New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-11-16
HOME HEALTH CLUB.
By DR.. David H. Reeder, Chicago, Ill.
TYPHOID FEVER.

TYPHOID FEtEh
You are not very much interested in
scientific terms and phrases that are offs n
used in telling about desease. but you are
interested in an article that tells you in
plain English the how and the why of d.
sease We are now right in the midst of
typhoid season, and you want to know
what it is, how it is contrs cted, now to
prevent it, and how to treat it in simple
and effective manner.
Typhoid fever is an infectious disease
and in 1880 DR.. Eberth discovered the
cause OF it's infectiousness- bacillns. or
rod-lika germ - known as Tire bacillus
typhoisus of Eberth. Outside the body e
resists cold aud moderate dry heat, yet
fortunately direct sunlight destroys it in
few hours and it is readily killed by or
binary antisepiics.
Ordinary it will live in clean water but
few days and in ice rarely longer than
ten days, instances have been reported
where living germs were recovered from
ice after period of FIVE months. In
superficial soil and in human excrement
they will live for months. Milk utensils
and vegetables, if washed in infected wa
ter may be a scource OF infection.
Adding TO the latent typhoid, marked
typhoid, and carrier to each group there is
probably more country than city typhoid
A certain percentage Of the cases in the
cities, for inst ance, are brought in by per-
sons returning from their summer vact-
tions spent in the country and suffering
with what is commonly called walking ty- |
phoid.
According to the lrepolt of The Chicago
Board Of Health, the factors which max
for typhoid are; /, water; 2, milk; Scar
rier; sick and well; 4, fies; 5, ice; o, |
oysters; 7, vegetables. You will readily |
see how important it 10 to be clean and to
know that your food and water are uneon. |
taminsted. Every esss OF typhoid in your
family or in your community is an in
dictment against your cleanliness.
The typhoid hy- Oh! here is subject |
that a volume could be written On-is one
Of the most po ent if not the greatest
factors in the spread Of typhoid. How
many families in he country and IN the
towns and cities, too, who are very little
X at all concerned about this pest. Their
stables and privy vaults are ideal breeding
places for the fly, when with very little
cost and trouble they could be m ade clean
and uninhabitable for flies, closed privyi
vaults and quick-lime or chloride mixed
with the contents would do the work.
Quick-lims, or carbolic acid 61a ounces
TO the gallon OF water, sprinkle daily over
the manure and through the stable, would
keep the flies from breeding there. Man
ure, without first being treated as above
mentioned should never be allowed to ac-
cumilate or pile up rs is SO frequently DONE
Many families get their water supply
from cistsrn or shallow well. only few
feet from their privy vaults, stable o,
back door OF their kitchen. Add this no
screens or . poorly screened house, and
one will not have to look far for the cause
Of typhoid, or other sickness in these fam
lilies.
When typhoid gets into family that il
not careful and clean and neglscts sanilar,
precautions, the health of the whole neigh
borhooi 10 jsopardizsd.
Il is sometimes hard. even when case
10 in charge OF competent physician, to
get all of the patients excreta properly
Usually the only way to 10
this, is to have a trained nurse on the case.
The oxcretx both from the bowels aud kid
neys must be thoroughly disinfected BY
ia, liberal use of quick-lime or chlorides.
II this is not done flies may carry the
germs to the other families, or the water
supply become contaminated. Then, too,
their germs may remain in the soil aud
the next year become source OF infection. :
Zoe preventive measures, then are; clos.
ID privy vaults, aud disinfested contents;
slean stables, and uncontaminated water
uupply { boil the water il necessarily
lcresniny the house, protecting good aud
III utensils used in preparing food, from
lies. Know that your milk supply il not
and lastly know that all I
from typhoid cases are properly q
lisinfected. The action Of typhoid with !;
] brief description Of preliminary sywp-
oms aud best method OF home treatment G
vill be given in she next letter. s