The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-14
The TYPHOID CARRIERS.

AZ ene number OF cases Of typhoid
aN el oecomes smaller it is possible to
una Out when each case originated.
massachusetts, they investigate
~ case and they nearly always Are
same 70 ma Its source. The policy 10
followed. perhaps Just as t~horoughIy, i
view York city. In fact, in every,corn-
nlu Nuy having a well developed health
assortment, whenever a case of typhoid
lever Is reported inspectors get on the
'oD DONG detective work. tss
Doctors Osborn and Meckler, who art
engaged in this work for the Massachu-
tee.s poard or health, are OF the opinion
.na. Tue number of carriers In that state
= Oh the increase. There are known to
oe OIL typhoid carriers in that and these
we're responsible for more than l.alf the
cases Of typhoid there.
"A typnoid carrier is a person who
without being sick harbors typhoid ba-
GIN IN his body and passes them out
WIN me excreti6ns either daily and
constantly Or periodically. In other
words. the typhoid bacillus is at home
IN that individual as tue colon bacillus,
us cousin, is in all rersons.
y the IL carriers found in Mas
sacnuetts IN 1919 three claimed they
never mad had typhoid fever. The way
lypnold carriers spread typhoid is In the
nam by handling food. In the Massa-
chusetts investigation Al per cent, or
neariy nall of the cases infected by car
riers, were infected by milk. No ty-
Phold carrier should work as a mixer,
or IN a bottling plant, milk plant, dairy
mix store or on a milk wagon from
Which can milk is sold.
more than one-third cas- Ger cent?
were infected by food other than milk.
NO typhoid carrier should work as a
cook or waiter or Ia a grocery store
Were 1oods to be eaten raw are sold.
In the Massachusetts list were two
nurses. All nurses caring for typhoid
1eVer should be protected against the
olseaSe Dy vaccination. No one should
nurse If there is any Fix et;haood that lie
OF sne IS a typhoid carrier. Nurses are
very careful about cleanliness of the
hanus, but not ever a nurse is suff-
elentiy careful to make her a safe at
tendant is she is a typhoid carrier.
doctors Osborn and Meckler found a
considerable percentage of the carriers
70 De housewives. AS such they endan-
ger their W families, but not many
OUTSIDE. 1t is possible that some fam
lily wells long in bad repute as the cause
OF FAMILY typhoid nave been accused of
crimes for which they were not respon-
sloie. In Massachusetts, they know of
TOUR persons who have been typhoid
lively.
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NEEDS WELL PLANNED DIET.
"A Constant Reader writes: 81. What
is albumin in the urine? 2. What does
1t come from? 3. Is there a cure for it?
4. What is the proper food TO eat when
one has albumin %
Reply.
Il and 2. The urine is derived from
the blood, being separated by the kid
neys. Normal kidneys take water and
salts, but not albumin, from the blood.
In Bright's disease the kidneys permit
some of the albumin of the blood to
pass into the urine
8. Yes. Many cases of Bright's dis
ease get well, theirs live on Indefinitely,
feeling very well and able to do a good
deal of work.
4. Persons with acute Bright's should
sat practically no meat or eggs. Those
With dropsy due to Bright's disease
should not eat salty food. , Those with
chronic Bright's should eat a light diet,
but strict dieting does more harm than
good. A person with Bright's should
have his diet laid out by some one who
knows which variety of kidney disease
he has.