It may be asked, " What has all this to do with House

Flies?"

It has a _great deal to

do

with

them more

than, perchance,^isrealised.

Through

^lackof

an

intelligent

FIG. 22

The

House_{Fly has}theworldinitsgrip. Arise^! ye^leaders of thehumanfolkanddeclare

WAR

_aye! war tothe death _against this terrible enemy ^{which is}

mowing down

the flower ofyourpeople.

understanding ^of Natural _History, our children

grow up knowing

nothing, ^of the rich

mines

of

knowledge which

vitallyconcern

them

individually

and

collectively.

87

An

instanceinpoint^isthatofthe

House

_Fly.

Through

ignorance ^ofthe ways,habits,

and

disease-carryingpowers of this insect,

we

tolerate it in our _dwellings; allow it

to

sow

disease

germs

^broadcastover our food; to deposit its germ-laden excrement wherever ^{it so desires.} In fact

we

_give it the fullest licence to

sow

disease

and

death

amongst

^{us. It is} not because

we

are fatalists. It is solely because

we have

not realised that the

House

_Fly

is the _{principal ally} of the disease microbe

army

^the

army ^which

^isever on thealerttoattack

and

_destroyus.

INDEX

A

DISEASEof defectivecivilisation,32

Am

^Imy^brother'skeeper, 47 Anatomy^ofbitingfly,79 Angelof death, 47 Answerto prayer,25

Apathy^ofSouthAfrican_public,64 Ape-likemen,5

Arewefatalists?87

Arseniteofsodafor killingflies,72 BIRDenemiesofflies,43

Biting stablefly,76

Biting stablefly'sbreeding-places, 81 Blood-sucking^flies,27,76,83 Borax andarsenicforflymaggots, 58 Boycotting^carelessshopkeepers,²¹ Brushing^offthemicrobes, 16 CAPTAIN SCOTTand whathe wrote, 84 Causesof disease,65

Chameleons^areflycatchers, 41 Chemicalswhichkillflymaggots, 57 Children ofIsrael,27

Clairvoyantvision,18 Cleansing^themouth,4 Contaminating^food,33 Counting^{microbesin milk,}13 Counting^microbeson_flies,30 Courtingdisease,84 Cowardly and wantonact,43 DEFECTIVE _privies an ever-present

danger,⁶¹ Degeneratenations,65 Destroying our^allies,44 Disease microbes, 3 Diseases spreadbyflies, 14 Dysenteryandflies,36

EDUCATEDintellects,39 Educating public opinion, 62 Eliminating^fliesfrom a_city,55 Eradicating typhoid^{fever, 31} Erroneous beliefs and theirevil

re-sults,44 Fliesandhow_theyfeed, 16 Fliesandourfoodstuffs, 13 Fliesandsickrooms, 14 Fliesandthe Bible,28 Fliesare_{filthyfeeders,}16 Fliesbreedin_filth,

n

Fliesbringmisery^intohumanhouses, 25

Hies caninfect plantswithdisease,30 Fliesinencampments,75

Flies infectmanandbeast,37 Fliesinrelation to disease,28 Fliesinwinter,8

Fliesmicroscopicallyexamined,29 Fliesmigrate, 16

Flies travel for miles,34 Flieswallowin_filth,14

Fliesworse thanvenomous_{snakes, 4} Flycampaign,52

Flycampaign and^results,72 FlycampaignsⁱⁿAmerica, 64 Fly ^carries microbes on and in its

body, 20

Fly-catchingdevices,68 Flyinfecting gelatine,30 Fly-killeradjustedtowindow,69 Flymaggots ^{in carcase} of elephant,

46

Flyscavengersobsolete,47 Flyspecks, 21

Fly'sacute sense_{of smell,}36 Fly'ssense_{of smell,}

n

Footofa_fly,15 Formalinforflies,67 Fumigatingflies,67 Fungus which^killsflies,39

GARBAGEbox and _privy to dining-room, 16

Garbagecans,61 Gatheringupmicrobes, ¹² HABITSofbiting stablefly,81

Happy home^andthe reverse, 18 Hatching^offly'seggs, 7

Hewho_laughslastlaughsbest, 5 Housefliesincamp, 74 House_fly'segg-laying powers, 7

How

fliescarrytyphoid^fever,32

How

microbesare carried,4

How

the bitingflyinfectsitsvictims,

How

78 tomakeagoodflytrap,70 Husbandmanandthe_fly,17

ICHNEUMONflies,41 Ignoranceand_{crime, 3} Improving^thehuman_{race, 2}

Infant paralysis,76 Infectingmilkandtea,30 Infectingour_{food, 13} Infecting thebaby, 17 Insanitaryman,47

JAPANESEsurgeonsⁱⁿwartime, 29 KILLINGour_friends,38

Knowledge brings many responsi-bilities,52

Knowledge^ispower,51 LIFE_{cycle offly,7} Lizardsandflies,41

MAN

_stumblingblindlyalong, 17

Man ventures whereangels fear to tread,35

Microbes,i

Microbe'schief_ally,4

Microbes pass throughflyunchanged, 20

Misfortunetothe State,85 Mistaken causesoftyphoidfever, 31 Moralresponsibility,25

Municipalities'shortcomings, 56

NAGANAorTse-tse_flydisease,27 Natural checkstolife,38

Natureeliminateswhatisnotused, 6 Nature'ssanitary service,45 Necessity^forteaching^childrenabout

flies,39

Notruceinwaron_flies,47

OUR_dutyto others,3 PARASITESofflies,40 Parents'responsibility, 2

Practicalknowledgedistasteful, 5 Prematuredeathcan be avoided, 85 Progeny^ofasinglefly,9,65 Privybuckets, 61

Pureairandhealth,66 Pyrethrumpowder,67,68 Secret oflong^life,19 Seeking knowledge, 25 Seething masses^ofmicrobes,13 Sinsofthe parents, 2

Sleeping^sickness,27

South AfricanWarandflies,75 Sowing^microbesallover the

neigh-bourhood,34

Spanish-AmericanWarandflies,74 Spidersandflies,40

Spreadingdiseases,23 Stablesand manure, ⁶¹

State Board of Health of Florida, 52

State Board'srules,53

Statistics of fly-borne diseases,73 Stimulating^thehumanbrain,6 Storekeepersandflies,50

Storekeepersandmoralresponsibility, Si

Structure of a_fly,

n

TANGLEFOOT,68

Teaching^NaturalHistory,86 Teachingthe children, 10

Towngarbage, 59 Trackofa_flyoverfood, 13 Tracks of aflyon_gelatine,15 Treatingtownrubbish, 56 Typhoid and^thefly,13

VARIOUSinsectenemiestoflies,40 Violating^thelaws ofGod,18 Vomiting^microbeson_food,24

WHY

fliesshouldbekilledinSpring, 10

Wilfully closing his eyes ^todanger,

Woman

17 and_fashions,39

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