DR HAM ON THE SUMMER FLY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 535, 22 January 1913, Page 3

DR HAM ON THE SUMMER FLY.

A STRIKING ARTICLE IN "EVERYLADY'S JOURNAL." Dr Burnett Ham, chairman of the Board of Health in Victoria, writes a fine practical article in January's "Everylady's Journal" the beac.of magazines for Australasian Women—on "The Pests of the Household." Dr Ham has some strong things to say about the summer fly, from which we quote.: — "Kill all flies. Take thought and pains to exterminate them. Deceptive beyond belief is the innocent appearances uf these peats. We imprison the man who commits petty larceny, and allow the murderer, with his secret hidden weapons, the run of our homes. Science, piercing to facts, discerns the fly as the greatest menace in our midst. Attention to its peculiarities gives startling results. The fly is veritably weighted with death-dealing forces, not less real because invisible to the naked eye. It entefs your house from its sbirthDlace wittj germs. It Inoves easily, with horrible intimacy, over food, crockery, and table linen. Nothing is exempt from its attention Its touch corrupts.'' It taints and renders, the daintiest morsel unfit for human consumption. On the most savoury dish, prepared, perhaps; for someinvalid. it may have bacilli of dread disease. To the fly may be fevers, cholera, tuberculo3is and illnesses innumerable." This is only one of many timely articles on wise and economical living that appear in "Everylady's Journal" for January—each on specially written to fit the needs and tastes of Australian and New Zealand housewives.