right idea in this respect, for the species could barely exist away from what is called civilization. If Linnaeus, with prophetic vision of later discoveries, had named it musca hor- rida, or mortifera, or perniciosa, or funesta, or damnosa, perhaps humanity would have begun to fight flies at an earlier date." It seems to be a fairly well established fact now, for the South at least, that the house fly survives the winter in the larval or pupal stage. So it is easy to realize anew the importance of keeping clean premises through the winter months and especially to have all possible breeding places such as stables scrupulously cleaned before the disappearance of frost, that is before the last of March. The problem for cities is to thoroughly police every nook and corner and keep all premises clean. One neglected stable is sufficient breeding place for enough flies to overrun an entire town for a summer, even though every other part of the municipality is clean. Also every dwelling house, large and small, should be carefully screened, the windows with solid screens extending over all window space, and the doors having strong springs in order to keep them automatically closed. For the country the problem is the same but the solution different. Different because a farm family has no appeal to a police power requiring his more careless neighbor to keep his premises free from a fly-breeding menace. It is recognized now through experiments carefully made, that contrary to general belief, house flies may migrate several miles. So, it is more apparent than ever that the housefly problem is a community problem. No city, town or rural community, civically speaking is any cleaner than the dirtiest residence lot or farm in it. The same principle from a health standpoint as the chain and the weak link. The farmer can, and should, have his own house just as carefully screened as the city dweller and should of course keep all stables and barns clean in order to destroy the breeding places of flies. Cleaning and screening with inside swatting is the only treatment worth while prescribing for the fly danger. As usual prevention is much more important, and abolishing all breeding places is the only course to advise. There is no doubt, but that the
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1923 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-038 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 38 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 13 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1923 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-038-0043 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 38 |
Issue Number | 5 |
Page Number | 13 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | The Health BulIvEtin 13 3. Don't let the child have coffee, tea or bottled drinks from the drug store. 4. Don't give store-bought ice cream. It is never made from boiled milk but is very often made from sour milk. 5. Don't feed the baby from the table. 6. Don't give the baby unboiled water during the summer-time. 7. Don't let the baby use a pacifier. 8. Don't put anything in the baby's mouth which has not first been boiled. 9. Don't give the baby candy. THE HOUSE-FLY PROBLEM It is probable that in the month of May more people are concerned about the house-fly pest than during any other month of the year, and they should be, because there is no doubt that the high sickness rate, at least among infants, in this month is due to infection carried by the fly. Dr. L. O. Howard, of the U. S. Government Service at Washington, and the foremost authority on the subject in America, has long ago designated the house fly as ''the most dangerous animal that exists." In the April issue of Hygeia, the new journal of health published by the American Medical Association, Dr. Howard has a most valuable illustrated article on ''The House Fly—Carrier of Disease." In his introductory paragraph to that article Dr. Howard makes the following interesting observation: "When we consider that the house fly may carry thirty distinct diseases and parasitic organisms, and that its occurrence in great numbers is due entirely to man and his actions, can we fail to marvel at man's utter and even criminal stupidity? The house fly is a domestic animal; its English name is appropriate; and the Latin name, Musca domestica, which Linnaeus gave it in 1758, conveys the right idea in this respect, for the species could barely exist away from what is called civilization. If Linnaeus, with prophetic vision of later discoveries, had named it musca hor- rida, or mortifera, or perniciosa, or funesta, or damnosa, perhaps humanity would have begun to fight flies at an earlier date." It seems to be a fairly well established fact now, for the South at least, that the house fly survives the winter in the larval or pupal stage. So it is easy to realize anew the importance of keeping clean premises through the winter months and especially to have all possible breeding places such as stables scrupulously cleaned before the disappearance of frost, that is before the last of March. The problem for cities is to thoroughly police every nook and corner and keep all premises clean. One neglected stable is sufficient breeding place for enough flies to overrun an entire town for a summer, even though every other part of the municipality is clean. Also every dwelling house, large and small, should be carefully screened, the windows with solid screens extending over all window space, and the doors having strong springs in order to keep them automatically closed. For the country the problem is the same but the solution different. Different because a farm family has no appeal to a police power requiring his more careless neighbor to keep his premises free from a fly-breeding menace. It is recognized now through experiments carefully made, that contrary to general belief, house flies may migrate several miles. So, it is more apparent than ever that the housefly problem is a community problem. No city, town or rural community, civically speaking is any cleaner than the dirtiest residence lot or farm in it. The same principle from a health standpoint as the chain and the weak link. The farmer can, and should, have his own house just as carefully screened as the city dweller and should of course keep all stables and barns clean in order to destroy the breeding places of flies. Cleaning and screening with inside swatting is the only treatment worth while prescribing for the fly danger. As usual prevention is much more important, and abolishing all breeding places is the only course to advise. There is no doubt, but that the |
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Article Title | Keeping the Baby Well |
Article Author | Sidbury, J. Buren |
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