16 HOUSE FLIES. 
keep any manure or permit any manure to be kept in or upon any por- 
tion of the premises other than the bin or pit described, nor shall he 
allow any such bin or pit to be overfilled or needlessly uncovered. 
Horse manure may be kept tightly rammed into well-covered barrels 
for the purpose of removal in such barrels. Every person keeping 
manure in any of the more densely populated parts of the District 
shall cause all such manure to be removed from the premises at least 
twice every week between June 1 and October 31, and at least once 
every week between November 1 and May 31 of the following year. 
No person shall remove or transport any manure over any public 
highway in any of the more densely. populated parts of the District 
except in a tight vehicle which, if not inclosed, must be effectually 
covered with canvas, so as to prevent the manure from being dropped. 
No person shall deposit manure removed from the bins or pits within 
any of the more densely populated parts of the District without a per- 
mit from the health officer. Any person violating any of the pro- 
visions shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not 
more than $40 for each offense. 
As with all such measures, the test comes with the enforcement, and 
these regulations have not been well enforced, owing to the extremely 
small corps of inspectors allowed to the Health Department, and to 
other more pressing work. They can be made effective, however, 
and it is earnestly hoped that not only Washington but other com- 
munities as well will very soon be brought to a realization of the ease 
of house-fly eradication and its very great desirability. 
The insect we now call the ‘“‘house fly’’ should in the future be termed 
the ‘‘ typhoid fly,’’ in order to call direct attention to the danger of allow- 
ing it to continue to breed unchecked.—L. O. Howard. 
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