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Show ENDEAVOR TO STAMP OUT TRICHINOSIS Following a report received yesterday yester-day by Dr T. B. Beatty, secretary of tho state board of healtht of a death in Black Hawk from tho disease known as trichinosis, caused by eating disensed nurk. Dr. Beatty ordered all nogs in a nerd suspected of having caused the disease killed. Ho issued theso instructions instruc-tions to Dr. J. K. Dowd, health officer offi-cer of Black Hawk, and also ordered him to make a thorough investigation and tako noccssn measures to pro-vent pro-vent any spreading of the infection which Jins caused ono death and the serious se-rious illness of another person stricken with the disease. Several days ago a patient was brought to a" local hospital suffering with tho trichinosis caused by eating nork from the suspected herd of hogs. The report of Dr. Beatty states that the woman who died Tuesday also ato meat from the same herd. |