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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
2
A paper by Dr Revell, provincial bacteriologist, summarises typhoid costs in Alberta. The Bittyburg study shows wage losses, hospital bills, and total value of life lost at $577,500 for 1907. It outlines causation, transmission routes, and survival of typhoid germs in water and food.
Overview of public health strategies against typhoid emphasizes sanitation, personal hygiene, and isolation. It details disinfection, food protection, waste disposal, clean water, fly control, and vaccination as key defenses to prevent transmission through urine stool saliva and mouth entry routes, stressing hospital care and community education.
A historical analysis estimates typhoid costs at over 2000 per death and 125 per case with 194 cases totaling about 24 400 including wages and medical expenses. It discusses death rates, economic loss, and the disease’s reliance on human hosts and contaminated water.
An article outlines how typhoid spreads via milk, ice, water, flies, soil, and carriers. It stresses that clean handling, proper disposal, and defensive barriers are crucial, with examples from Mary and recent outbreaks, and reviews disinfection methods and public health education.
A speaker argues for educating the public on typhoid prevention, noting ignorance and neglect spread the disease. Typhoid is preventable but not curable, and prevention is key. The speaker prefers practical measures like hand washing over treatment and urges widespread education via clubs, books, medical society proceedings, and family physicians reaching people where they are.
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