Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-09 | Page 8 | Daily Health Service

pa Daily ly Heath Health Service Typhoid Is b. an present ever menace requiring eternal vigilance vigilance lance lanco to prevent serious outbreaks out out- breaks In a a series of four tour stories of ot which this Is the tho first Dr Morris Fishbein tells what typhoid is how It I is is' caused its symptoms its course and methods methods meth meth- ads of ot treatment By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN An outbreak of typhoid fever ever Inthe In Inthe Inthe the Minneapolis area indicates again that only constant vigilance will safeguard any large community community community fr from m outbreaks of or this disease About cases case were reported to the he health Uh departments in Minneapolis Minneapolis Minne Minne- apolis and St. St Paul between May 2 and July 15 Repeated studies were made of the available water supplies and a afew afew few ew specimens were found slightly contaminated around July 22 Recently was appropriated ed by the state executive council to conduct a So complete survey of ot the city water system In the meantime meantime mean- mean time Lime 24 2 contaminated wells were found in various parts of ot Minneapolis Minneapolis Minne Minne- apolis and were closed by the health department The city waterworks supervisor Insists that blame for the large number umber of ot cases of ot typhoid fever must be placed on these wells and not on the city water supply The story sounds like a n very old one In relationship to prevention and control control con con- troi of ot typhoid fever If It the case rates and death rates for Cor typhoid that existed in 1890 prevailed today the city of ot Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis Minne Minne- apolis would have this r year approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately cases of at typhoid fever Instead of ot With cases of oC typhoid d fever there would have been around deaths In normal times Umes of of course the city of f Minneapolis will have less than han 20 cases of ot typhoid fever in any single season seaon For Instance In the years from 1910 1900 Minneapolis had deaths for every people In 1915 1911 this dropped to from 1920 1916 It dropped to 50 from from 1925 1921 it was 19 then from Tom 1930 1926 1926 It was 08 that that is there here was less than one typhoid death for ever every people in inthe inthe inthe the city of Minneapolis In 1931 there was 06 and In 1932 08 but in 1933 the rate rale reached 02 which means th that t there was only one death in Minneapolis from typhoid fever lever during that year With the one death there were vero probably not more than 10 cas cases cc In 1934 the rate was 12 which of ot course was still within the average average aver aver- age for modern years year St. St Paul had arate of or in 1910 1906 92 for 1915 1911 31 for tor 1920 1916 3 31 34 for tor 1921 1925 1 14 for 1930 1926 11 for 1931 07 for 1932 1 14 4 for 1933 and arid not a single death from typhoid t fever ver in 1931 It is not surprising therefore that a sudden outbreak such as has lias o occurred this summer should arouse arouse some consternation NEXT What typhoid fever Is and what causes it