Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-25
rs Causes. and How to Avoid
Contamination "A Timely
Treatise BY
CITY PHYSICIAN D. n. CAIRNS
IN line Win Ills Report 10 the
City Council Last
Evening.

now prevalent IN Bolon, Corrill0s and
other nearby towns, a representative
~ The Evening CitiHen secured from
me city physician the following irea.
ties:
TO The Evening Citizen.
IN reply 20 your request for my
opinion 40 TO the cause and proven.
lion OF typhoid fever for the boneat
Of your readers win Say that typhoid
fever has been proven beyond al
doubt 60 BE- due 90 a specific micro
offanlam. known as the Bacillus ry-
phogus or Bacillus OF Ehorth, which is
taken into she intestinal canal either
Ia water or other fluids or with food.
That bacillus comes only from tho
bowel discharges. the urine and the
Bpulum (apltiaO Of a person aiok
with typhoid fever: therefore per.
sun who has typhoid ,cvor must have
swallowed some Of tie nacilih Ty-
phosi which came from the body Of a
person suffering from that disease.
Unfortunately when tho Baclila Ty-
phuGi passes out Of the body OF tnc
patient On the bowel movements or On
vumitcd matter or urine or spuium
thoy 90 not dip. bot continue 20 1.-Two
aud multiply in this material almost
ar well a. within the body Cold. even
/ freezing. does not KAN them. but when
frozen or when the weather is too
cold. they lio dormant, and on being
warmed up they az once begin 20 null
/ tlply and are as virulont az ever This
Is why the disease IS not as prevalent
/ IN the colder Seasons OF the year a.
during the warmer HOaaona I've two
most important methods Of conveying
this disease are through the medium
of water aud the common house ny.
/ Whenever the discharges from the
bowels arc deposited IN a common
prlvy vault or IN a sewer the eventual
destination OF the liquid elements Is
running water either upon the sur
face or below the surface OF the
ground ana this running water, whetn-
or surface or eubsurface water. not
only could but often does carry the
germs 90 wells or other sources Of
water supply. which thon becomes 81.
/ feCtod. 10 tnc cxcrement OF a typhoid
fever patient be thrown upon the sur.
face ~ che ground or in an opon prlyy
without being dislhlocted, the bacilli
are nlion carried hl the surface water
into the wells and a.sCama in the vi.
Cinity aud even az a considerable dis
lance.
whenever the bowel movements
or vcmlied matter or urine or aputum
OF q person sick with typhoid fever
are left exposed without being disin-
foctod files win get az them and very
greatly Increase the dRnger OF spread
ing the disease, u has been DEM
lonatraiod TO a certainty that illos 90
pick up the bacilll on their feet, and
not only deposit them on the food OF
people living Ia the vicinity. bat upon
the manure piles and other accUmmo-
daiions Of attn, when they breed rap.
idly and thus spread the Infection.
To prevent the spread of typhoid
fever Il o. necessary 10 prevent the
typhoid hacilli being conveyed from
ono pereOn 10 another; this would not
be dihlcult n the cxcremont OF ali per
sons sick with that disease were thor
loughly diainfocted The trouble. hove
ever, - not 30 much with those Who
are very sick, for they are usually
looked after by the physician, but
with the mild or Irregular cases, many
Of whom DO not employ physicians,
or go to bed, and no attention Is given
70 disinfoctlOn. Then, too, a c0nsid-
cradle number OF the nOngyphical
cases are not recognized as typhoid,
and the result Is that tho stools and
other cxcromont are not dlsinfected
And the health ~ the community ia
further menaced.
The hrHt essential thing 10 DO. In
preventing the spread OF typhoid fever
aud IN stamping out the disease In n
community is 20 insist that each aud
every case Of typhoid foyer DO report
cd 20 the health Officer and also. inat
every guapicios case be reported As
suspicion OF typhoid The reason for
THIS d., that BY having complete re-
ports, the Board of Health win not
only known the full extent OF the pre-
yhlenco OF the disease but they vlli
know just what localities are most az.
tectod and they win then be better
able 90 trace the infection 20 SO 0rirl-
nal source and apply tho remedy.
When all cases are not reported. the
Board OF Health 81 IN the dark a. %
( what localities afe most Infected aud
the community 70 thereby not only ev-
posed % an unnecessary spread OF
: the disease, but an unnecessary *.
penee In discovering and removing the
Seconds Insist upon municipal
and household cloanllnossi do not
allow any filthy prlvy vaults to he
malntainedi keep an garbage On COW
cred cans clean aud dialufoct ana
2 Keep clean al surface or dry earth
+ prltiegi allow no other accumulations
I o. NTH 10 gather, and dlsinfoct with
tho free use 81 quick lime ali places
, from which garbage. manure or other
NTH has been removed. An such
places are not only unnecessary but
are dirty and attract and breed flies
aud are an liable 20 become Infected
with the typhoid bacllll and thus to
infect the water and afford on easy
D. opportunity for files 10 carry the ln-
b lection into the houses
Ihlrd' See that your water supply
Is pure u there ls any doubt about a
do not use u for any culinary pur-
poses or for drinking until II has been
thoroughly boiled; don't use ditch wa.
Ter Tor any purposes without boiling.
!. Fourth Protect your house, esnee.
! tally The kitchen and dining room
from files.
Z Fifth; See that an bowel move
monis, vomitod material. sputnm
I lspltia) and urine are thoroughly dls.
Infected Immediately after being void.
~ from the body % typhoid cases. or
. those suspicious og typhoid; and also
{ see mat an bedding and an soilad
L UluiNlun worn - ifn natlrni Ara nleo