Milford chronicle., 1928-07-13
HEALTH BOARD
GRADUALLY CUTS
STATE DEATH RATE
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peake bay through the Chester an
Choptank rivers and Marshyhop
creek. The streams are rather slug
gish, and in most places their bank
are not over 10 to Is feet below tn
general upland level. They usual
flow through very narrow strips o
flood plain, more or less swampy
and covered with trees and a dens
underground. Along many of tn
larger streams in the upland the wa
ter is stored in dams and used Il
operate mills. Navigation is possible
along the tidal streams from the ba!
to Milford, Frederick, Florence, Lit
tie Greek, Leipsic and Smyrna.
I'm most instances the sanitar!
conditions are bad. There are 55l
surface toilets most of which are
poorly constructed, and in bad repair
and are not fly proof in any sense o.
the word. There are Al inside toilets
connected with septic tanks.
"A sample of water was obtained
from each well. An analysis was
made in the State Board of Health
laboratory and a report was sent to
the family using the water If the
water was contaminated a represen-
tative called at the house and sug-
gested the necessary changes in san
itary conditions and described in de-
tail the method of chlorinating the
water. At the present time samples
of the chlorinated water are being
obtained for retest. After chlorina-
ton if the water is still contaminat-
ed drilling new wells, further i'm
provement of sanitary conditions,
ETC., are recommended.
Water samples from 629 wells
were analysed and 161 or 25.6 per
cent were contaminated. OF this
number there were 443 driven wells
with 11.2 per cent unsafe and 1856
dug wells of which SO per cent were
contaminated. The preponderance Of
unsafe dug wells is typical and
shows the need of properly con-
structing the top of the well. In the
type of soil found in Kent county it
appears reasonable to say that few
wells are polluted by underground
sources but rather from filth enter
ing the top of the well. This latter
applies particularly to dug wells
where loose board tops are found as
a rule rather than as an exception.
In the case of driven wells many
poor samples are due to the neces-
sity of printing them with poor quail
ity water from dirty buckets or pals |
or frequent handling Of the leather
fay valves by contaminated hands.
1.-THE superiority of driven wells
over dug wells for obtaining an I'M
contaminated water supply is clear
" brought out in this survey.
There are 1873 people, who gave a
history of having had typhoid fever
1t some previous time, making ty-
1hoid case rate of 81 per 1000 popu-
alton. OF this number 16 have had
Uphold within the past five years. I
cat the present time we are anal s
rzing feces from those who have /
lad typhoid fever to determine those I
Who are carriers. Three carriers {
ave been found in twenty-six speci-
nens examined. A carrier is per-
on who continues to expel typhoid
terms after the attack of the disease
las entirely subsidized. This may con-
inue for years. These cases are a
cal menace if they are engaged in
andling or preparing food to be eat
n by others. They should not be =
mployed in diaries, canneries, res y
etc.
"Forty-three of the inhabitants =
ave been immunized against ty- y
hold fever within three years. Only n
IN have been immunized previous to \
925. In view of the above facts it n
-ould seem advisable to instigate Il
Uphold immunization campaign in q
onnection with improvements in +,
anitation and better milk and wa
II supplies. The serum for typhoid N
is furnished free of b
large by the Board of Health. Ii
"Forty-three inhabitants of these
WINS have had diphtheria in pre- a
Ious years. The case rate for diph- j.
leria being 205 per 1000 population. N
rec toxin-antitoxin clinics have
zen conducted in the past two years 81
every community in the county so h
lat there is no reason why anyone M
sed have diphtheria if they nave il
ken advantage of this opportunity.
is our intention to continue the N
every year with the B
,ject in view of entirely eliminating ST
phtheria. For the past two years
ere have been no deaths from W
phtheria in Kent county. m
Smallpox has not been very pre- OF
lent, only fourteen people having
ID the disease. None of these Oc- ST
rred within the past three years. pa
lie smallpox case rate is &c per
90 population. There have been WI
ly % people vaccinated in five M
ars which is only 1.3 per cent of co
e total population definitely pro- Fl
tied against smallpox at this time.
< hundred and seven were vaccina- SO
| previous to 1923 making total ne
634 who have been vaccinated. at
ere are comparatively few people %
the county protected against OI
allpox. There seems to be only tei
e means of stimulating interest in ne
ccination and that is a case of NJ
allpox in the community. Re-
lily a case occurred in one of the ~ ~
ger towns of the county and W En
,mptly seven or eight hundred ny, NY
sons were vaccinated. We realize "T
It smallpox has not been q health M,
,blem in this county, but there is W.
reason why it could not be under 10
existing conditions. With the toy
sent method of preparation of the
,cine and the improved manner of 10
there is no reason to do,
r vaccination. for
Each dose of vaccine is sealed in :