The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-18
TYPHOID CARRIERS RECORD.
TWenty-One Cases OF Fever Traced
Directly to One Person.

In the fall Of 1910 Mr.. A. moved
from Minnesota to the town of G..
Wisconsin, bringing with him his wife
and three boys. He bought a farm
four miles northeast of the village.
Six months before moving to Wiscon-
sin Mr.. A. had typhoid fever. About
the time of moving to Wisconsin the
eldest son had typhoid fever, and
soon after the two other sons and
their mother came down with the
disease.
Mr.. B., with his family, consisting
of his wife, two boys and a girl. moved
from Minnesota to Wisconsin about
the same time, having purchased a
farm in the Immediate neighborhood
Of Mr.. A. While the buildings on
this place were being put in order
Mr.. BIS family stayed at the home
Of Mr.. A, with the apparent result
that first the daughter and soon after
Mr.. 3. and the two son came down
| with typhoid fever.
In the fall of 1911 Miss c., a niece
Of Mr.. A, came from ST. Paul to teach
in the public schools. h was in the
habit Of spending the weekend at the
house Of Mr.. A.. After six weeks resi-
dence in the town of G. she became
i'll with typhoid fever. At the same
time a sister of Mr.. A. visited him and
soon after returning to her home SUI.
fered from typhoid fever also.
About August Is, 1911, Mr.. D. Wis.
tied at the home of Mr.. A. and took
supper with him.. On September 20.
Mr. d. entered a hospital after having
been sick for some days. and a dag
nOsis of typhoid fever was made. His
illness began during the first week OF
September.
In the spring of 1912 two young
men, E. and F., who were working at
the home Of Mr.. A., both contracted
typhoid fever. In the fall of the same
| NQor MrC q q cicfnr 90 Me-
companied by her son, spent a few
weeks at the home of Mr.. A. Soon
after returning home both contracted
typhoid fever.
In the latter part of 1912 or jan
uary, 1913, Mr.. H., a brother Of E..
spent a night at the home of Mr.. A.,
and twelve days afterward came down
with n fever. In June, 1913.
Miss l., a niece Of Mr.. A., living near
him, suffered from typhoid fever.
There had been frequent visiting be.
tween the w families.
On OF about October IS. 1913. Mr.. J.
took the Rev. K, his wife and two
children to the home of Mr.. A. for a
VISIT. They did not take a meal at he
mouse, but the children became hungry
and ookies were handed them. On
october 2S the Rev. K. bought butter
from Mr.. A. for table use, and on
November 2 Mr.. A. and family dined
at the nome of the Rev. X. On No
Yember IL the two children Of the Rev
*. became i'll with typhoid fever. and
on November 80 Mrs. K. and her nus
band also went down with the disease.
Mrs. K. dying.
II thus appears that twentv-one
cases or typhoid fever occurred among
persons in this community, or those
= VINO had visited there, and all Of them
nad been IN contact for longer or
shorter periods Of time with Mr.. A
Microscopic examination showed Mr..
A. to be typhoid carrier"
ms report, made by DR.. Mazyck ?.
: Ravenel, director Of the Wisconsin
State Laboratory Of Hygiene. appears
!, IN a recent issue Of The Journal Of the
american Medical Association. Every
EFFORT has been made to exclude Other
; sources of infection. h water supply
or the town of G. was examined and
: 1ound TO be above suspicion. There
was no typhoid fever in this commun-
= ity,, except among those persons who
. q Deen IN contact with Mr.. A. Ad-
nnltlng that q few of these cases are
y uoubt1ul, 1T is nevertheless asona bic
TO conclude hat a great majority 81
{ them We're infected directly or ipdi.
: rectly from Mr.. A.
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