Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-01
TYPHOID FOUND
! IN ICE CREAM
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Ritzman. when the supply arrived in
harrisburg show that some ice cream
Is not only extremely dirty, but in some
Eases fuil of disease germs, most of
'hem believed to be typhoid.
Special Board Meeting
special meeting of the health bu-
reau Will probably be held to-nioht
or tomorrow. when DIR. Raunick viii
present the facts of the situation and
s,.,',s go outIihe the best course to stop the
spread of the disease.
In every ice cream test tsken with
PUT eut rev exceptions, disease germs were
iouno IN large numbers, and in som
Instances DIR. Moffitt reported that no
eStlmate could be made of the amount,
me bacteria tests per cubic centinoe-
IeE ranged from one to four millions.
tf.ei i'm one or Two tests in the hundred
10 ~, Iea,os,! ,!GoIunln, indicating unsani-
taTy handling of the cream.
DIX new cases were reported to-dav
an widely scattered and, DR., Ram,
iCk SAID he is positive ice cream, 1Ua c
the cause. That more cases will he
reported daily for at least two weeks,
is DR.. Raunicks opinion sst>''
May Close Plants
Inc city health officer announced
Ia Ia ne Is planning conference with
"a,
10 shutting off infected cream snn'
plles IN general, and that this NAV ne
cessltate, the closing of some of tbo
ice cream plants in the city, at least
temporarily. '' "' iet'S'
Forty-six cases Of typhoid fever
we're reported last month with one
death. This is one of the bigbast
monthly records of cases of +bis dio
ease in the history of the bmrean
Last year SO cases were recorded scat
tered throughout the entire wear Eor
several years prior to 1915 less than
months. i '"elNe
Reports Below Standard
- arrangements are being made with
Cumberland county health autbor;ties
10 trace the entire city supply of milk
ana cream from dairies in that CO..
uoh' august milk reports in a MN
Der or instances have been far below
s.andard according to officer Raunick
anu anu NUMBER of prosecutions will fol-
low within a week, he stated.
The' manufacturer whose ice crean,
thorough sterilization of ali eouip-
ment In his plant under the direction
OF health authorities, and reopeneG
-day. He changed his milk supply,
ana new tests are to be made of the ice
cream manufactured, according to DR..
Three typhoid suspects were admit
ted to the Harrisburg hospital This
morning. They were Mrs. John
Kaiser. aged Sc, of Enola; Mrs. Ross
Dare, 1417 North Third street, and
Frank Rupp, sos North street.
Ice cream dealers are greatly wor-
rled. One prominent maker said that
the publicity given had injured his
business greatly and he insisted that
no typhoid had ever been traced to
his ice cream. He SAYS Whatever fauIt
there is lies with the dairymen and
mix shippers. He sends milk to New
\ ork city and says that regularly the
health authorities of New York State
send inspectors here to inspect his
sources of supply. He believes that
constant State supervision of ali
creameries and dairies is the solution
OF the trouble here. Dealers are bid
ding for milk supply and if they com
plain too often of dairy conditions the
milk producer simply stops delivering
and sells to less careful customer.