36 SEWAGE-POLLL'TED OYSTERS AS CAUSE OY TYPHOID. 



TABULATED DATA. 



Water from Jamaica Bay and tributaries. 

 [Bacteriological examinaTion of all of The samples collected from this bay.] 



! B.coli 



No. : Date. I present XaCl. 



LocaTion. 





190S. 



cc. 



Fer cent. 





1 



Apr. 11 



1.0 



(1) Pumpkin patch: water 17 feet deep. 



2 



. do 



1.0 



Pumpkin paTcli: water near surface. 



3 



...do 



1.0 



'■ Surface samT)le near Canarsie. 



4 



...do 



do 



1.0 

 1.0 





Big Channel: IS feet deep: U miles from shore. 



Brnad Channel: pa>;t. belo-«- railroad bridge: snrfare samnle. 



5 





6 



...do 



1 



Broad Channel: 10 feet deep. " ^ . 



7 



...do 



1.0 



Yellow Bar; water 6 feet deep. 



8 



do - 



(-) 



PiTTfle Bar: sru^ace samule. 



9 



...do 



(-) 





Ruffle Bar: deep sample. 



10 



...do 



1.0 





SoutheasT from Ruffle Bar: water 2 feet deep. « 



11 



...do 



1.0 





SouTheast from PoinT of Ruffle Bar: water 1 foot deep. 



12 



...do 



1.0 





BrandT Poiar: waTer 15 feet deep. 



13 



...do-.-- 



.1 





Brandt Point: surface sample. 



Northeast from Hammel, Broad Channel: 12 feet deep: low Tide. 



14 



1911. 

 Sept. 2S 



.1 



3 2.81 











See ovster sample No. 1. 



15 



...do 



.1 



2. SI Above railroad bridge. Broad Channel: water 12 feet deep. Low Tide. 



16 



...do 



1.0 



2. S5 j Ibove drawbridge: Broad Channel. Low Tide. 



17 



...do 



1.0 



2. So One mile west of drawbridee: Broad Channel. Low ride. 



18 



...do 



5.0 



2. 90 1 On Eockawav Park, i mile from shore. Low tide. 



19 



...do 



■ .1 



2.S9 



Water 2 feet deep: 100 yards of sma' ^wer on shore. Low tide. 



204 



Oct. 12 



.1 



1.75 



Floating bios, under ovstex house, Ihwood, Long Island. Duplicates. 



21* 



...do 



.1 



1.82 



Do. 



22 



...do 



.1 



2.56 



Over storage floats, outside of oyster house in. canal. Inwood. Long 



Island. 

 CoUecTed during the afternoon; ebb tide about 2 hours: vicinity of 



23 



...do 



1.0 



2.71 











Broad Channel, and Silver Hole, above railroad bridge, over 











oyster erounds. 



24 



...do 



1.0 



2.72 i Do. " 



25 



...do 



5-0 



2. 74 ! Do. 



26 



...do 



5.0 



2.83 1 Do. 



27 



...do 



1.0 



2.6S Do. 



28 



...do 



.1 



2. 70 Do. 



29 



...do 



- .1 



2. 67 Do. 



30 



...do 



1.0 



2. 70 Do. 



31 



...do 



1.0 



2. OS Do. 



32 



.-.do 



.01 



2. 6S Sample near Hammel. above railroad bridge. 



33 



Dec. 15 



.1 



. 67 Ladian Creek, near Canarsie, outside of dealer A's oyster house. 



34 



...do 



.1 



.87 1 Do. ■ ' 



35 



...do 



.001 



. 52 Under dealer A's oyster house where oyster samples Xos. 45 to 50, 

 mclusive, were collected.s 



1 Soditun chlorid determinations not made. 



2 £. 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. 



4 B. typho-ms isolated from oysters taken this day from these waters. See oysters Nos. 14 to 36, inclusive. 



5 Jainaica Bay oysters were" taken from tnis bin under dealer A^s oyster house on Oct. 2. 1911, and 

 shipped to Goshen, N. Y.. on Oct. 3, arrivmg 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 eases of typhoid fever, with 1 

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

 sewage. 



