Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1920 — Rats and Bubonic Plague [ARTICLE]

Rats and Bubonic Plague

Bubonic plague is more common In the United States than typhus. The plague is primarily a disease of rats, caught by them from fleas, carrying the infection. Many Mediterranean ports are now reported as being infected by rats suffering from plague. These Infected rodents are carried from one country to another on ships, hAora they get ashore and start new outbreaks. If an infected flea gets

! on a human being the disease is transmitted jo him. In view of Increased activity in trade, the health officials i are much worried over the prospects . of ships carrying plague-infected rats into our ports.