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gatherings have often resulted in out
standing epidemics.

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gatherings have often resulted in out
standing epidemics.
\ MONG the foreign populations OF
\ this country, notably among the
German and Italian immigrants, 4
native fondness for raw pork or I'M
perfectly cooked pork and pork prod
ucts has been responsible, to = great
extent, for the disease.
DR.. Hall, at the institute, declares
that in the City OF Washington one
out OF every six autopsies discloses
trichinae, and that no one Of these
individuals has had a prior record Of
having had the disease. 1T Is a pc
culiar thing" says DR.. Hall, but this
is an illness that is considered a very
rare disease that always occurs some
where else That Is to say. no one
ever concludes he can come down with
it. As a matter Of fact, 1t Is 50
prevalent that believe it would not
be an oyerestimate to say that 10 per
cent of the people harbor trichinae
We are making a survey now that
gives us positive evidence Of the dis
ease in various sections OF the coun-
try"
That survey discloses the fact that
trichinoss is lightest in the South
and In the Rocky Mountain States;
that there is more OF it in the Middle
West and a great deal Of 1t along the
North Atlantic and the Pacific Coasts
An interesting conclusion reached
from this survey by the G-men of
science is that the disease is most
prevalent in sections where there are
garbage feeding plants In certain
sections Of the country these large
plants are operated by private con-
Germs or by municipalities and the
refuse is sold Garbage Is sometimes
bought by farmers to feed their hogs
and pork scraps are always present in
such discarded food. Consequently
other hogs, feeding upon them, take
into their systems the trichinae with
which the other pigs were infected,
and so the parasite Is assured con-
tinuation Of life from one host to
another.
ANY garbage feeding plant" de-
clares DR.. Hall, SIS to be looked on with
suspicion. There are three times AZ
many trichinae in garbage fed hogs
as in grain fed hogs. In fact, 80 per
cent Of hog cholera can be traced d.
rectly to garbage feeding.
"One fundamental control measure
is to raise swine along the best lines.
The Bureau of Animal Industry in
augurated a swine ne-sanitation system
that has been found to work admirably
and that actually increases the possible
income from this industry. BY means
Of it fewer number Of little pigs are
lost to the farmer; he gets his swine
to the market earlier and he has q
better grade Of meat"
In the laboratories OF the National
Institute of Health DR.. Hall and his
workers are today concerned with
trying to find out what groups OF
people are most easily affected by
this parasite and why, with an eye
to eliminating or obviating cases OF
the disease. In the last 80 years, dur
ing which their investigations have
taken them into many parts OF the
New World, the men Of science have
made little headway, says DR.. Hall.
4 CCORDING to DR.. Hall, from to
2 per cent Of all pork is infected
with trichinae. Investigations have
shown that the parasite has world
wide distribution and is carried also
by rats, which wander extensively.
Between the years 1898 and 1906 about
100000 hogs were microscopically
examined in the United States and
about 2 per cent were shown to be
infected.
Certain European countries have