40 N'1-;\V YORK STATE MUSliUM 



i()o8 The House Fly. Cur. Med. Lit. 50:1656 



Summary of Newstcad's report. Flies breed in horse manure, a mixture of this with cow 

 dunK. fermenting hops, ash pits containinR fcrmcntinK veKctablc matter and all temporary 

 collections of fermenting matter. They feed on most decaying vegetable matter, manure 

 and particularly human, rotten flock beds, straw mattresses, obi cotton garments and sacks 

 and waste pai>cr, bread, fruits and vegetables and excreta of animals generally. 



1908 Robertson, Alexander. Flies as Carriers of Contagion in Yaws 

 (Frainbocsia tropica). Trop. Med. & Hyg. Jour. 11:213 



Experiments show that flies may carry the virus of yaws. 



FQoB Smith, Theobald. The House Fly as an Agent in the Dissemi- 

 nation of Infectious Diseases. Amer. Jour, of Public Hygiene, August, 

 p. 312-17 



Summary discussion. 



1908 Theiss, Mary B. & Louis E. An Advance Agent of Death. 

 Good Housekeeping, May 



1908 Wilcox, E. V. Fighting the House Fly. Country Life in 

 America, May 



Discussion of repressive measures. 



1908 House Flies. Florida Health Notes, May 



Brief general notice. 



1909 Davis, Dora. Hops and Flies. The Christian Advocate, June 

 17, 1909, 84:954 



Immunity from flies is believed to have been secured by shading porch and open win- 

 dows with hop vines. 



1909 Felt, E. P. The Economic Status of the House Fly. Econ. 

 Ent. Jour. 2 :39~44 



A general discussion of the fly as a disease carrier. 



IQ09 Control of Household Insects. N. Y. State Mus. 



Bui. 129, p. 7-1 1 



A summarized account. 



1909 Griffith, A. The Life History of House Flies. Public Health, 

 21:122-27 



Biologic studies and observations on the house fly. 



1909 Howard. L. O. Economic Loss to the People of the United 

 States through In.sects that Carry Disease. U. S. Dcp't. Agric. Bur. 

 Ent. Bui. 78:23-36 



A general summary of the losses caused by disease-carrying insects. 



1909 Metcalf, Z. P. The House Fly. N. C. Dep't Agric. Ent. Cir. 

 25. p. 1-8 



A summary account with special reference to control measures. 



1909 Smith, Theobald. The House Fly as an Agent in the Dissemi- 

 nation of Infectious Diseases. Amer. Health Mag. May, 2:38-39 



i()09 The House Fly at the Bar. Merchants Ass'n, New York, 



p. 1-48 



A resumfe of the evidence against the house fly, consisting of letters from health officers 

 and others interested in sanitation, and with short articles or excerpts from publications 

 by Dr D. D. Jackson, Dr L. O. Howard, Dr Alice Hamilton, Dr J. B. Huber, Prof. W. L. 

 Underwood and others. There is also a brief bibliography. 



