CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 5 



Review of literature 6 



The Minisink epidemic 10 



Inception of the investigation 10 



Data collected by correspondence 12 



Distribution of the Minisink cases 13 



Goshen water supply 17 



Goshen milk supply 18 



Consideration of the menu 18 



Source of the oysters 20 



Cases studied at Rochester, N. Y 24 



Schoolmasters' banquet, Newburgh, N. Y 26 



Distribution of cases of illness due to eating Rockaway oysters 27 



Insanitary condition of Jamaica Bay 28 



Previous reports 28 



Hendrix Street sewer and disposal plant 31 



Floating oysters 33 



Bacteriological data on water and oysters from Jamaica Bay 34 



Methods of examination 34 



Tabulated data 36 



Isolation of organisms 39 



B. coli and B. paratyphosus types 39 



Typhoid organisms 39 



Probable cause of the gastroenteritis (diarrhea) 42 



Summary 43 



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