, 1873-09-14

How much haR milk to do with typhoid fevor7
In England this question ig growing to DO d
serious one, aud is now being discussed with
great aoriousness by tho English physicians. At
Marylobono, BrighouBo, Southowram, and other
distriotH, typhoid fovor has boon raging with
great violence, and has become epidemic. In
one Of tho London districts there arc 600 casos
voro mortality. In searching for tho causo Of
this sudden outbreak Of this disease, the physi~
cians at once, aud without any difficulty, traced
1t to the milk supply, and Immediately COM
mencod systematic visitation and inspection Of
tho dairy farms. DR.. Whitmore, Of Marylobonc,
who waa engagedin tho inspection, reported thatho
found tho santary condition OF these dairiog to DO
Of tho worst possible kind, and that ho wassatsfio
tho contamination Of the milk waa due to tho
wator-supply on these farms, aud to tho triaing
quantity loft after rinsing tho cans. Dr.. Mur-
Gibson aud others have testified to tho ann,e Ct
feet, and thoir reports have brought to light
many other caBes of similar character in Eng
land and scotland. At one farm. DR.. Murchison
found COW drinking from cosspool, formed
by q drain running through Eold in which Was
largo manure-hoap. Upon further investiga-
tion, It WAS found that thoro waa typhoid feyor
in every family Which was supplied with milk
from this dairy. Tho Board Of Hoalth at onco
forbade any furthor supply OF milk from theso
infected farms, and the epidemic commenced to
abato, ehowing worry conclusiyo]y what had
caused it. Tho facts which have been brought
out by the Engliah Investigation aro worry perti-
mont as concerning our own milk supply. We
arc informed that tllere arc at present humorous
cases Of typhoid fovor in Will County, in tlis
Btato, md it is probably truo Of other counties,
and that almoBt every ailmons Ia attended with
typhoid symptoms. Eyen q slight cold Of
fatigue brings on these symptoms almost imme.
diatoly, In Wow of the facts developed in Eug-
land, tlere ARC grounds for possibility, at
loast that tho milk supply may haye
something to do with this typhodal infec.
tlon, aud it ts by no moans impossible that it
may bo' accountable to cortain extent for tho
oholoralo oscourgo--whateyor 1t may bc-vhicl iH
raging with auoh violence In tue rural districts
Of tho West and South. Our sourcos OF water.
supply for dairy uso aro no better than those oi
England, and adulteratlon of mik with water Ia
carried on moro extensively hcro than in Eng
land from tho fact that It Ia not liable to inHpec.
tion, as 1t Ia In TINT country.
The character OF tho milk-aupply az afseoting
the general health is attracting very gon-
eral interest In Now York; aud in Dos.
ton actiyo measures have beon taken tc
supply the city with pure milk. The means
which hpvo boon adopted aro worthy Of consid.
eratton in Chicago aud III other largo cities from
. sanitary point OF view. ii from no othor. +,
1871, society was organized III Boston devoted
to oyory reform pertaining to household econ
omy aud social science. After many conferences
OF tho ladies' and gentlemen who took an interest
in tho mqvomeut, It WAS determined that shs
movement at first should bo concentrated IN tht
pingls Tosk Of controlling tho deli7osy of pure