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Show NO TYPHOID FEVER IN THE U.S. NAVY WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Typhoid fever and other communlcablo diseases practically have been eliminated from the navy by modern preventative melh-lods, melh-lods, Surgeon General Bralsted reported I today to Secretary Daniels. Despite ! the enormous Increase In the navy personnel, per-sonnel, fower than ten cases of typhoid ty-phoid havo been roported since the war began. "The health of the navy ls 'excellent." 'excel-lent." the report said, "and the training train-ing of the mon la not to be Interfered with nt any of the training stations by the presence of communicable diseases. dis-eases. "Practically the only dUoases which have given, much concern during the present war have been those of the respirators' typo, which are spread nrilnoLhJ.n50 and t,,roat secretions, principally mumps and measles, which are associated with a low mortality fl rato or no mortality at all." Juriamj no kflfll |