Evening journal., 1915-12-29

recommended IL in our annual report
for the past four years. In fact, we
are gradually establishing one by rob-
bing Peter TO pay Paul, and in the |
course OF a few years We expect TO
have il equipped. and then i'm a few
more years we may get person WHO J
Is i'm love with the work to operate II. /
While we are woefully lacking in |
certain things necessary to a healt,. |
II a comparison is made /
of statistics OF this city with others. !
Wilmington certainly Is as healthy II |
not healthier, than a large majority. !
This may be attributed to luck. yet II /
the records OF this Office are taken into
account, and they are open to inspec-
ton. this department could claim some
credit.
I'VE now come TO typhoid fever
While this department has several
times pubfsshed the statistics cover
ing the number OF cases. which are in
no way alarming in comparison with
other cities. and the records OF this
Office in previons years, there still
seem to be a persistency ON tie
part of some persons to cry down the
statements. They all -a.m TO originate
,
Company c. B. Lands being ais. an
employe OF that company. While it is
true that a large number of cases are
reported from among the employees Of
this company. il is also true that the
DUPONT Company furnished its en-
ployes water from its own wells. Our
reports also show that almost every
case reported from this company show
that the persons affected have been to
some one of the hurriedly erected
plants in different parts Of the cOun-
try, where the sanitary conditions
were not Of the best. chal-
lenge Mr.. Lands to show another
city situated as Wilmington, or |
might say any other city that will
compare as favorably as to typhoid
! month for month or year for year. II
Mr.. Lands will take the trouble to
write to other cities for statistics COW
ering typhoid fever. he will find that
Wilmington is not the only place so
affected. Mr.. Lands also states that
] sources of typhoid are discovered in
other places in a few hours. In this
/ he is very much mistaken. It might
be possible in an institution to dis
cover it much quicker than in a city.
] IL is also possible, II the water or milk
OF a city is contaminated. to trace it
in short time. but not i'm a few
hours. A careful survey Of the water
and milk supply has been undertaken
by this department, and we have failed
TO find either contaminated. Thinking
that We might have been mistaken. we
have called in the State board to check
our work. They also say that there is
no cause for alarm.
"An examination of the oyster,
which are brought here in oyster boat.
that anchor in the Christiana River
was made and no traces Of cOntamina
tion were found We. therefore, hav,
: every reason to believe from a care
] ful tabulatiOn OF our records, alsl
, since we cannot prevent people frOn
visiting other places where there i
every reason TO believe typhoid Nigh
be contracted, that most OF the ty
: phoid in this city is being brough
t, here. The DUPONT Company employ
- trained sanitarians, who are not cor
taminated with politics, to safeguar
= the health Of their employees, yet
+ have failed TO see where they hay
r located and prevented typhoid feve
l. among their employees. Particular
S is this so at Carney's Point, as case
t are coming into our hospitals cor
e tinuously from that plant, there hay
y ing been fourteen since October
e / also observe since they have not dis
G covered the source that they are usin
5 typhoid vaccination as a prevention
: which is excellent. We would I
: : only too glad to adopt this metho
= but we are lacking in finances and v
would have considerable trouble wit
o the public to adopt such measure
. Yet if the source OF typhoid is S
: easily discovered why not elimina
I the source and save sore arms an
4 money!
y This department has known fo
e some time that the typhoid baccilll
1, is neither a Democrat nor a Republ
il can and no respector of persons. III
n officials OF the Board of Health appr
Is ciate their responsibility and hav
Z made and are still making every c
l. fort to keep down typhoid fever
II any other disease.
n "The capacity OF Wilmington III
" never been more taxed than at d
% present time, and during the past S
months the housing conditions ha
been very bad and will necessita
- - City Council passing housing Law
! The Overcrowding of houses is da
&c gerous to the health of the cOmmu
,s ity, large numbers OF men sleeping
70 one room and several families
IS small houses. With some exception
rt the class of people brought here
N operate the Carney's Point plants a
re not at all desirable and to look
Id them it is wonderful that we ha
d, not mad more disease. Yet the duPo
ke Company official criticizes the loo
TX Board OF Health, when it should
es praised by these same people,"
p Mr.. Ellison gave tabulation
De statistics OF typhoid fever in th
NJ city, as follows:
- Employed at Penn. r. r. Shops
IL Todd's Cut r. r. Co. (Fur-
IL nishes its own water) ........
III Employed as brakemen on Penn.
X. X. ..................
ny Typnoid patients that visited out
nIs of-town places prior to ill
- ness ......s..-.... ..........
~ Contracted from drinking water
- from pipe in park which was
~. mistaken for spring water Gee.
- Contracted by workmen employed
u ~, az Carney's Point ............
n Contracted by DUPONT employees
ne. at building in this city. all pa
"a tients having visited plants of
he this company at other places.