New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-02-11
Fever Patients
Are Improving
Four New Cases But At
Present None Are in
Great Danger.
Original Source Of Pollution
Not Yet Located. Reser::
vOir Cleaned. ~.

No great change has taken place in
the typhoid situation since the last
issue of the Review. Work was con-
tin ued at the light plant in an en-
deavor to locate the source of the con-
tamin alton which had been dis
covered in the water but little more
definite was found. Parts of the
flooring Of the station we're torn up
and all pipes carrying exhaust into
the cisterns we're investigated but each
one proved its innocence and no de-
hniate source of pollution was dis
covered. That there are cracks in the
walls of the cisterns thru which see-
page can enter was established and
since then it has also been established
that the seepage contains the colon
baccilli but the original source of this
contaminated seepage has not yet bt en-
discovered. No broken sewers have
been located and the plant still has q
job ahead of it to locate the source of
all the trouble. =:
B. Nj. Mohler who was stationed at
the pla 1t all last week stated to the
Review Friday night that it had been
8 terrib bic job and that no really def
ate results had been obtained. Fri
day morning the reservoir was emplied
and thoroughly cleaned. 1t was found
to be in good condition with nothingto
indicate that anyone had been throw
ing things into the water as was
feared. 1t would seem that the stories
told about town about boys making
an amuse ment place of the reservoir
are no longer true. Some very posi-
tive statements have been made that
boys we're seen to enter the reservoir
door by means of forcing the lock but
at this time such a thing would not b.
possible if it ever was. The Review
employed man to make an attempt
to enter the reservoir in order to prove
the present state of things there and
he claims that neither ingenuity nor
profanity had any effect on the abil-
Ivy of the lock to keep him on the out
SIDE.
7 Folio wing the flushing of the mains
and the emptying of the reservoir tue
hypocho ride treatment of the water in
sisterns and mains was continued all
day $ aturday. The water was not fiji
for use and really should not be used
as yet without every precaution being
taken because in sy stem of the mag
aitude of ours it is difficult to reach
all the water in all the mains. The
Board of Health in another column
issues an order to all consumers to
allow the water to ran from all taps
for short time each day for several
days to assist in the thoro steriiiza-
tiO1 of all parts of the system. 1t is
expected that if this is done the water
will be fit for use by Friday of this
week.
DR.. Green of the State Health Board
arrived in New Ulm again Monday
and Tuesday was spent in visiting the
various patients with the local physi-
clans. A few new cases have devel-
sped but there is general improve
nent in all the old cases, very slow in
some. but still an Improvement, and
she new cases seem to be very light
Miss Schramm, visiting nurse, re-
ports all cases in her hands as doing
nicely. The little son of Foster
Fischer who was so very i'll is better
now and Mrs. Somsen's fever is abat-
ing. Mr.. Hummel is doing we'll. The
little Theis children and the Two
Misses Frasch are on the ROAD to re-.
sovery as are Mrs. Emmerich, Armln
'Koeher, Martin Fiene, Mrs. Blieter.
NIGHT and Lucy Windland. Mr.
Ischunke who was in great danger is
reported by his physician as being
much better and Miss Sophie Meyer is
practically out of the hands of the
nurse. Mrs. Fiene, Armin Regelin,
Otto Kruschke, Ernst Sporting, Sher-
hurne Beecher and new case at the
Wenzel VOgl home are the latest
eases, none of them as yet showing
severe symptoms. The patients at the
hospital are the three Vogl children,
Fred Fischer of Cottonwood, Frances
Dusel and M. Prom and daughter, all
of whom are getting better.
DR.. Green will also investigate to
ascert ain If possible whether any of
the workmen employed at the light