New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-10-01
CAUSES OF TYPHOID FEVER.

reproduce the following data whicl
article is SO simply written it may b.
understood by anyone:
Typhoid fever is the filth disease
1t is caused by the water or milk you
drink or food You eat getting contain
mated with the discharges from the
person of a previous case of the dis
ease. 1t is claimed by many that this i.
the only way the disease is contracted
Water and milk are the two articles
most frequently contaminated with
typhoid infection. Other articles of
food, such as raw oysters. celery,
salad, and other raw vegetables, fire.
quently convey the infection.
The water and milk you drink, or
other articles of food you eat without
boiling or cooking, may be contain
mated with typhoid as follows By
infected water closets, sewer pipes. or
other surface water from MANFRED
fields polluting streams, wells, springs
or cisterns that are used for drinking
water.
Milk is frequently infected by wash
ing the milk cans and vessel with
polluted water. Also flies may convey
he infection to the milk, or filthy
hands may convey the poison from a
tphoid patient the dairvman to the
milk. Frequently typhoid fever out
breaks are traced directly to a single
dairy.
Raw vegetables NAV be infected by
washing IN impure water, or become
contaminated from the manure spread
upon the fields, or by flies crawling
over them after feasting on typhoid
disharge, Of which they are especially
fond, and often by filthy dust.
Precautionary Methods Against the
Disease Heat kills the typhoid poi
son, therefore if you suspect YOUR
drinking water to be impure, boil it
for twenty five or thirty minutes; or
if you think your milk or cream con.
sterilize it, if you are not
familiar with this process YOU can
sterilize milk as follows Set a pan
of cold water on the stove, and put the
vessel containing milk into this pan
just as soon as the water comes to a
boil take it Off This amounts to
what is called sterilizing'' or pas
the milk.
Dirty hands of person nursing a
typhoid patient may carry the poison.
Therefore wash your hands carefully
before handling any article of food or
rink. 1t would be better for the
Nurse not to prepare food for other
of the family.
Keep all articles of food absolutely
'ut of the sick room Wash thorough
y all vegetables and fruit Intended to
,e eaten raw
II your water is bad, boil and
IllOw it to cool before using. Keep
lies out Of the house as much as DOS.
ibte by screens and fly paper Cover =
IL articles of food SO that the flies
nay not have access to them This
$ very important, as flies very fire.
uently convey typhoid fever. I
If all the discharges of every exist
ng case of typhoid fever were instant g
y disinfected, probably the disease
TOuld be eradicated. Therefore, if
GU are so unfortunate as to have q
ase of typhoid fever in the family, o
isinfect every discharge as to pre- =
ent Others of the family from getting +
Disoned. "
Sulphate of copper blue stone) is tt
he of the best typhoid disinfectants-o
he pound (costing 10 cents dissolved =,
i two and one half gallons of water. q
eep pint Of this solution in the Il
'ssel for discharges from both bowels W
I'd the bladder. Stir thoroughly for
few minutes, let stand for fifteen -
inutes and the poison will be des- n
Dyed m
Don't allow any discharge either th
ON the bowels or the ladder to be re. al
ived or disposed Of except in this =,
amer. This disinfection should be nv
ntinued until the attending physi- eli
III iCCS ~ uIcCOuJluucu 80
Damp and unclean easements and
rds and unclean premises and sur =.
lndings weaken the health so that in
Dhoid fever is more rapidly con- pa
cited and is more severe. Therefore. tot
an up; get rid of refuse and filth. pr
ell up all drains and make sewer -.
INJECTIONS tight
Fresh burned lime will dry damp Pc
ements and yards; it should be used
ely in such places.
cleanliness is not only next to god
ess but it is the only safeguard
inst typhoid fever Cleanliness of GA.