Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-03
TYPHOID FEWER.

Typhoid fever II reported from many
places Of the United States Numerous
cases have occurred IN New York on
the east coast md iu California on the
west, and from several Inland towns
come stories OF the rayages OF that
sickness. Neither the mountain region
nor the plain Is exempted. Every fall
that disease seems to gather ncw
strength. and this season is no exoep-
ton 10 the rule II may be that the
summer heat has weakened the human
system and rendered many persons I'M
oble 10 resist the attack Of tho germs;
or. Il may be thnt the microbes are par
tlcularly numerous and strong 90 ms
lime Of the year owing to the decaying
vegetable matter that too often Is neg
lectcd and left around yards and alloys
TO give nourlshment to disease germs
and nll the ar with noxious gases AZ
All events. the fall seems to be the time
for typhoid fever.
The source of that disease rs general
81 presumed to be impure water used
for drinking purposes Infected milk Is
another source OF danger II has also
been proved that flies sometimes bear
the germs from filthy places and de-
posit them on food and thus spread
the disease. By the careless use OF
drinking vessels spoons, knives FORKS,
etc, that have been used by typhoid
fever patients. It Is also thought the
Infection can spread. But most OF the
notable typhoid epidemics have been
traced to impure drinking water Fill
tratlon has not always proved sufficient
It does not destroy the disease-breedihs
bacteria, although It clears the water
and makes It more agreeable po'h 10
the eye and the palate
by the so-called ozone treatment OF
the water II Is claimed that every as
ease germ Is killed The treatment con-
slsts in mixing with ozoniSed air the
water to be purified. Ozone Is chemi-
cally active oxygen. and is obtained In
this process by submitting air 10 the
action OF electricity Prof. Tyndall II Is
said once prophesied that science would
make It possible to convert sewage INTO
nure water This we are told has be-
come literally true, by the ozone treat
ncnt Of water,
This method has been investigated IN
behalf OF the German government by
Dr. ohlmuller and Dr. Pratt They ex-
No rlmented with water infected WIN
the baclni OF typhus and cholera
Twenty-four tcsts we're made and In
ali "a sterile results were obtained Not
entirely satisfied yet they mixed m
focted water with ordinary Spree water
tot. Before the ozonlzation the total
was 1880 to 45,iOi germs per centime-
ter. after the ozonzatlon : and g. the
same tests we're made on larger scale
in their report to the government they
stated, in part;
aRv The treatment Of water with
ozone a remarkable destruction OF bac.
,crla h produced, and In this regard
ozonizatlon Is In general superior 70
separation OF bacteria By sand ultra
ton. az, a..
THE cholera and typhus baolnl are
deetroypd
Viewed from chemical point OF
view the water Ia affected only lnso-
far that the oxldabillty Is reduced ana
free oxygen Increased, both or when
mean an Improvement OF the water
''rhe ozone which Is introduced IN the
water Is Of no Importance from teen
nlcal or health affecting considerations
as n readily changes into oxygen
"rhe treatment of II improves the
water by making Il oolorless'
In view OF the fact that not year
now passes In which many thousand
persons do not die on account OF
polluted drinking water the claims
made for this process Of publication
should not be Ignored by municipal au'
thorities.
In the meantime. the public can dc
much toward keeping death from US
doors. by cleaning up yards, dlslnfect-
lne filthy places, and proper drainage
The expensea involved by thorough
cleaning OF yards and alleys may be
saved many times by the immunity II
may give for disease II IS at all
events a great deal cheaper to prevent
disease than to cure It, even II II Is
| not fatal