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1908 The House Fly. Cur. Med. Lit. 50:1656 
Summary of Newstead’s report. Flies breed in horse manure, a mixture of this with cow 
dung, fermenting hops, ash pits containing fermenting vegetable matter and all temporary 
collections of fermenting matter. They feed on most decaying vegetable matter, manure 
and particularly human, rotten flock beds, straw mattresses, old cotton garments and sacks 
and waste paper, bread, fruits and vegetables and excreta of animals generally. 
1908 Robertson, Alexander. Flies as Carriers of Contagion in Yaws 
(Framboesia tropica). Trop. Med. & Hyg. Jour. 11:213 
Experiments show tkat flies may carry the virus of yaws. 
1908 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. 
t909 ——————. Control. of Household Insects. N. Y. State Mus. 
Bul! 120; p. 7-1 
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. 
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1909 Howard, L. O. Economic Loss to the People of the United 
States through Insects that Carry Disease. U. S. Dep’t. Agric. Bur. 
Ent. Bul. 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. 
Zas\, [D5 less 
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, 2:38-390 
1909 —————-. The House Fly at the Bar. Merchants Ass’n, New York, 
p. 1-48 
A resumé 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. 
