Show THE CAUSE AND prevention OF TYPHOID FEVER typhoid fever la Is au an infectious or communicable disease caused solely by a specific germ called the typhoid bacillus which is passed from the body in the discharges from the bowels or bladder preventive measures begin with the of these discharges and if properly carried out in all cases no other measures would be required but unfortunately for various reasons this result is not no t attained some cases are of so mild a type as to escape discovery the so called walking being an example others have spread the infection 11 li 4 the early stage be mie oie a been made A third class comprises a small percentage in ill which the germs continue to be present indefinitely tn in the dis charges of a person hong having had the disease these cases are called ty paold carriers the cases however which are usually responsible are the ordinary ord luary ones onea in which through agnor ance or indifference the proper dis infection of discharges has been neg lecter every case of typhoid fever results from the failure to disinfect discharges from a former case |