The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-26

! bronchial pnuemon1aI ScOurge that haS swept: this city and New Haven re gently cannot be ascribed alone to the drinking of milk is the opinion o1 prominent health department official: today after careful investigation. It is found to be epidemic from Bos ton to Philadelphia and throughout the east extending it's ravages no alone in the throat butt having had 2 much. larger field of death in strepto coccic infections of the larynx, bron chial tubes and lungs.
 The deaths in Bridgeport during June alone which may be traced tC this streptococcic infection, not direct 1 ly associated with the recently noted deaths, which are in every way sirlni 1r to the fatal disease known al flanders in animals are:
 Reziero BartornioIo, aged 2, 158 Wade street, pneumonia fol- lowed by spinal meningitis, i'll but days.
 Cyril Gordon Wooster, aged 24,. 1880 East Main street, indeternni- nate cause, probably 1obar pneu- monia, i'll three days. Not con-( sidered serieals but died suddenly. Michael Barotia, aged 1ysf3 EIin- a ton avenue, died June 4, Iobal pneumonia and meningitis. i'll days.
 Bernadro o1beige, 1se Spruce street, bronchial pneumonia, died June Il, several days illness.
 Mariela F. Vietre, aged 2, 1obar pneumonia, died June A at 197 North Washington avenue, days illness.
 Armelia vietre, aged 1, 1s7 North Washington avenue, died June 8, of Lobar pneumonia, 7 days illness.
 Joseph Risko aged 1, cerebro spinal fever and pneumonia, died June 4, illness of Is days.
 Peter voe1ke1, aged 66, 1obar pneumonia, died in Bridgeport hospital, June 8. A George M. Karle, aged CT. 1os Asylum street, acute lobar pneu- monia, died June 1z-iIlness or four days duration.
 Leo Forbes, aged 24, Bridgeport hospital, died June Il, 1obar pneumonia, illness of 14 days.
 Theuse Patiegos. aged 1, of 2e John street, lobar pneumonia, died June 13, days illness.
 Maria Rovia, aged 5, of 131 Willard street, bronchial pneu- rnonia, died June g. 20 days ill., ness.
 Peter Morris, aged 22. Bridge port hospital, lobar pneumonia, 14 days illness.
 Cases of glandu1ar streptococ- cic infection already noted in the news are:
 William Marsh, aged 5, who died at the Bridgeport hospital Saturday, June 24, after six days illness. The death certificate gives Septicaemic peritonitis the cause being doubtful,
 Prudence Merwin, aged 1, died June 16, at 816 Fairfield avenue, from "convulsions due to an un- known cause"
 Bradford Merwfn, her brother. aged 2 years, and months, of s16 Fairfield avenue, a death cer- tificate for whom has net been filed.
 Miss Margaret Brannigan, 1928 North avenue, died June 23, with appendicitis and peritonitis be- Heved to have been contracted while caring for children with glandu1ar trouble.
 City. county and state officials no -busiIy engaged in examining herds cows and ml1k supplies in this ar New Haven county combine in givfT clean bills of health to present mi supplies of the Beaver Brook -dail and other dairies so far examined. any infection existed in milk shipp' previous to times of examination, tn source of infection is said to ha disappeared
 Health Officer Mcclellan, Milk al Meat Inspector Knapp of this city al State Health Officer Blake today i spected every employe of the Beav Brook Dairy. Cultures taken fro every individual employed by lar and small milk companies will be SC to the state meteorological Iaborato for examination. With declaration bacterfoIogists that nothing but pu milk is being taken from cows of t larger dairies it has been theory tn some infection passed from an ind vidue1 into one or more cans.
 This theory is widely combated Sphysicians throughout the city wi lave noted cases of streptococcic i
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