The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-14

and water supply to be free from
infection. We have, then, to con-,
slider the question of raw fruits and
vegetables, and fly contamination OF
!, food which is to be eaten, as the
main things to be guarded against,
since; we eat no shell fish here at
this time of the year.
Z. Typhoid Carrier.
One of the most striking and i'm
portant of recent advances in our
knowledge of the typhoid parasite is
the fact that it appears to linger in
the body of it's recovered host, some
times: for months, and even years,
passing off from time to time the
eXcretor and injecting or tending to
infect fresh victims. Every host is,
of course, during his illness a "ty-
phoid carrier" but this term is gen.
orally reserved for survivors from
the disease, and others, who in COM
plete health continue unwittingly to
be a breeding ground for the bacilli,
and to discharge the germs into their
environment. In this way every sur
face priyy in any community, Is a di-
rect. meance to everyone in the
nefg6borhood, for house boy, max
ing alternate trips between the sur
face privy in the backyard and the
lining room table, impartial as, to
ISwAich he chooses for his, playground,
may and does transmit. the infection
EoVer whole neighborhoods when 9th
erwise there could have been no
spread of the case: The same meth
cd of. contamination. applies to .un-.
cooked fruits and vegetables which
are exposed for sale and eaten with
l.out peeling, since they too serve as
the parade ground of the filthy fly.
When one pauses. to reflect that
80 per cent of all the deaths in the
Spanish-Americag war were due to
typhoid, and that this infection was
proven to. be due to Ay-transmission,
the wonder is that the American,
people and the guardians of the pub
Tic health should have been content
to wait 10-oyears before attempting
to legislate the fly out of existance,
or at least to bar him from the most
dangerous of his savory wading
grounds and swimming pools.
The House Fly.
The house fly is bred in stabl''
manure and therefore no manure
pile should be permitted upon your
premises or upon the premises of
your neighbor unless such manure
is kept in some barrel, bin, or pit
| which is so covered as to prevent the
flies from laying their eggs therein.
If you would avoid typhoid, the
things which you must watch are
as follows: Attend to your own per-
sonal cleanliness and bodily tone;
watch your kitchen and dining room
and see that they are screened; be
sure that your water supply. and
milk supply are free from contami-
nation; look after the removal of
garbage from your premises, includ-
ing, stable manure and, other breed
ing places for flies;eat no garden
truck. or raw fruits, which is not
cooked, thoroughly washed, or peel
ed. 49,
II there be typhoid in your, family
be sure that it is reported promptly
to the health authorities. See that
ali deiecta from the silk patient are
thorouhgly ,disinfected before en-
plying them into closet which con-
meets, with the sewer. If there be
no such closet on your premises,
bury or burn all discharges from the
patient. Disinfect the water used
to wash the patient and all sponges,
towels, napkins. sheets, etc. Keep
the six room screened to prevent ac-
cess of flies to the patient, and when
this is. done you may feel sure that
all that it is possible for you to do
to prevent the transmission to others
has been accomplished.