Sewage-polluted oysters as a cause of typhoid and other gastro-intestinal disturbances. A study of an epidemic and of certain individual cases

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Series: Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Chemistry), no. 156

By

Stiles, George Whitfield, 1877-1970

United States. Bureau of Chemistry.
United States. Department of Agriculture.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington, Govt. Print. Off, 1912

Notes

"Issued September 21, 1912."

At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry.

Contents: Introduction. pp. 5.

Contents: Review of literature. pp. 6.

Contents: The Minisink epidemic : Inception of the investigation -- Data collected by correspondence -- Distribution of the Minisink cases -- Goshen water supply -- Goshen milk supply -- Consideration of the menu -- Source of the oysters. pp. 10.

Contents: Cases studied at Rochester, N.Y. pp. 24.

Contents: Schoolmaster's banquet, Newburgh, N.Y. pp. 26.

Contents: Insanitary condition of Jamaica Bay : Previous reports -- Hendrix Street sewer and disposal plant. pp. 28.

Contents: Floating oysters. pp. 33.

Contents: Bacteriological data on water and oysters from Jamaica Bay : Methods of examination -- Tabulated data -- Isolation of organisms. pp. 34.

Contents: Probable cause of the gastroenteritis (diarrhea). pp. 42.

Contents: Summary. pp. 43.

Subjects

Effect of water pollution on , Internet resource , Oysters , Pollution , Shellfish , Water , Waterborne infection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.66332
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/agr12001521
NAL: 1 C42B no. 156 1912
OCLC: 809915750