Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-03-20 | Page 5 | Blue Appeals to Ship Masters

BLUE APPEALS TO SHIP MASTERS Washington, March 20. Surgeon General Blue of the public health service ser-vice today mado public today an open letter to managors and masters of hiko aud river vessels, calling attention atten-tion to tho prevalence of typhoid fev- ( or among seamen employed aboard merican merchant vessels and urging urg-ing their co-operation in an effort to stamp out the disease. Ha, jjre.sen.ts statistics to-show-thTtf thero was admitted -to United States marine hospitals during the fiscal year, ending. June 30, 392 cases of typhoid Tever from the personnel of the merchant marine and many others oth-ers who were treated at private hospitals hos-pitals and at home. These 392 cuses, according to Dr. Blue represent in the aggregate a loss of SO years In actual working time and of -1-1.000 in wages. "In terms of dollars and cents alone." - he says, "this Is a . rather heavy price to pay for an" entirely preventable, disease." The surgeon-general strongly -urges that all shipping Interests . recommend recom-mend and encourage their employes to immunize themselves against infection in-fection by the use of typhoid prophv-lactlc. prophv-lactlc. ' ' . oo