Photographs from the Community Service Society Records, 1900-1920

Health and Hygiene > Flies and Diarrheal Disease

In 1915 AICP carried out a study of the relation between flies and diarrheal disease among infants.  Their conclusions, which in addition to establishing a very direct correlation between flies and diarrheal disease, also established a relationship between the factors of dirt and artificial feeding and diarrheal disease.

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