The chronicle=news., 1914-06-11

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disease vili affect tie pahiie uei.
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ri certain istsesio's dissssss. II
rs.<s Of tuberculosis. Tor example.
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Health puts ., the dssposel Of the
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Ihe sSeaiasel d-p~ads - largely %
~ early aaA correct diagnosis. TIE
registration os . suspeeseA ease -.
shies the health aussositiss to make
, culture which .eliies the dis9sosls.
II posssive eas~s. tie issoeastioo
placed ~ the dtaSosal Of The physt.
rian ia charge helps TO make . cure
simo.s certain.
''s~sosd.-The s~sis,saiioa Of the
disess~s wiii enable
health ossierss 10 discover foei Of -.
lection is i,me 70 prescn, the further
saresa OF such 1isSsses. The early
ssd eo@ple,c csporsias Of csses Of
Uphold fever ss osee puts the esn-
|cest health officer % the track Of
lhe isfectloa. Il nay be the sewer.
lse syssea. or the water or milk sap.
ply which u sl the botio0 Of the
|roabie. In any evsat. the location
lad the sequesee Of the cases setlles
lhc question aad the epidealc may.
10 this way. he quickly preveasei
from spreading 10 other sections.
such was tho case recently In New
York City where ~ iafected milk
supply save rise 10 some three huu-
ired cases Of ,yphoid fever. In this
Instance. II the Department or
Health had waited natl, the first
Heath had been reported. the epidem-
'c would In all probability have
spread TO innuaerable other homes
and the death losses Increased many
fold.
Similarly. in the city Of Buffalo.
during 1919. an epidemic Of infantiic
paralysis was checked without SER
Ioux fatalities. ~ the result of early
"Third.-Thc reporting Of occu-
patsonal diseases enables Departmental
of health TO supplement the efforts
of the bureaus OF labor in following /
up cases to their sources. Thus. the
compulsory reporting Of . case Of
lead poisoning puts the authorities at
once on the trail OF carelessly kept
factories where other workmen may /
be similarly exposed to possible pois- |
oning.
"Fourth.-The thorough reEistra.
tion Of certain diseases, such a. pei
'aEra and cancer. will throw much |
light upon the origin Of these obscure
We have much to learn
with regard to the frequency with
which these diseases occur in the