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Urges Boilinor
Of Water in
CountyAreas
Preventive measures against a
possible outbreak of typhoid fever
and intestinal disease in the rural
,
districts of Tompkins County, re-
sulting from the flood, were urged
today in a statement from Dr. V.
A. Van Volkenburgh, state district
health officer for the county.
Advising the boiling of all water
from flooded wells and springs, he
also prescribed precautionary
measures to by taken by people
who have already used water from
questionable Nources.
All water used for both drink..,'
'
ing and culinary purposes should
be boiled, the official said, if it has
come froin unprotected sources.
He advocated the use of injec-
tions to prevent typhoid fever. He
requested that the family physician
�e
and the local health officer be no-
1
tifled immediately of any out-
breaks of intestina.r or other dis-
orders,"
ITnle.4s these recommendations
are closely followed, Doctor Van
Volkenburgh fe'll'C all ontbrenlC of
Intestinal disease, and perhaps
t�•hhoid fever, in the rural dis-
tricts.
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