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SEWAGE-POLLUTED OYSTERS AS CAUSE OF TYPHOID. 



TABULATED DATA. 



Water from Jamaica Bay and tributaries. 

 [Bacteriological examination of all of the samples collected from this bay.] 



1 Sodium chlorid determinations not made. 



2 B. coli determined only in 1 cc or less quantities at that time. 



3 Sodium chlorid determinations made by L. C. Mitchell, Food Inspection Laboratory, Bureau of 

 Chemistry. 



* B. typhosus isolated from oysters taken this day from these waters. See oysters Nos. 14 to 36, inclusive. 



6 Jamaica Bay oysters were taken from this bin under dealer A's oyster house on Oct. 2, 1911, and 

 shipped to Goshen, N. Y., on Oct. 3, arriving there Oct. 4, the day before the banquet at Music Hall 

 on Oct. 5, 1911. It was this lot of oysters which was responsible for 17 cases of typhoid fever, with 1 

 death, at Goshen, N. Y. The results show that the waters of Jamaica Bay are badly polluted with 

 sewage. 



