La Junta tribune., 1910-04-02
Typhoid Fever Is q
Preventable Disease
DR.. \. W. Corwin At Public Health Meeting
Hold In narmony Hall Friday Evening last
Week.

typhoid fever at this place. He
found the water supply pure. but
upon examination found that the
sinks where the refuse from the
men was thrown. was only few hun
dred feet from the mess tents, and
In order to demonstrate the carrying
power OF files, he caused these sinks
to be covered with lime then imme.
dixtely ran to the mess tents and al.
most rs soon as he arrived flies were
found crawling over the food in the
mess tents. whose feet were covered
with lime. demonstrating clearly, that
they were the carriers Of the poison
from the refuse back to the food
which the men were compelled to eat.
Hundreds OF soldiers died and thous.
Ands were sick with typhoid fever
while every case was preventable
The use Of dry earth would have pre-
vented the flies from reaching the
germs. The officers In charge were
responsible.
Microscopic examinations made by
the Health department In New York
City In 1907 proved that between
July ?7th and August goth a fly car.
ried on its body l.222.5i0 bacteria.
How did they learn this! They
caught fly In q sterile net, placed
II In = bottle OF sterile water. shook
1t to wash off the bacteria and then
examined the water microscoplcally.
and they found that from $50 to 5000,
900 bacteria were present on q single
fly. When you see fly In the milk
think Of this.
Dr.. George u. Kober. OF waAhing.
toa. p C.. ss<sssssnircd authority.
says, tAas aileving for the time lost
BY sicknsss. .expsass fos medical treat
nsat. ETC.. typAsaS fsssr sDsss. -
, which The ny u - lassiey resUossiba
costs the people Of the UAitsd States.
three hundred and fifty millions Of
eollars annually.
They caught one ny that had been
parading on South Water street. with
loo. 900 fecal microbes. Five thous-
and deaths and $4,000 cases Of sick.
ness could be prevented In New York
City annually BY proper anti-fly work.
Kober'S report before the InternA.
tional Congress In Paris In 1910 says.
that out Of 1876 outbreaks of typhoid
fever. las were traced directly to
farms or dairies: 81 from well In.
fection: ls nom intentional diiution
OF milk with water. from cows
wadins In sewage or NTH which vas
dropped from their bodies into milk
vessels; twenty.fove instances where
dairy employees also acted a. nurses:
ten instances where milk was handled
By patients: two where dairy en-.
psoyss we're connected with night
soil service: one fron milk kept In .
typhoid fever sick room.
Al the great oStbrsak Of typhoid
fever in washiastsa. D. c.. the health
eflicss suspected . csstaia dairy.
ne customer Of he dairy were eaa-
vaaos1: outsi1e oe tAb Dilk rosie
there vas tbs nsual psrceatass q
typAoil fever. the rosie sssesetsd
~ naay cases q sypAa1: ~ rssss
vas anoas The veil 70 % psople. 0e|
The Gfty.1Dse easss which 1evslopsA
- this rosie thirty casss uss1 MIN
- . bsvssass. tvsaty casss ussd
Min o. fruh aa1 cereals ealy. tve
eases uss1 nilk II coffee aal oaly
two b ics cream oaly. A typhei1
bacilia easriss vss discovered aaoag
tAs Dsssees has1liag tAs n1k q this
1airy. TIE esebesak svddsaly csased
tsa days after The suspected malk
supply wss sAut OH. TypAoid ssrns
grov u MIX Trask plsassd ssvsa-
ty-stsAt VpAeA ssrns h fresh niik.
n tvsa,ysesr heuss hs sossd s.eeo
ssens. IL seven 1ays hs sossd fosr
AuaAss1 aaA forty niuions.
Ie ths nilk y coeisA properly Il
wni pssvsnt 1svsiop0est q gsrns:
tAs Lesson whicA should b. takes 70
hsass = 49, - - psssee. - eel
co0tas In coatact with pessons sick
With comnuaicabss diseases shouj1l
- Ailovs1 70 lave aaythins 70 Aol
with The handling Of niik. or milk
uteaslh. q - Dssnitssd - eater
ths basH q laisy. NH sAoula ~
keet n . roea ssDaraas tFon Asnan
habltatioa asl all utsastb kspl aa1
cared fse 10 tAis rooa. CAtD1rsa
sAoah - ts1t fro0 tAs basn aa1
ln1y ~ sasel ~ = ~ .rss0.