Show I Fever T Typhoid of t There are few families which have entirely escaped this scourge Yet it is now recognized as one of the preventable disI dis dis- dis- dis I cases eases Impure drinking water is the most frequent cause and may ay be be eliminated as many of our cities have demonstrated Contaminated m milk ilk and other food products also are responsible r for typhoid but in a lesser degree than tha impure water r 1 Instead of trying tring to keep typhoid germs out of the system the United S States army is obtaining immunity by vaccination andI and I 1 h has as made a wonderfully successful record In Iii 1913 there were i only three cases of typhoid and no deaths Two vo of these cases were of recently enlisted recruits who were admitted to the hosI hospital hos hos- I r pit pital l with the disease inside of the first fust six days of service Byi By i contrast in 1909 there ther w were re one hundred three seventy-three cases with sixteen deaths and arid in one hundred two forty cases with ten deaths Among all the troops scattered along the Mexican 1 border and in large camps in Texas not a single case of typhoid fever has occurred in an inoculated man since June 4 1912 |