FEWER FLIES

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3495, 3 November 1926, Page 4

FEWER FLIES

DUE TO PASSING OF THE HORSE. There has been fewer flies, wasps, and mosquitoes in Great Britain thuj summer. As a result of local campaigns, under the supervision of medical officers, the breeding-grounds of tnc mosquito have been greatly restricted. Stagnant pools have been filled in, superflous rubbish dumps cleared away, and essential dumps consistently sprayed. Dr. Bell, the secretary of the New Health Society, said to a Daily Mail reporter that the gradual decrease 'll tho number of flies has had an enormous effect in reducing the infant mortality rate (which since’ 19(10 has fallen from 154 to S2 per thousand!. "The suppression of the fly,” ho added, “is due to tho passing of the horse from the streets and the increase in the number of motor vehicles. Horses, stables, and manureheaps were the chief breeding grounds of the flies. The petrol an-1 oil fumes from motor vehicles arc nauseous to the fly.”