The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

THE HEALTH BULLETi:^. 273Hogs in TownsFoul, fly-breeding hog pens withincorporate limits of cities and townsare getting out of date. The folkssimply will not stand for them anylonger, and they are right. They arenot going to stand for flies bred inhorse stables much longer, and when itcomes to pig-sty flies, why we simplydraw the line at that. It will net belong before every North Carolina townthat is on the map at all will not onlyhave no hog pens at all, but it willhave some other strict anti-fly rulesand regulations.The Clayton News hits the nail rightsquare on the head when it takes thefollowing stand:"Now that spring has opened andwarm weather is soon to appear, wouldit not be well to investigate the old'hog pen question' in Clayton? Canwe afford, for the value of a few fatpigs next fall, to risk chances on havingone case of typhoid fever in ourotherwise healthy town? We thinknot. And, besides, ground is too valuableto be used for raising hogs. Let'sleave that for our farmer friends, whohave plenty of room and are bettersituated for this kind of business.The cost of one case of typhoid fever inmoney would amount to far more thanthe profit on all the hogs that will befattened in Clayton this year. Let'snot have them this year. They arenot worth the trouble and worry."Clayton News.Of course, we do not mean that hogpens cause typhoid fever directly, butwe do mean that they breed vile odorsand flies, and the latter carry notonly typhoid from the sick to the well,but also diarrheal diseases (summercomplaint) among babies, and manyother diseases.You would not think ofhaving tinybits of manure and worse filth lyingaround in your house and on yourtable, yet you have flies, and thinkwhere they come from and what maybe on their feet.Two Meetings that May InterestYouMany of our readers will be interestedin the two meetings to be held inMemphis, Tenn., from May 6th to 15th.The Southern Sociological Congressmeets from May 6th to 10th, while theNational Conference of Charities andCorrections will hold their meetingfrom May 8th to 15th. These twogreat meetings of social workers havepurposely been arranged to overlap.Different phases of social work willbe taken up by the different sessionsduring the three days in which thetwo organizations are meeting at thesame time, so that little or no conflictor confusion will result to those interestedin different lines of socialwork.These two organizations, nationaland sectional in character, cover in abroader way what our own State Conferencefor Social Service covers inNorth Carolina. Some of the mattersdiscussed will be public health, childwelfare, defectives, community development,public charities, prison reform,and other similar questions.For full information and programs,those interested should write to TheNational Conference of Charities andCorrections, 315 Plymouth Court, Chicago,111., and to The Southern SociologicalCongress, Nashville, Tenn.Cough and sneeze on the Q. T. Getbehind a handkerchief when you doit. The other fellow doesn't want yourgerms coughed out and sneezed athim, any more than you want his.Now, let us keep the city clean.Let's keep the swatter nigh,Be ever alert for filth and dirt.And swat the nasty fly.•