BRITISH FLEAS.
46 DISTINCT BPECIES. FIVE TRANSMITTERS OF PLAGUE. (Times Air Mail Service.) LONDON, June 23. There are 46 distinct speoles of British fleas, and at least five of them oan transmit plague. That is the depressing announcement of the Natural History Museum authorities, says the News-Chronicle. Moreover, fleas are suspeoted of having to do with both typhus and scarlet fever, and they can act as host - to the tapeworm In one stage of its development. It Is fortunate, therefore, that you can get for fourpence a pamphlet on how to deal with the pest. It is true, of course, that there have been no oases of plague in England for a long time, but last year 100 plague ships entered the port of Manchester alone. Nothing but constant supervisions keeps us safe. Not a rat is allowed to go on shore leave. And since accidents will happen, the fewer fleas we have to greet, escaped plague rats the better for all of us. The trouble with a flea is that It i stands up to starvation remarkably well. 'Jt can live without a single meal for four months and on siege rations for 18. It remains comfortably dormant in its cocoon stage for months until a vibration suggests to It that a suitable host may be in the neighbourhood. Doctors regret that although the bed bug is receiving great attention people do not seem alive to the danger of the flea.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20254, 24 July 1937, Page 11
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242BRITISH FLEAS. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20254, 24 July 1937, Page 11
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