The principles of health control . er of the homeshould be willing to do his part in securing and maintaining them. Fly Fighting. — Every home .should contain one or more welltrained fly fighters as well as the necessary weapons — fly swat-ters, outdoor fly traps, etc.— for exterminating these danger-ous pests. Pupils in manual training departments, and othersunderstanding the use of tools, may make their own traps (Fig. 86). 39° PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CONTROL Box traps for stable windows are said to catch flies literally by thebushel, and with no trouble and at trifling expense make it possible
The principles of health control . er of the homeshould be willing to do his part in securing and maintaining them. Fly Fighting. — Every home .should contain one or more welltrained fly fighters as well as the necessary weapons — fly swat-ters, outdoor fly traps, etc.— for exterminating these danger-ous pests. Pupils in manual training departments, and othersunderstanding the use of tools, may make their own traps (Fig. 86). 39° PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CONTROL Box traps for stable windows are said to catch flies literally by thebushel, and with no trouble and at trifling expense make it possiblecompletely to rid dairies and farm yards of flies by halting thebreeders before they begin to lay. 1 Mosquito Destruction. — In the absence of winds, mosquitoeshave been found to migrate but short distances from their breedingplaces. Hence if mosquitoes appear about the house, it is quiteprobable that they are hatching out in the rain barrel, the cistern,the privy vault, some small receptacle, or a watering trough, on the. Fig. 86. — Results from a Fly Crusade in a western city. Note thedifferent kinds of fly traps constructed by the children under thedirection of the manual training teacher. immediate premises. The appearance of mosquitoes should bethe signal for a diligent search for the breeding place. Whenfound, this should be treated as explained in the text. The Problem of the Sanitary Privy. — Sanitary privies arenecessary in all places where toilet connections are not made withthe public sewer. Of the different types that have been proposed,the two following have most to recommend them from the stand-point of convenience, economy, and safety: Type i. For destroying germs by disinfectants. —A single privy seat 1 Prof. C. F. Hodge, Learning Disease Prevention in School, Vol. iii. ofTransactions of Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene. CONTROL THROUGH ENVIRONMENT 391 is built with sufficient room beneath for a water-tight receptacle, suchas a galv
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