30 HOUSEHOLD INSECTS 



maldehyde is not a virulent poison and little risk is run 

 in using it. 



Fly papers. — Tanglefoot fly papers should be in use 

 in a kitchen and in a dining-room too, if the latter has 

 flies in it. This fly paper can be had anywhere now, costs 

 little, and is very efficient. Xo fly should be allowed to 

 live a minute longer in any kitchen than is absolutely 

 necessary. Better, a great deal, that it should live in the 

 parlor. 



House-flies are very fond of gathering on a string or 

 strip of paper or cloth hanging from the ceiling. This 

 habit is noticeable in any room where flies are abundant 

 and the strips are available. It may be taken advantage 

 of in a very effective manner, namely, by suspending 

 narrow strips of tanglefoot paper from the ceiling. The 

 flies will alight on these narrow strips when they will 

 not go near the sheets lying on a table or window sill. 

 It is amazing how easily and in what numbers they may be 

 caught by this simple device. 



Disposal of wastes. — Decaying fruits, vegetables, 

 scraps, and slops from the house ought always to be placed 

 in tightly covered cans or barrels or in closely screened 

 rooms until they can be removed and buried, burned, or 

 otherwise disposed of. Scrupulous care and cleanliness 

 should always be practiced around the house. 



The excretions of patients suffering from typhoid fever, 

 diarrhea, dysentery, and other intestinal diseases should 

 be thoroughly sterilized by treating with a liberal quantity 

 of carbolic acid before being thrown into closets or sewers, 

 or should be burned. 



Special effort should always be made to exclude flies 

 from a sick room, particularly in the case of contagious 



