CHAPTER VI 



THE BEGINNING OF THE ANTI-FLY CAMPAIGN 



THE best organisation to conduct an anti-fly campaign 

 is the local sanitary authority, and the best individual 

 is the medical officer of health. But it can be started 

 and organised by any influential person interested in 

 the welfare of his fellows. To any one who is con- 

 cerned in the problems of child-life and the common 

 good of the human race the fly question is one of 

 surpassing interest. It is the more important because 

 so much can be done, lives can be saved there can be 

 no better aim than this. 



But before the actual fly campaign can be started 

 some inquiries must be made. The damage the flies 

 do in any one locality must be found out if possible. 

 Much information can be obtained from the Annual 

 Reports of the Registrar- General, Somerset House, 

 London, which give the causes of death in England 

 and Wales. These state the infantile mortality, the 

 incidence of typhoid, the prevalence of tuberculosis in 

 the cities, towns, and in the country generally. 

 Similar Reports are published in Scotland and Ireland, 

 and in other civilised countries. From these Reports 

 the necessary information may be garnered. The local 

 medical officer of health knows still more about the 

 local conditions, and can always supply exact figures. 



The next step is to make inquiries about the chief 



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