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FINDING OF CARRIERS
Answering statements that con
ditions on one farm supplying milk
to the Cheltenham area were
highly unsatisfactory. Mr Mackrell
said ail he knew about the farm
was that It had been closed volun-
tarily at the start of the outbreak.
4s a result, officers of the Health
Commission did not have any
opportunity of seeing' what the
i farm was like when milk was be
ing produced there.
Tncy had. however, asked that
the nccuoant.s of tha farm should
(llbmit themselves to tests, as had t
been done with others associated
with the supply of milk to the area, i
Tt was as a result nf these tests i
that, a carrier was disoovered. i
The Health Commission had re.- <
ceived complete co-operation from i
the Department of Agriculture. :
Any friction- that might occur. ;
however, as a result, of such an
outbreak, could only be elimin- i
ated by a Department of Health
controlling all matters affecting
health. Instead of thefr being under
the control of various departments
as at. present.
The District Health Officer iDr
Merrileesi said today that when,
at a meeting of the Health Com
mission. he had said he was ap
palled at. living conditions on one
dairy farm, his intentions had.nol
been to refer to any particular
farm. He had been thinking of e
coniposile idea of the poorer dairy
farms in general, with his mind
;yphoid fever.
At the same time It must he
jnderstood that, on many farms.
:onditions of living were surpris-
ngly good, in spite of many diffi
culties. He was more concerned,
particularly in respect to this pre
sent outbreak, with the domestic
tnd personal conditions of people
living on the (arms than with the
conditions of milk production.
He believed that, except when
gross Insanitary conditions were
disclosed, the state of the farm it
self was of minor Importance when
compared with the risks that oc
curred as a result, of faulty per
sonal and domestic habits.
MANY VACCINATIONS
So many people applied al Caul
field Town Hail today for vaccina
tion against typhoid fever that
they could not all be handled in
the time originally allotted. The.
medical officer < Dr. Fltchett) :
scheduled to vaccinate people he-:
tween 10 a m. and 11 a.m., wasi
still working after midday. I
People from other municipalities i
were telephoning the Town Hair
asking if they could be included In
the scheme !
Vaccination will be carried mil j
Trom 10 R.m ,to 11 a.m. each
Thursday Friday and Saturday
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