Abstract
<h3>To the Editor:</h3> —In looking over the Reports of the Chicago Health Department for the months of September, October and November, no mention is made of the number of cases of typhoid fever reported. During these months 210 deaths are given as having been caused by that disease. The number of cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever are reported, but nothing is said about the typhoid fever cases. Is there not an ordinance requiring the notification of the Health Department of every case? Does the Department exercise any sanitary supervision over the cases and their surroundings, or do anything to prevent the spread of the disease? Does it know whether the dejecta of the patients are thoroughly disinfected or not, a matter of vital import to Chicago? How can any care be taken of the cases unless they are reported?
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