Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-23
FEVER IS
APPEARING NOW
IN LINCOLN
Health Board Declares Water
Supply Is Pure but Epi-
demic Sweeps Over City
and Two Are Dead.

lincoln. Neb., Jan. 22.-With two
University OF Nebraska students dead
from typhoid fever and ~ III, with l20
eases reported IN the city and with
the fever ward In most OF the hosph-
ais fnli. physicians I'm Lincoln predict
that the endemic which has succeeded
the gastro-lntostlnnl illness has not
yet reached It's HEIGHT.
Many cases are being treated which
have not yet been diagnosed as ~
nhoid fever which may come under
that heading later when the Illness
takes \ more pronounced form.
The source of the Infection has not
been found The health board declares
the city water Is pure
g. a. Kuebler and Herbert Diamond
university students. died OF the dis
Cpse. 10 was in the university fra
tCrnity houses that the first epidemic
broke out an students have been adj
yised by the authorities TO drink only
boiled water and there has been some
ltalk OF closing the institution. but
Ithis Is not CountenancCd by tho au-
thorities. who say that the causes for
the illness are not TO be found at the
school
Men with teams are delivering nmc
to all houses whore the disease has
! been reported. A bulletin has been is
sued by the health Office dealing with
the care Of patients and the preven-
ton OF the disease
OF the t2g cases reported 10 the
health board t2G we're for January.
and three more in the last days OF De
cembor Reports for the week were
as follows Tuesday o. Wednesday
%, Thursday 3, Friday ~. and satur.
day 20.
Almost invariably the reports show
that these cases developed about Jan.
| L. They had not been reported then
because the symptoms we're not strong
enough to warrant the absolute ding
nusis
Doctor Waite. city bacteriologist,
who has been making daily tests of
the city water, does not find now that
there is any contamination even In
the midst OF the affected district
Doctor waite holds 20 the opinion
he formed when he made his discov-
efy of the condition Of the Rice we'll
and when he had made tests OF the
water therein, that this well was the
source Of the trouble and that since
it was shut down the dangerous water
has been removed from the mains. lie
admits that some seepagc Is stlll run
nings into the street we'll. but the
contamination By the sCepage Is so
slight that q cannot be- detected "a
the water as tested lrOm the taps IN
tle NuH cIn part of the city.
flur tu t.f.t oi D0cUur Naifo dp
lna slot the water now being used m
the city 90 be other than pure
On his Own initiative Mayor Arm.
strong has employed man from the
state board OF health Of Minnesota 10
treat the Lincoln city water with hy-
pochlorite OF lime the process used
by the Minnesota board TO dislufect
contaminated water Tho question OF
taking THIS action was before the city
board of health, hui no action was taxi
en-, the contrary argument being that
the hypochlorite would only act as a
disinfoctant and would not In any
manner act as preventive OF infec-
tlon; that e Is useless TO put IL in
water that is not infected and that Il
would affect the odor and taste OF the
water so treated.