Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-06
TYPHOID FEVER.

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You are not very much interested In
scientific terms and phrases that are
often used in telling about diseases, but
you are interested in an article that
tells you in plain English the how and
the why of disease. We are now right
in the midst of the typhoid season, and
you want to know what 1t Is. how it is
contracted, how to prevent it. and how
to treat it in simple and effective man
ner.
Typhoid fever is an infectious dis
ease and In 1880 DR. Ebereth discovered
the causes Of its 1nfectiousness-a bac-
Illus, or rod-like gerns-known as the
bacillus typhosus of Ebereth. Outside
the body it resists cold and moderate
dry heat, yet fortunately direct sunlight
destroys 1t in few hours and 1t 1s
readily killed by ordinary antisepttcs.
Ordinarily it will live in clean wat
er but few days and in Ice rarely
longer than ten days, although instan-
ces are reported where living germs were
recovered from ice after period OF hVe
months In superficial soil and In hu-
man excrement they will live for
months. Milk utensils and vegetables
II washed In infected water may be
source Of infection.
Adding to the latent typhoid, masked
typhoid and carrier to each group there
Is probably more country than city ty-
phoid. A certain percentage Of the
cases in the cities, for instance, are
brought in by persons returning from
their summer vacations spent in the
country, and suffering with what Is
commonly called walking typhoid
| According to the report Of the Chi
cago Board Of Health, the factors which
make for typhoid are: l, water; 2, milk;
g. carriers;-sick and well; 4, flies; g.
ice; 6, oysters; 7, vegetables. You Will
readily see how important 1t Is to be
clean, and to know that your food and
water are uncontaminated. Every case
of typhoid in your family-or in your
community is an indictment against
your cleanliness.
The typhoid fly-Oh! here is sub
ject that a volume could be written on
lis one Of the most potent. If not the
greatest factor in the spread of ty-
lphoid. How many families In the
country, and in the towns and cities
who are very little, If at a4l concerned
about this pest? Their stables and pr1vy
vaults are ideal breeding places for the
lhy, when with very little cost and trou'
BILE they could be made clean and un1n'
lhabitable for flies. Closed privy vaults
and quick-li lime, or chlorides mixed with
1.-The contents would do the work. Quick
lime, or carbolic acid 61z ounces to the
gallon Of water, sprinkled daily ovel
the manure and thru the stable, would
keep the flies from breeding there. Ma
nure without first being treated as just
mentioned above should never be al
lowed to accumulate or be piled up as
Is so frequently done.
Many Families get their water supply
from the cistern, or shallow we'll only
a few feet from their privy vaults, sta
10 or back door Of their kitchen. Add
to this no screens, or a poorly screened
house, and one will not have to 1ool
, far off for me cause Of typhoid or othel
disease in lnese families.
> When typhoid gets 20 family tina
, is not careful and clean and neg1ect
: sanitary precautions, the health of tn
, whole neigAborhood is jeopardized.
It is sometimes hard, even when 1
t case is in charge of competent physi
clan, to get all of the patients excret'
properly disinfected Usually the onl!
= sure way to have this done, Is to hav
, | a trained nurse on the case. The ex
creta, both from the bowels and kin
neys, must be thoroughly disinfected b.
t the liberal use of quick-lime and chlor
= ides If this Is not done flies may carr!
the germs to other families, or the wat
= er supply become contaminated. Their
: too, the germs may remain in the sol