Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-08-25

vious attack. Ast Pre-
"For three years she was ipca-
the hospital a. dangerous, though -. "
emily we'll. She was finally released ~ ,ppA'-
role to report monthly to the -. ~
authorities and not to engage a.
A year later she ceased REPORTING ~.
disappeared. saa
IAN outbreak Of typhoid broke On, :,
year in one OF our best hosn,,.I a's
sloane Maternity. Every source !.
injection was sought, Ncth,n, u
found. Suspicion Tell on the cool
had disappeared. Detectives fonra ~
at last, and she was Typhoid MARY s A'r
had taken false name. T,ven,.
nurses and doctors were her victims 49,.
time. Two died, s
"Anoi her epidemic on the east ia.
the city claimed large lis, OF ,v,,s.s.
cases. The milk supply was toliow.5
to farm up state, "a hose milk was ~
with others and delivered to the 49,
where the outbreak occurred -,
workman on the farm was examined, .ns
no typhoid carrier found, but there -.
revealed local sickness called .pI.ss.n.
vide fever, shicn had been 80.
locally fer many years. IL WAS rs.,,-
typhoid under another name. Eve, n,
local doctors would not admit If -,
typhoid.
summer visitors came and went, dc.
veloping other cases, mild or severe a,
'Plessantville fever. The townsp4or,.
had become so accustomed to ii thai, il
was rather to Se expected that peopls
might have |; as they would measles.
search finally settled on the ysry
healthy proprietor of the milk farm as N,
only one who had not been examined He
was found to be q typhoid carrier! Hi.
history showed that be contracted typhoid
in camp during the Civil war, forty wear.
before, and had been an innocent menace
to his community ever since. Tina, sui.
eemic was quickly stopped BY eliminating
him through intoxicating sanitary habits
The typhoid carrier is rare. AlruoS,
all cases cease to eliminate germs durin,
conyaiescence, but one in a thousand
perhaps continues for = longer or shor,e,
time. How fortunate ii is that SEA water
kills typhoid germs. Ii has teen shown
experimentally thai oysters charged with
typhoid germs and left 10 grow 10 salt
water are entirely free from them Ia
tweniy-four hours, while IN fresh waite.
they become more and more dangerous.
How fortunate for our coast resorts that
great tweiye-foot tide washes the shore
and purifies the drainage twlce every day.
"whst is true OF typhoid IS true also Of
diphfheria and all other epidemic diseases
in many respects.
.What concerns US most Ia sanitary
matters is the corporation OF all doctors
and laymen in honestly applying simple
rules Of decent living -clesBly back yards,
alley ways, stables, diaries and water
sheds OF the reservoirs. Cooperation in
incarceration of garbage, tiy breeding, re-
fuse, and in educating every citizen and
child to know the danger that turks IN
splitting habits and fruit store hy in
lection.
II believe the popular Cleaning Up
Day when everyone throws out refuse
and cleans up about his own premises,
and the town gathers This regardless Of
the expense and free for the citizen, alta
certain hour-is one of The best aids TO
stimulate better conditions. The old
adsge, Sweep out the corners and the
middle OF the room will take care OF it,
self, Is practical sanitation.
1.-THE tendency to-day in every resort
where citizens OF many cities bring their
families for health, is to aim to hafsa
spotiess town. For the welfare Of the
children alone, the summer resorts are
finding their interests are. TO maintain
santa ~ perfection.
s'lt IL money In the pockets of The resi-
dent population to welcome strangers t0a
saiubrious country with no disease pre-
vsiliDg-and TO keep II so. The granger
has found that good, pure, rich, clean
milk pays in profit by receiving htsner
price. The economic aspect alone creates
. necessity for giving the best.
"Wben we have listened TO the papers
OF this evening, we will be well along
toward understanding the simpiined
sanitary primer. A Spanish proyere says,
We'll iathered is half shaved