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EPIDEMIC DISEASES TRANSMITTED BY MILK. 



a temporary affair, had no vault and no protection from flies. 

 Not ten feet from it, the milk cans were washed in a tem- 

 porary shed. In this was found a washtub filled with milky 

 water, indicating that it had recently been used for milk cans. 

 These conditions are shown in Fig. 8. 



Fig. S. Laundry in which milk cans mere wastied. 



The family washing on the clothes line, and washboard in 

 the shed by the tub, indicated that the tub was also utilized 

 for laundry purposes. Some eighteen delivery cans, measures, 

 etc. , were on pegs nearby. Water for scalding cans was heated 

 over a fire in a small tank, supported by a few bricks. The 

 supply of water from this source would be ridiculously inade- 

 quate for the proper scalding of utensils. The general condi- 

 tions are shown in Fig. 9. The building on which the milk 

 cans hang contained a case of typhoid fever on the second floor, 

 besides housing the family, while the basement was used as a 

 stable. Note in order, from left to right, family washing, tank 

 for heating water, shed (beyond horse) for can washing, and 

 privy in fence corner. 



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