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Show IS lis AHMYJOCTDHS M etlica 1 Officers Charged With Carelessness in Fighting Typhoid. Many in Overseas Service Negligent Sanitarians, Circular Says. v. a. i i i . ;t ::, Ann' 4 "itt" " ijl H- 'i.'H ;.,. t..w. ru.rl i--,u- i.'"1 !. : riiirilliliif tic ''"" l " M,m1. tM.i.o:.! f-.-r In 'I..; a 'M.y (,!! f:i.i.- ; : , , i r . r u.uuy n..-'ir:1 off I-:ri i.,-j,.v rli" p.,bi.o J.-.-lth ..-r.i'- in vhi.m t;..,, ... mi :. ni.rnin;' vn-l i : !,, ,, ,,: w,.. (; .oi.ij-;--t. immunity '""'l I " . : i . fc. I 'I ht M-f r.if-' -.11 ' if-- ' ' 1 ' - " ' I V.I..TM M'i"-M.iry. j r.' va l li '1 m tn.opn, c- jM-.-tr.rv .1 j ri 1 1 U.f l.t-L ofi'r-n-iVH.s n J ho W-Mfi . lr..M. ami K:U I o.-.-'iir.-M.-.. j.i.-l ir rih.i turn or" d.b- , t... v,;.- .-o.iM.-.r.'iv bmm-l.t I ' tlio at-t.-i .,! ic.'..al uii:. t-r-s Li. rough wCK.y I )ll-l i I.:-'. It amiI'I ;.p !... i- " tlu- circular cnntiu-r cnntiu-r "!L;.l 1 1 ..in.-.-is nit-rlv f.Ml'-d to 1. 1 I warmi. ;:.' , . . 'oi v.-1 r lis' ; i.'iin- lii- fan thai typhoid .n i ; 1 1 ; i I V j i 1 j i 1 ' l i.-v.TS nr.; t-pidcuiie In rliM I'u'i.-.'l Si i i , :i!nl in spit- of our , ,- . , ),. rir-n.'.- u ;l h liio during Hi,-. S 1 1 1 j ' i - A j 1 1 ' r i ;i n v;ir Mi'l later dur-1m-- tin- 1 1 rind "f mobilization on the M'-x-; .-i,i. r, H i- ' viil m that many medi-,'m1 medi-,'m1 (, i I, i I'm ii.iv I mi t lit t lo .Cnowi- ,., of 1 1. - i'.iMl:ijrt.-nhl pri:i''ipk'M mi(l r-!-h g t t . i j f i u and control. If is al.-.o (juilc 'il'-M(. that. r'Jtint nu'iiirril f f 1 -r-r-.-i uv in-.yly rn ivIi-sk and n -'le'-llul i.f tln-ii- Hiiii-.-: and respi nslbil i r. k h ad ) Ural oi'iircrs and sanitarians.' It is fully rt-.-ogni.'-d. tho circular savs. llr.it cnl.il'iliuii:, brought !ll 'Oil t b the n;.dili..iiiou of miliii i s of men nr.d tho n . i i r hi 1 1 irin.it ion ni ti( wa r .f two million (i tin-Hi- h:ivc mi Union rondrrcd i n i t ;i i;.' control cnt'nu:!y difficult. No Excuse Now. Tho cH''!' sitr.i7'Mn -;nrnM his .--unoi'di-n.u.'.s 1 iiu i now tho oxen so "There ih a v:iir on" no l.ntr.'.T will bo i olor:tt-.'d and Hi. it thf-y will he ht Id responsible for pi.-ocr snpc! i-ion of Iho health of ti'oops. nearly a 1: tf whom :n-o in stationary M'niniin,- ar.as t r in tho army of occupation, occupa-tion, w l-.-rc propci In." Line! ion and nitu-fiin nitu-fiin m can l.c insiitulcd ana (m forced. In a hri f rcvit w of tho ocouriiuio of t'i ho id a in I parnt yphnid tVvors in the t cditionai-y forces, tl c chief surgeon Fas that unlil June, 1!MS, Jew cusea oc-C'lrn-d and liio rat; was within !ho, cx-V''cl cx-V''cl i;il limits. I'Y'-m t iicn mi, however. It a pi tears the disc,: a pjirond through many unit:. I uirini; t iio ''h.xIf aii-Tiiiervy offensive, ll'ie eiivub r discloses, approximately 75 p.-r cent of the t roopy eiLvai;'cd wcro :if-fli. :if-fli. 'I ed u'ith diari'hea I d iseasos, such as simplo d iarrhea, hue diary dysentery, ty-0ioid ty-0ioid r nd par.-ityimoid. "Tlio l.iuli incidence of intestinal diseases dis-eases In Thi.y sector," tae chief surtfoon fays, "was (iue to eulirc flisre:!'d of the rules of sanitation." l oth dyseniery and typhoid-pnnUyphoid ft ers were do jeonst rated do have p.re-vntled p.re-vntled to some extent after the St. Mthiel offeusLvc, but 1ho epidemics of pTieumo-nia pTieumo-nia and influenza pre ailing at that time ovei siia dov. ed all other me dic:j 1 adinia- SVOII3. Jrr.vtances CHed. Kollowinp; the oti'euMvc in the Arg"omiG t phoid and paraU phoid iieran to be re-porled re-porled from virtually all divisions en-f?n en-f?n t;ed. and. according- to the chief sur- geon, it wna quite evident the initial cases were due in largo part to the drinking drink-ing of Infected water. In some instances either the Initial exposure was not great the organizations were under good discipline, disci-pline, or the medical officers had a proper conception of their duties and responsibilities, responsi-bilities, and but few cases occurred, in other instances the contrary was true, and many cases; occurred. In July, lfbS, a replacement unit con- : pi slim,' of 24 S men from Camp Cody, N. M., readied Kngland with typhoid prevailing prevail-ing extensively; PS men, or 39.5 per cent, had the disease and tho death :ate was S. 12 per cent. After investigation it was concluded that the men were exposed to infection through drinking water while traveling across tho United States. The unit had been vaccinated a few months prior to the epidemic. The chief surgeon declares that In many instances patients, seme of whom were wounded, passed successively through camp, field, evacuation and base hospitals without ar.y documentary evidence that typhoid or paratyphoid v.os even suspected sus-pected in their cases. In not a few cases it remained for pathologists to mako a diagnosis at tho autopsy table. A number of new regulations requiring all medical officers ir. forces overseas to report immediately even suspected cases of typhoid have been published by the chief surgeon. |