Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02
Tie Governments Diagram Of the Typhoid
Banquet Table. Those Who Had Intes-
tina' Disorders. T-Those Who Con-
tracted Typhoid Mot Sick v
Vacant. . Doubtful. S-Safe
Oysters.

lilthy and unfit for human consumptIon.
At the same time two of The oyster deal.
ers were indicted That part OF the pro.
cceding yet remains 10 be attended to.
The Federal authorities hope that the
breeders of these oysters will be con.
v!ctcd and punished under the separate
criminal indictment.
The Jamaica Bay Oystcrmen ar once
realized that this case was of the utmost
Importance 10 them ana their industry
MS time they were confronted with the
hlted States Government with the same
sort OF officials who had taken the trouble
TO run down the typhoid oysters which
caused the death OF the Goshen victims
IN l?ll The A0S bushels OF oysters
seized last November amounted to
lop,0OO oysters. worth. perhaps. 500. and
canahie perhaps, OF filling a good sized
cemetery with victims
The little matter OF ST00 did not moan
much for the owners OF the oysters or
the oystermcn in general. What caused
me utmost CONSERVATION upon the part
or the Jamaica Bay oystcrmen was the
TACT that If the Government succeeded in
establishing that these oysters we're
i!ihy and unfit for human cDnsum milton.
th"n every oyster grown in Jamaica Bay
under similar conditions would have TO
ne similarly characterized. and the whole
Industry would have 10 be condemned
and wiped out
For this same reason the Government
realized that if it lost this case, oyster
growing in the filthy beds OF Jamaica
Bay would receive a new impetus, and
the public health would be even more
seriously jcopardized by this industry
than IL is today
NO expense was spared on either side
IN the preparation OF the case. High
priced experts who had made oysters
their life study, wero brought on from
various colleges and health departments
IN various parts of the country elaborate
maps were prepared. and scientific
analyses Of oysters without number
"crc undertaken
Able counsel were retained TO represent
Tho oyster industry. The Federal Gov
eminent was represented by Assistant
United States District Attorney Barnes
After ten days Of patient listening to the
evidence. tho jury found for the Govern
mcnt, and the oysters that had been
seized were condemned as unfit for
human food.
Among many other interesting things
developed at the trial. it was shown that
Jamaica Bay comprises 26 square miles
OF shallow waters. into which five big
trunk sewers discharge their entire con-
tents every day. The amount OF sewage
'Rils icu 10 the Jamaica Bay oysters every
day was declared to be, with tho sewage
discharge from other sources, at least
30 600 900 gallons per day.
Following this unpleasant revelation
down to the oyster himself. the Govern
mcnt produced abundant evidence that
the flesh OF the oyster was more or less
saturated with filth and germs and sew
Ggc.
If countless millions Of oysters arc fed
IN sewage waters, why does not every
body die Of typhoid fever? This Is the
answer:
The typhoid germ must come out of a
human intestine. In just such proper
lion as the people living along The line
OF The sewer have typhoid. In just that
portion Will the sewage contain typhoid
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