The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-27
bEarn ~ 1HE MIX PITCHER.
How Typhoid Fever wns Propagnted By
Croydon Dmirymsn-A New Dnuaer.


Thcncccssity fora periodical and thorough
inspection VI dairy farms and Diaries has Just
been forcibly illustrated at CROYDON. For con-
siderable time. until inits recently. the town
has been free from typhoid foyer; Int in August
a number " cases occurred. chiefly In the cnst-
crn Division nt thr district The medical OIL
cor 81 health hriuv insructod 81 investigate tue
cau,, of this uHlhrcuh. has Iu.t presented 10
Tia" 10 al Ipurd q report rn the Subl"f. ~
which h. states lhut carly IN the inquiry he
i"uul that ~" ,i'r~ occurred ~ house. SUI
plipd with milk hv on" nr other OF two dnirlos.
ami iuitu"F inquiry showed That these two
dniri"s Ncrc workrd together ~ one.
Tntin. 100 the tWpuiV- eases ~ fever
which lind occurred. lac found that twruty-fnur
h,d milN from This special supply. while the
or"r nyc rp-'- lgd milk from ilye o diir,i
supply the medical officer considered WAS lar
too great to- BE- q uLttrr Of chance, and pointed
conrlus!vcly. IN his opinion. To mix as ING MS
trhuior ~ tho disease. As milk ny itself has
nevrr been shown To- be- capable 81 producing
cnioric fever. hut IN several well known in-
stances impure water distributed with The inilk
has produced severe cpidcmics ot ent,ric To-
ver. It Is reasonable To- suppose thnt IN tlis n
the milk ethrr 10y design or accident ana 80
Inv" raU-ad the outbreak.
There Is not any actual evidence OF me az
Gitiuu ~ water in the present instance. NJ
though IN cnch ~ til" farms on which the cows
we're lriNing nt the time II ,sour,"oi extremely
impure water MIS accessible. unu " not Adunt
actually to the milk. may have been used Tor
rnsing the milking pals, Their" II no longer
any danger from TINS mix Inc COWS are now
ON uue farm. and the source Of impUrD winter
hn. been closed hy tho advice oi the medical
+ officer. To prevent any spread ot the epidemic
the sewers and drains have been daily flushed
with di,iniprlan;s. and up To- thu present limo
no fresh rascs have been heard Of such Us
woUld indicate any further extension of the
disease.
This limited outbreak. which has been so
quickly traced tu It's origin. IL, however cN-
/ c'rdingy instructive. aud II H. thought that II
serves To- explain IN some inrnhure. similar
+ outbreak which occurred at Croydon IN 1870;
Lat which. until now. has been unaccOunted
for. The Bonrd of Health, II is said las
power uudrrrNisting art- OF Parliament 10 in
sl".t cow sheds hut not lniries
Dr. A. Carp inter stated to the Croydon Bohr,i
/ ~ Health that hr has known 81 II case in which
] fever nf the typhod kind was distributed In
/ Consequence If the dairy in which the milk was
+ hrli heing In communication with the sewers
~ the district AMI Il unfortunately happcnnd
That ia" communication wns not trapped. Tie
mix was Kept in III" dairy and In the basement.
/ and she trap being ournrd and certain arrange
mput- carried un with carhoiic acid, mnny OF
the customers ot that lnllkman returned the
I mill, because IL smell II TAR That told him NJ
once the communication between the sewer and
F the dairy wis ouon. and thut the iOul air was
b finding it, way into the dairy and becoming
/ absorbed by the mix. thnn which nothing III
/ Iaiure is - caiHhl" ul absorbing sewer gnses
That dairy was the means ~ distributing
/ UPHOLD germs. and yet the dniryman was inno'
/ cent Of mixing foul water with his milk.