TYPHOID FEVER 

 FOREIGN CITIES 



The high typhoid-fever death-rate in the city of 

 Washington is probably due in part to the contamina- 

 tion of its water supply and in part to the fact that 

 its sewer system is still incomplete. Congress has 

 recently appropriated money for a sand-filtration 

 plant, such as is now in use for London and various 

 European cities, and it is hoped that within a few 

 years, at least, the typhoid mortality may compare 

 more favourably with that of London, Paris, Berlin, 

 Vienna, and Munich, as shown in the above table. 



The typhoid-fever death-rate per 10,000 of inhabit- 

 ants in the city of Chicago was 9.16 in 1890 and 

 1 7.38 in the following year. This, however, represents 

 an unusual epidemic prevalence of the disease, which 

 was continued into the following year (12.06 per 



