Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1916 — Typhoid Preventable By Precautionary Measures. [ARTICLE]

Typhoid Preventable By Precautionary Measures.

Seventy-six out of eighty-seven cases of typhoid fever which occurred in a recent outbreak have been traced by the United States Public Health Service to infected milk. Had the first cases been reported to a trained health officer the outbreak could have been stamped out promptly. When will we learn that disease prevention is sure and cheap?