The Penn's Grove record., 1908-12-11
READING RhpAGED BY
EPIDEMIC 1F TYPHOID
sfrleFs PbiIdts Watershed De
spite inspectors Protests
5E2E HAVE BEEN $50 CASES
Citizens and STunioipai oud State 0ni-
cials Folt Forces % Flght The
Disease - The Epidemic Has
Been Isacina Since NoyefubeV I3.

AAtE@GHs ana N4l11C1Ditl QUO state DEiI-
eials Foit Forces % Flgat The
Dtsease - The Epidemic HAS
Been Faeina Since Nolembs9 iai
Readins Pa-Reaaioe Il Id the
midst Of q terrible epidemic Of y.
hoid ieve-. It Began Novamber 49,
ard lp 10 ths present tinle 552 cases
and ffteen deatha have Jeon reported.
Mayor William Ricl and Tie local
Beard of HeRlth called aA State
Health CommIssionaI s1l6ael Gs.
0iSon on November RS for assistance.
1d two Gays later tie sen. Gig tg
alo inspectors and q squad 81
trained nurses here IA eaarge Of Chies
Engineer III. Herbert Stew and rhlef
Medical Inspector Dr. A r. Mouitor.
The epidenatc Is attributed h. the
water suapty obtained from tb5
Nader Creeh stream, several mi es
rocGh Of the city The inspectors
asTe alreaCy round various sources OK
pollution.
Notices asking peoule 10 Doil wat:r
&AA4 A+A-AA 80 f6 r+lgfA rfELL~L IL. So GEai
cars, hCte S, theatres ara Lii public
aas and sll houses iii which ty-
p.apid exists have been plaear5ei.
8LAe trained nurses ats ratings cam+
pa IN u ~e1I1atlon. Scr IA Durposa
tae city u dlyided INTO diBlrlcta, and
tle nuT es are Visiting each holns
vi ere the q yer xxi 5 cad i1straeliaB
Che minutes il nlet1 c4s 2t preventing
Ia gctioL.
ghe health arsloritas rave loti-
8af all uGik d6ela5 net to 5ervu GUS
toners With mi Z In botl.es or such
containers as arc again cole tel for
Naa me SUPERINTENDENT of Sciao y,
It1Drie tors OF hotels. nanrf:etu. ing
- neer IS, Department stores 8rd 9th
els employ ins labor have oesr ~oi-
"a that wa 20 ior drinking purposes
1r pc nciiad fVr twegy minutes,
fbe epicanl.c fagTs hje4 g N the
a5rya ara sacCon Of tao City, where
t4a Eatar SUI ly rs uot ftareC.
fl s are very Few cases Z me
aQaLf era section of Ne ci
Ea rtaeab Ward 81 largest IL .he
nas 80 cases la oil, family
q ttrtaa1 aG1 Ave Ghidtsh are DOWN
Win tAs disease IL a lii g home q
a 2rrow straat Il mother {iita Of
tFT l3tt aaa teo children are ill.
pna tas narso found iood leit
ri ysatisnts lging aB IRE tabie, 10
ta iaes iaseF By o.her members OF
t7a eIsah9ld a force or in5peer9ra.
Wlef HurerlGtea3eBt Emu %ueh&Ing,.
ot Lae @atof DepartmoI veEt over
no Maiden Creek wa-tr5 a,ad again
70 search for fta source Of pollution.
ms state oh'aers save aut the fol
INSPECTORS found that. in snif,
t 5terE eEcrC. 2 uuuAe. Of faeraere
hfge coftlnua1 to p0iIlte the sfreara
II some Instances the property nwr-
SIS refuse 70 listen 60 the instructione
f 5Ae 6rat8 CGcials. they said mai
or ycsts thay had been ailo7ving
caiI disease 4reeding sewaee IN %
lneo 1jaiden Geek ard did not IN.
lose % be interr0pted In his ma
1ee."
TIE recalcitrants vllI be. proSo-
cpted
Al che call II mayor r.
rapresenting various glck Neleg@I@e
mar able org 5nizsas6 ohurcnss anl
: 9a 7!edaed thensftioEs have met
roesisia afd roa Selves to give every
h. ebidamics9 the NEEDY victims OF
hG NiL7
sadly give NJ i social
as aaG bridge, said one society
aoe9 after the meeting, "ald work
r the p5oT sufferers
Il Councils have voted $4,000 to tight
ID. apslanc ana VIII vote more IL it
~ EeaGa1. Il IS estimated that it viii
} eli lea S20,990 to stamp IL out.
II il not certain that The water
9Da IS responsible, and the State
ea3tn officers are Investigating con
8tfons ca every dairy farm from
III tch Reading gels lbs milk.