THE MINISINK EPIDEMIC. 



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Number of oysters eaten by Minisirik guests. 



TYPHO/D, 



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>ZZ x?72f 0YSTE/?&. 



FIG. 2. Graphic statement based on total number (155) ol guests at Minisink banquet. 



GASTROENTERITIS (DIARRHEA). 



Of the 170 letters sent to guests there were 107 replies reporting 

 as follows: Diarrhea, 60; typhoid, 14; miscellaneous, 33; 8 returned 

 unclaimed, making a total of 115 letters accounted for. One of the 



1 See figure 2, explaining these and 7 other similar cases. 

 45672 Bull. 15612 3 



* Both had had typhoid fever previously. 



