| Show typhoid aria and water among 0 the soldiers under the military government of the city paris there were typhoid cases in 1888 the following g year 1 ear the number increased 1179 at that time thy the water of the vanne was substituted for contaminated seine water the cases of the next four years numbered respectively only 3 and last year the vanne itself became contaminated through an accident the history of which has been traced conclusively clu the result was an in increase of typhoid cases in the paris ganison gar lison to 46 of which occurred burred in in the three months of february 1 march and april apri 1 D during r january and february of the present year there were only eight cases in all the fact that typhoid fever comes and goes with impure drinking water could hardly receive a more striking demonstration yet the possibility has been reali realier rea lied Led in the experience of melun a g garrison barrison oar rison town of inhabitants situated on the seine twenty eight miles above Pari here in 1889 there were cases of typhoid fever among the soldiers the chamberlain filters pasteur system were then introduced and the cases rd of t the h e following years numbered respectively 15 C 6 2 7 and 7 again for 1894 suddenly during the severe weather cf february ol 01 this year 28 dragoons one after the other came down with the fever the infantry battalion living in the same barracks had bad not a single case the secret was soon out the filters had been allowed to freeze and the soldiers were ordered to drink only the weak infusion of tea furnished them in which of course the water was boiled the dragoons hid had simply not obeyed but had ad helped themselves to fo the seine water from the hydrants at lorient as in other districts of the coast of brittany typhoid fever has long iona been endemic and still remains so SO among the civil population latOn I 1 in the garrison until 1889 there was an average number of cases yearly in 1890 1800 filters were set up with the result of a decrease in the cases case to 58 for that bat year while the three following years numbered only 2 1 and 1 respectively in 1894 1804 water was brought into the barracks from a spring 0 supposed to be pure in a short time 11 cases of typhoid fever declared themselves themi elves on examination it was discovered that the spring was contaminated and the garrison ceased using it for a water supply the disease has now all but disappeared again popular science monthly |
