Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-03-25


50 long rs they persist ia the throat. aui
prisons having such germs ia tnr.r'
threats NAV ouvrv ths disease To Other
persons al anv time.
On this acroant PHYSICIANS are urged
to see that culturrS from diphtheria cases
(and thnsc who have heeu incommun;ca-
ton with them are sent Ia Prot I. "a.
Linslev. the director ofthe hacterioloni-
cal laboratory ct this board every SCI
ond or third day. after eouv1leScencr H.
established until the bacterial eNJmina-
tion show the absence o dipht heria bacilii
from the throat. Quarantine IN cases OF
this kind cannot be raised until bac-
from the throat and nasal passages of the
patient shows the absence OF diphtheria
bacllii. Reports OF the examination oi
culture-tubcs will he made generally on
the morning after the receipt of he letter
at the laboratory.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Physicians are advised that IN typhoid
fever agglutinating substances in the
blood upon the presence OF which the
Vidal reaction is baScd are not usually
present in the blood before the fourth or
| fifth day of the disease In about 40 per
cent OF typhoid fever cases the reaction
appears from the fourth to the seventh
day; in about so per cent from the
| eighth to the fourteenth day. and in
| about 90 per cent during the third and
fourth weeks of the disease. On this ac.
count when a negative report of the eX-
animation of a specimen of the blood
from a suspected typhoid fever patient is
received from the laboratory, successive
specimens should be sent every two or
| three DAYS until the reaction is positive,
or until the negative report latter the
! third week. indicates that the disease is
not typhoid fever.
Through the medium of your local pa
pers and otherwise, you will please bring
the above instructions to the notice of all
physicians practicing within your iurs-
dicton.
This board regrets that for the present
its archaeological work must be con-
fined TO these two diseases.
There is no doubt that similar exami-
nations of other we'll known infectious
diseases, drinking water, etc, would be
of great benefit to the cause of public
health.
With its present means. however, the
board does not feel warranted in under
taking more. 1t is hoped, however, that
the advantages OF this work will be sui
ticently apparent so that in the neal
future the same methods for securing &C
curate examinations may be extended.
We take this occasion also to call YOU
attention TO the Importance of maxim;
an early and careful sanitary inspectio,
: of your town or village. The necessit,
, for renewed watchtulness in detecting an,
removing all unsightly and unhealth
| COHUllltuS ICCuIS with CdCI SEASON..
= Examine your streets, alleys and hous
} surroundings; extend your denomination
p to livery stables, slaughter houses, da
ries producing common milk supplies
sources OF water supplies, and all tn
i conditions which affect the lives an
n health OF the people.
= Our State is making an effort to secur
i the recognition it deserves as summe
-. resort.
You, as health officer, can do much t
' add to the success of this movement, a
;, far as your town or city sconcerned.
h Be vigilant aud impartial. Do you
!, work thoroughly ana intelligently. W
are confident public sentiment eyerywher
), demands it, and will support you.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
t J.. H. HAMILTON, NJ. D.. Secretary,
Richford, Vt, March 49, 1898.