Show TYPHOID FEVER AND THE TH I 1 FARM WELL by dr J E greaves creasea Cre avea utah agricultural college the farm well veil Is orten tile the most dangerous danger part of the farm arm instead of giving pure life saving it ofton often furnishes 1 death spreading spread ng fluid there lit lg no way fur fir the eo to detect between baan oen tile pure and tb the impure water lilt cut it li Is truo cult lo in the overage average tarin farm wall unprotected from infection us as it Is there are present numerous nume rou kinds of disease db tusi cousins causing freaa ems not only the dreaded typhoid but many intestinal deasea on the farra farm may bo traced ti to impure atell water yet it is LOI necessary for the farr to have any infected source ca U katr supply care can to t guard tho the wall inell against nga enst contamination will ill leap the supply pure pur why to 1 it that in w many rural districts various intestinal diseases are morn more prevalent than they are in largie large cities whoa when tho the re t verge be truel true vve find tit at least a partial answer to this question in the difference lo in water ovater supplies of tile the two districts district in the cities the fatt water supplies are usually carefully guarded against while in the country districts the supply of water Is usually obtained from well ells and these la in amany places are shallow and abd ahat I 1 Is forbe than that not protected from the filth which duay be b carried in from the he top eminent authorities thor ties ldes on oil this subject have found that where one death from typhoid could be prevented by ba the water supply two or three deaths from froin other causes could be pret en ted by the improvement an improved vater supply not only rod ces ices the number of dentals dentils from fever but decreases infant mortality and the death rate from gastrointestinal gastro intestinal disturbances this Is du due not only to the removal eIl loal of disease producing organisms from the water but there are many other substances suo stances and in impure water will which c 11 greatly g rea t I 1 y r reduce educe the bodily vigor of the individual using it and anything or cond condition tOn which in any wry way reduces tile tha bodily vit vitality allty anes ma B the individual an eay easy mark for disease many walls are only loosely co ered w with all planks lilarae between which grass gr grasshoppers ass hop morals or leaves malce make t their heir way it Is easy to see ec how the filth from f mm the boots of working men or from playing on the planca or from walking wout about carrying carry lne infection on their feet may got get into the wn wa ter and pollution may easily I 1 take ake plathe one need n ot gu ge farduto far into tuto tile coi coventry entry to 0 find places where tile out houses ire are freely open at t the back so that fowle fowl can walk under and from there here onto the planks co boern ern tha vell veil all th the filth left lart hy by thera them ou the cover coter COT er of the well Is 13 later washed into the edtl this could do latue harm if U germs were not present rat dot one never knows know when they may tc be present prcy oat it is not enough 0 tu know tint no case of typhoid IMI hai ha i beon been lipos open tie the prettifies fies for it la Is ofton often alie tj 10 ca case chat appelt fitly healthy lit n nr are carrying carryl ns or excreting from their bodies tho the dl cil eai aeao germs for the reasons uio the om which cover t so go sonny wela should be replaced lly a tight fitting bouic nt platform not conot only tile ilia sun ut of but E everal beveral feet avay the well wel and nil lo ii sans into tile grund tareo or four feet to BO vint that oil all tho wn iva ter which findt finds its lt way into the well must mint pass several fat pr arm aill under thee the e tie the well if fairly dorp dep dor p can le illon for water where water Is krumn to he nr strongly st ronsy himpe te I 1 of helay cart the only 1 Is to holl boll the water v atar before beare use the many maily fit EVIS which abich are being den offe offeror reil to the public cannot le be dependent depend eft iipp un less ess they lire are go ao constructed that thet an be fallen alien apart every ley tind thoroughly cloann by tic a red rd heat f |