THE "FRIGHTFUL' FLY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 223, 18 September 1915, Page 17

THE "FRIGHTFUL' FLY.

iI.'III. DEADLY THAN THE 11 INS. The National League for Physical Education and luipr-.rf_u.ut held 11 meeting at the Mansion House last July io Inaugurate ia ,'uiupalgn tv pr.v«ut ihe spread ol epl.lciui.'s l.y Insects 111 war time." Bishop ] llov.l Carpenter presided lv the .bseiii-e :oi Sir l-'rislerb-k Treves, who wrote: — | I an, sorry 1 cannot atteud ihe r_eeti_„. More than a uiuutli ago—Just before I left for Mudros— I acquired, through llles I expect, a eouipluliit lv Alexandria which | has i_.it gradually worse, until now 1 am ! laid up hi b.-l and unable to do anything. | Had I been ab.e lo atleuil the lucctlug I I -lioiild have llk-l to have laid siress upon ■ Hie gravity and importance of the sub- ! J.-, t. In South Africa during the war there were more casualties due tv flies than tv bullets. In l-'runee the presence of so many unhuriol dead makes the fly ipies- ! tion a very serious one. In Alexandria, ! ..wing to the va*t iiiiinl.er of cavalry burse! lines near Hie town the trouble of the files I il- becoming really distressing. It only. wanted a definite source ~f Infection to be J lniro.lnee.l for an epidemic to run rampant.' A fly should be looked upon as nothing Unit' a s],reader of disease. When once the j people realise what the fly can ,1... and does do. tiie remedy Is easy. Here Is a work within the compass of the burnt,lest. I a really great work. Kly-Horno disease I should cease to exist. Its very existence is I a discredit to the iiiteJllgeuce of the people." Dr. Sambon. the eminent authority on tropical diseases, sketched the history of former wars In relation to epidemics, anil s-bowe.l how tcrrtl.le the effect of the diseases co,fid be upon armies. lie told of the terrors of elephantiasis an.l hookworm _M.sea.se In the tropics, and said we had neglected to deal with these preventable diseases" as we should have done. America had led ihe .ray. This was a misfortune, since our scientific workers were the finest in the world. We must | deal with flies a_ (.orgas deal with the mos.piltn. The recent outbreak of typhus In Serbia killed more men than ,11,1 the Austrlaus. It was typhus which destroyed ihe French Amy In t |,e retreat from Moscow. Yet api Icatlon of scientific knowledge In the shape of a vvarfirc on the lice stamped out the disease. Professor I.efroy. who .lea.t chioflv will, the housed... said .bat the exhibition which had l.een n_-rangpd at the Zoological Hardens would show that everyone eoiil_ do something to help stamp out the pest. The housefly carried summer diarrhoea f roln •hlhl ;,. child, and thus kl.led from o.nuo to i.-.000 children under one vcur old nnnu.ill.v. It also carried "typhoid ,„,, "h" era. -- Thl . Is going „. ; , 0 a n .v year." said Pr. I.efmy. and ...bled that his work hud sh..w-„ hlu, that we must expect a huge number of the Insects. He protested that the open manure hear. _.-,_ . .......„r, map was .. danger ami .. scandal. „„,l slloulll bp pmh|w fl We must educate people. we must , j on cleanliness. especlaHy , n tllp „ wetnus. exercise measures of f]y control