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Show oo TYPHUS IS BLAMED ON FEDERAL LAXITY PHILADOLPHIA, Feb. is. Typhus as blamed on federal laxity by Dr. C. Lincoln Furbush, director of public pub-lic health, upon hla return Thursday from Now York. Herding of immigrants immi-grants like cattle on iteamshlpi where strict cleanliness is not maintained, inefficient in-efficient Inspection of thus allow.. 1 aboard at European ports and a poor system of health Inspection In New York were given by Dr. Furbush as the principal reason why the disease is appearing in America. I Or. Furbush is a veteran of battles bat-tles against the typhus plague in Europe, Eur-ope, Asia and ports In Centra and' 'south America and to considered on I of the foremost experts on the dlscaso In Amerl-.i "The whole system Ls one of federal responsibility," Dr. Furbush declared. "The federal service In New- fork is not meeting the situation as It should." |