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Show or than ii9ii.il," ways Edward Hatch, chairman of the state water pollution committee, in a bulletin of warning. "It has hecn a lry scnson and cnn-permently cnn-permently the streams have not hecn scoured a.s well ds usual. The people peo-ple should therefore ho more careful care-ful than ever ahout the oysters they eat. "New York harbor oystets have hecn pronounced unfit for human food because of the pollution In the waters wa-ters around the city. special watch will he kept this year on the oyster business of the state, and any Infraction of the law which prohibits floating of oysters In sewage beds will lie severely prosecuted. "Consumers should insist upon seeing see-ing the permit Issued by the city t?r the sale of oysters, as iho dealer In obtaining the permit must statu the place from which the bivalves come and no one will get a license to sup- I ply oysters from Infected beds." i . OYSTERS ARE A SOURCE jF DANGER Now Yoric, Aug. 31 With the-approach of September, the first of the "r" months and the beginning of the open season for oysters, the New-York New-York health authorities have begun preparations to guard the public against polluted bivalves. "The danger from typhoid is great- |