The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-08-16
Prevention Of Cholera.
circular Issued by the Wisconsin
State Board of HEALTH July
3fsf, A. ID, 1851.
To Local Boards of Health, Health officers and

To Local Boards of Health, Health officers and
the Public:
It's beyond ques ion that Cholera of genuine
Aslatlc type exists in several places the West
ern shore OF Europe, and, in the opinion of those
best Informed concerning il, there Is great danger
that Will spread from these centres of Infection
ana, following the course OF previous Cholera eIJ-
ldenlcs VIII reach this country within the next
few months, while there Is possibility of its do
ing 50 at any time.
Very recent experience has given Us proof that
disease may develop itself in inland towns in
Wisconsin, III persons Who bring with them the
germs OF sickness OF which there were no recoc-
MED manifestations during the brief time need
eI Tor transmit from the SCabOaTd. Small Pox
was thus lately conveyed in one instance in the
bedding OF Immigrants, III another III their per
sons and there Is no reason why Cholera may not
be brought To us in the same way. Thus il will
be seen that there is no place in the State that
can be reconed safe from the visitation of Cholera
Wnlie places on lines OF railroad travel are especi
ally exposed.
In view Of these facts the state Board of Health
desires 10 urge upon all local boards coIruuni-
ties and individuals the duty ofmakiug such pre-
paration viii enable them in the first instance
10 resist the approaches OF cholera, ana in the
second, TO prevent ii from gaining Il foothold
should 1t unfortunately be brought TO them in
the ways suggested To be iDreWaruel in this
matter ShOuiu be lurearned also
The worst and most violent outbreaks ofCholera
occur where sanitary conditions are bad: where
accommodations of filth and stagnaut pools OF water
are found; where the drinking water is polluted;
where ventilation is neglected. and where the
people are oyercrUwded. Ii is true that such con
QltlOuS always exist III many places, and il is not
here claimed that they produce Cholera Never
thcless II i not only certain that they furnish At
III soil for the receptian of the special cause of
the disease, but il is also Il well established fact
that the specific Cholera infection cannot find
Judgment Ia any great extent, or seriously iniure
any community III which the sanitary conditions
are such as do not invite its presence or favor its
development.
Koch's investigations show the presence of
minute baciili or microbes in the intestines
and intestinal discharges of patients suffering
from Cholera and that these microbes are capa-
bic of reproduction under favorable circlIn-
stances. Whether they be the cause Of Chol-
era or not, whether We can or cannot clearly de
fine the character OF the specific Cholera poison,
we do know its chosen habitations and can do
much to resist and prevent it. The means OF pre-
yeution remain substantially unchanged by
kOch'S discoveries, which indeed only emphasize
more strongly than ever the necessity for gcner-
al cleanliness, and for dryneSs of soil.
The state Board of Health therefore earnestly
NnrnS tla n.lLle Of Mi,nnnsin IL