Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-27 | Page 12 | "Big Top' Hit by Epidemic

BIG th TOP HIT BY EPIDEMIC of Circus Personnel Person Person- 77 Members b net nel in Hospital With Typhoid hoid DETROIT July 27 CIty City health department deportment officials this afternoon afternoon aft aft- announced that 77 performers perform ers trainers and other of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum c Bailey Dailey combined circus are in iii local hospitals hospital at least half of them suffering suffering suf suf- fering from typhoid fe fever er and ind the others suspected of having the dis dis- ease The disease apparently first broke out among amons the circus personnel in n Cincinnati Two members of oC the troupe are In hospitals there Another An Another other died of the disease a few days later in Dayton I The presence of the di disease ease among the troupers was first discovered in Detroit last Saturday when four performers per per- formers became ill and were taken laken to a hospital When these cases were discovered a health department officer was sent to the circus grounds with several nurses and Everyone connected connected connected con con- with the show was examined and many were inoculated against the dis disease as When the circus left town Wednesday Wed Ved the medical officials remained with it to watch for typhoid cases until it left the stale state Wednesday night seven members of cf the personnel were sent from Flint to Detroit suffering from the disease The circus will leave the state Sat Sat- Circus officials the health department depart ment was informed expressed the belief that the disease was first contracted contracted con con- tract d by members member of the troupe in New Castle Pa A federal investigator from WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington is expected here today to cooperate co operate with state and city Health I authorities I