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Hutchinson, Woods. How Doth the Little Busy Fly. The many dangers that 

 lie in the prevalence of this common little pest and how they may be evaded. Coun- 

 try Life, 20: Aug. 15, 1911. pp. 31-3.3. Dangers of this pest and methods of control. 



Ledingham, J. C. G. On the Survival of Specific Micro-organisms in Pupae and 

 Imagines of Musca domestica raised from experimentally infected larvse. Experi- 

 ments with B. typhosus. Jour. Hyg. XI: 3, Oct. 1911. The typhoid bacillus was 

 found in larvse and pupae but not in adults. 



Lumsden, L. L. and Anderson, J. F. The Origin and Prevalence of Typhoid 

 Fever in the District of Columbia (1909-1910). Pub. Health & Mar. Hospt. Ser. 

 Hyg. Labor. Bull. 78, Oct. 1911. Re\aews the part flies played in the dis.semination 

 of this disease in these years. "Taken altogether, the evidence seems quite strong 

 that flies, though not playing the major part, still do a considerable part in the spread 

 of typhoid infection in Washington." 



NicoU, W. On the Part Played by Flies in the Dispersal of the Eggs of Parasitic 

 Worms. In Repts. to Local Govt. Bd. on Pub. Health & Med. Sub., New Series 53, 

 1911. . Shows that the ova of some of these worms may sometimes be swallowed. 



Nicoll, W. On the Varieties of Bacillus coli Associated with the Housefly {Musca 

 domestica). Jour. Hyg. XI: 3, Oct. 1911. May carry at least 27 varieties of B. 

 coli. These appear to be derived about equally from excremental and from other 

 sources. 



Parkes, L. C. The Common Housefly. Jour. Roy. San. Inst. May, 1911. 

 (From Repts. of the Local Govt. Board). Anatomy of alimentary canal, mode of 

 feeding, infection experiments, etc. Enteric fever, cholera, dysentery and oph- 

 thalmia doubtless transmitted by flies and some evidence that summer diarrhoea 

 also transmitted by them. 



Ranson, B. H. The Life-history of a Parasitic Nematode, Habronema musca. 

 Science U. S. XXXIV No. 881 Nov. 17, 1911. Life history of this parasite, the young 

 stages of which are found in the housefly, the adult in the horse. Suggests that 

 this may help to determine the proportion of houseflies that breed in horse manure 



Sandwith, F. M. Danger of Housefly. Clinical Jour. XXXIX: 4. Nov. 1, 1911. 



Smith, R. I. How to Suppress Houseflies. Press Bull. 23 N. C. Ex. Sta. June, 

 1911. Recommends one tablespoonful of formalin in a half pint of equal parts of 

 milk and water. This to be exposed in plates, better with a piece of bread in the 

 middle. 



Smith, R. I. Formalin for Poisoning Houseflies Proves very Attractive When 

 Used with Sweet Milk. Jour. Eco. Ento. Oct. 1911. Much the same data as in 

 Press Bull. 23 of N. C. Exp. Sta. 



Stiles, C. W. and Miller, H, M. The Abihty of Fly Larvae to Crawl through 

 Sand. Public Health Reports Aug. 25, 1911. Further experiments to show that 

 flies may issue when the larvae have been buried under 48 and 72 inches of sterilized 

 sand. 



Wallman, E. Contribution a la connaissance du role des microbes dans les 

 voies digestives. Ann. Inst. Pasteur XXIV: 1 Jan. 1911. pp. 1-96. Experiments 

 with flies reared in aseptic conditions. 



Washburn, F. L. The typhoid fly on the Minnesota Iron Range. Pop. Sci. Mo. 

 Aug. 1911, p. 137. Describes conditions in this localit}'. 



The domestic flies. Ed. in Brit. Med. Jour. Aug. 26, 1911, p. 449. Refers to dangers 

 of this pest and to methods of control. 



Literature on Flies. Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. June 24, 1911, p. 1900. Gives a 

 list of various state boards of health that have published on this subject and a list 

 of books and articles that may be consulted. 



