New-York tribune., 1912-08-12
SAY MANAGER OF DAIRY
IS A TYPHOID CARRIER
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source Of Infection the inspectors made
blood tests Of all the employees on the
place. The report just received from
the state laboratories. the experts say.
contains tho solution OF the spread OF
the epidemic These reports, according
to Dr. Stroud, show that the manager
Of the farm il what is known among
physicians as typhoid carrier" His
blood shows the typhoid reaction In
virulent form. said DIR. Stroud to-day.
Didn't Know He Was III.
Yet the strange thing about it," said
the doctor. lis that the man himself
has not known he was i'll. on two re-
cent afternoons. he says. he did not feel
very well, but attributed It TO the heat
or some other minor cause. He did not
even stop work yet all this time his
system was shedding tho germs that we
are now satisfied caused the epidemic" j"
The managers propensity for diffus-
ing the typhoid bacllli. say the physi-
clans. was remarkably demonstrated
around his own home Two Of his
children are now critically I'll with the
fever. \ man and his wife living on
the farm have been taken TO the hos
pital suffering with typhoid, and a
farmland living on the place has been
stricken with tho disease.
OF the twenty-seven typhoid patients
In Moorestown, proper health authori-
ties gay that every one was a consumer
OF milk from the dairy Of which the
manager IN question was overseer.
one Of tho town victims is a son OF
the owner Of the dairy farm. The
Young man IS critically I'll at his home.
Miss Rebecca Benner is so far the
only person to die OF the disease dur
ing the epidemic.
with the milk supply from the
dairy shut off and every other dairy
under closest observation and with the
people using every precaution TO pro-
tect themselves, | believe we have tho
epidemic under control" said DIR.
Stroud. zone new case was reported
this morning. but residents should not
be alarmed II several cases should de
yelop during the next week. as the
disease does not show itself until
about fortnight after Infection of
the patient. would again urge
through the public press the necessity
for boiling all water and milk and
cooking all food consumed until dan
ger is past.
Wealthy Men Open Their Purses.
Fifty prominent citizens attended the
last meeting OF the Health Board and
urged Chairman William b. Lippincott
and his fellow members to spare no eX-
pense In their efforts 10 halt the epi
demiC. Wealthy residents promised to
contribute any reasonable amount
needed from their private purses. Ty-
phoid has been far too prevalent in this
section, citizens say, even previous TO
the present alarming epidemic. and the
towns water supply has come in for
considerable criticism from health
authorities.
Aroused Dy tne present SITUATION, an
indignation meeting OF citizens has
been called at the Town Hall for to-
morrow night TO demand n different
source OF supply than that of the upper
branch of the Pensauken Creek, tests
OF the water in which have shown IL
contains colon bacilli the typhoid
germ, in great quantities.
Paterson. n. j., Aug. 1.-THE Health
Board authorities are making a thor
ough search throughout the city for
typhoid fever cases since its appear
ance within the last week I'm various
parts Of New Jersey. Fourteen cases
have already been found. DR.. w. y.
Green, Of the Health Department, yes
terday found eight cases of typhoid In
one family, and the discovery has been
the cause Of the wide search through
out the city. as this family sold milk
to various dealers.
An inspector also found a we'll In
Hawthorne which contained impure
water, and an examination will be
made OF the water by the health au-
thorities.
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