Evening journal., 1914-11-25

taminated by unclean hands or utensils
after pasteurizing
Ii there is a case OF typhoid fever
in your home, do not return any milk
bottles to the milk man. Notify him
that there is typhoid in the house and
have him leave all the bottles until the
termination of the disease.
Typhoid infection may be prevented
by anti-typhoid vaccination. You can
be vaccnated against typhoid fever, and
il will make you safe for a good while,
certainly for year or two and per-
haps longer. The Health Board win
vaccinate You free or viii furnish the
material free to your physician. We
advise il. especially for those who travel
or who live where they cannot be sure
of the purity of the water and milk. and
most strongly for those attendant upon,
or coming in contact with typhoid fever
patient.
What considerations determine your
choice of summer vacationg Many
persons use very little Judgment in the
selection OF a place 10 spend the sum-
mer holidays They generally inquire
into the scenery. the possibility of boat
ing, swimming, dancing. golf tennis and
the like, but little is said in regard to
the water supply, the milk supply OF the
The average sojourn is about two
weeks, and so If We become sick upon
our return, We blame the change 1f
milk or our own water supply, en-
tircly overlooking the fact that it
takes two weeks OF more for the in
fection TO develop the disease in the
human body
July. August. September. October
and November are always the months
of heaviest typhoid sickness and
death. This IS due to the notorious
ly unsanitary conditions that prevail
about many summer resorts and
colonies. Let us inquire a little in
TO the sanitary condition of the place
which is to be our summer home
that we may have no fear of spending
several weeks in bed after our re-
turn. The water supply is of ut
most Importance. II should not be
from a stream that receives drain
age from human habitations. If Q
well is used il should not be a shal.
low surface well nor should it be 3
well which by any chance may re
ceive the drainage from human dwell
ings. Other things being equal
1 driven or artesian wells are prefer
- able. II there is any doubt as q
The purity of the water, il should b
r boiled.
The model summer resort has N
flies. for flies are known to carr
r. disease. Flies breed in manure o
= other filth Therefore. the barn
yard and stable should be KEEP
l scrupulously clean and manure storel
! in tight places or covered boxes. en-,
= removed twice weekly
The stable itself should be clean
, Flies can be reduced to a minimum
: in a barn by sprinkliDg the floor witt
{ solution made by dissolving on,
e pound Of copperas in a gallon o
E water.
: One Of the things which most cit,
people desire when going to tn
country is milk. Milk which is pro
q duced by dirty cows in dirty stabl
n and secured by dirty dairy hands 1
e unfit for human consumption. On
u of the best advertisements any sum
e mer resort can have is a clean dairy
T. in which clean cows are MIXED b.
n clean laborers in whose familie
l- there are no cases of communicate
'e disease
e To suppress the spread Of com
y, municable disease. It is necessary tina
d the Board of Health have knowledg
III of existing cases. See that all sue
cases are promtly reported to tn
d Board of Health.