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Show Guard Against Typhoid By Dr. J. L. Jones, State Epedemiologist. Editors Note Citizens here need have no fear of water from the American Fork City system since all tests, including a very recent one, shows no contamination of any kind and the water to be absolutely pure. Investigations by the State Board of Health and reports from officials of .numerous communities throughout through-out the State, indicate that the extensive ex-tensive drouth conditions have created creat-ed a serious typhoid fever threat. In view of the threatening conditions condi-tions obtaining and of the fact that typhoid is always apt to be most prevalent pre-valent during the period between mid -summer and early fall, it is of first importance that no safe-guard against infection be omitted anywhere any-where by individuals or by communities. com-munities. AS THE MOST PRACTICABLE, IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE MEASURE MEA-SURE OR PREVENTION, GENERAL GENE-RAL INOCULATION IS URGED BY THE STATE BOARD OF l HEALTH. This inoculation ' is harmless, causes little inconvenience and, when completed, furnishes immunity for from two to three years. Have I your physician inoculate every mem-jber mem-jber of the family at once. The j State Board of Health manufactures typhoid vaccine in its own laboratory labora-tory and furnishes it free to health departments and practicing physicians physic-ians in the State. FOR BASIC PROTECTION, SANITATE SAN-ITATE THE HOME AND OTHER SURROUNDINGS AND CAREFULLY CAREFUL-LY OBSERVE THE RULES . O'F PERSONAL HYGIENE. Every case of typhoid comes from swallowing the germs, or seeds, of the disease, and such germs come from just one source. This source is tire waste matter the bowel and kidney discharges of human beings who are sick with the disease or else are "carriers" of the germs. "Carriers" lare persons who, although al-though not sick with the disease themselves, have typhoid germs growing in their bodies. When human wastes coming from typhoid cases or from "carriers" are not properly disposed of, they are apt to get into water, milk, and other foods, and, through such agencies, be transmitted to well persons. Water Wat-er is usually infected by sewage or surface drainage. Milk and other foods are liable to be infected by fingers or flies contaminated with typhoid germs. If all wastes from I human bodies could always be so placed that it would be inaccessible inaccessi-ble to flies and could not be car-, ried on human fingers, or get intoj sources of drinking water or into; milk supplies or other foods. ty- phoid fever would soon become aiv extinct disease. Typhoid fever, while one of the, most dreaded, is also one of the easiest to control and obliterate of j all the communicable diseases. Its, prevention mav be largely summed up in the one word "cleanliness." And bv "cleanliness" is meant not onlv clean foods, especially milk and clean water, but also cleanliness of person and surroundings. TYPHOID FEVER HAS ALWAYS : PREVAILED WHERE CLEANLI-j NESS IS NEGLECTED AND EVERYWHERE DISMISSED FN j PROPORTION AS CLEANLINESS. HAS BEEN INTELLIGENTLY OB SERVED. And what is true of typhoid fever in this regard, is also none the less true of dysentery, diarrhea, and other oth-er filth-borne diseases. The following are the precautions urged against typhoid: ! 1. DRINK ONLY WATER WHICH HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED SAFE BY THE HEALTH OFFICIALS. IN THIS CONNECTION HAVE YOUR WATER SUPPLY TESTED BY THE I STATE BO'ARD OF HEALTH. CONTAINERS CON-TAINERS FOR SUBMITTING SAMFLES WILL BE FURNISHED ON REQUEST. 2. IF THE WATER SUPPLY IS POLLUTED OR THERE IS ANY DOUBT ABOUT ITS PURITY, BOIL ALL WATER USED FOR DRINKING, FOR BATH, FOR WASHING HANDS AND FACE AND FOR WASHING UNCOOKED FOODS AND VEGETABLES. CHL-ORINATTON CHL-ORINATTON WILL ALSO RENDER WATER SAFE; ASK YOUR HEALTH OFFICER AS TO THE PROPER METHOD OF DOING THIS. 3. SCALD DISHES AND TABLEWARE. TABLE-WARE. 4. PARTAKE ONLY OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ABOVB SUSPICION OR THAT HAVE BEEN PASTEURIZED. 5. ' SWAT THE FLY! TRAP THE FLY! POISON THE FLY! MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, SEE THAT THE FLY HAS NO" PLACE IN WHICH TO BREED. 6. EVERY HOUSEHOLDER SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEE TO THE CLEANING UP OF HIS PREMISES, GETTING RID OF FILTH, MANURE, AND OTHER BREEDING PLACES FOR FLIES AND MAKING ALL PRIVIES FLY-PROOF FLY-PROOF AND SANITARY. 7. ALL HOMES, ESPECIALLY jTHE KITCHEN, DINING ROOM 'AND SICK-ROOM, SHOULD BE CAREFULLY SCREENED AGAINST FLIES, WHICH ARE CONSTANT CARRIERS OF FILTH AND GERMS. 8 ALL CISTERNS, WELLS, AND SPRINGS. SHOULD BE PROTECTED PROTECT-ED FROM SURFACE DRAINAGE. 9. AVOID BATHING AND SWIMMING IN OPEN AND UNPROTECTED UN-PROTECTED WATERS. SINCE MOST OF THESE ARE HEAVILY CONTAMINATED WITH GERMS OR FILTHBORNE DISEASES. 10. ALWAYS OBSERVE THE SIMPLE PRECAUTION OF WASHING WASH-ING THE HANDS BEFORE EATING EAT-ING AND OF KEEPING THE FINGERS FIN-GERS AND OTHER UNNECESSARY UNNECES-SARY OBJECTS FROM THE MOUTH AND NOSE. Should any member of the family develon a continued and continuing fever or evidence of any other symptoms symp-toms cf typhoid, the family physician physic-ian should be promptly called. Ir. this way. an early diagnosis may be made, proper medical care provided and instructions given in prevcnt'.ng the siiread of the disease. Furthermore.' Further-more.' the physician in attendance can then report the case to the health department, which, in turn, will cooperate with both the family and the physician in preventing ar.c controUir.g the spread of the di- INOCULATE AND SANITATE: MAKE ASSURANCE DOUBLY SURE. |