FEWER FLIES.
DUE TO PASSING OF THE HORSE. There has been fewer flies, wasps, and mosquitoes in Great Britain this summer. . ’ As a-result of local compaigns, under the supervision of medical officials) the. breeding-grounds of; the mosquito have been 'greatly restricted. Stagnant .pools have been' tilled in, supcrlious rubbish dumps cleared away, and essential dumps consistory sprayed. Dr. Bell, the secretary of the New Health Society, said to a Daily Mail reporter that the gradual decrease in the number if flies has liad an enormous effect in reducing the infant mortality rate (which since 1900 has.fallen from 154 to 02 per thousand). , “The, suppression • «of the fly,” he added, “is due to the passing- of the horse from, the streets and the increase in the inmibeb of motor vehicles. Horses, stables, and manure heaps wore the chief breeding- grounds of the flies. The petrol and oil fumes from motor vehicles are nauseous to the fly!” ,
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Shannon News, 9 November 1926, Page 2
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155FEWER FLIES. Shannon News, 9 November 1926, Page 2
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