State of Illinois

Dwight H. Green, Governor

Department of Public Health
Roland R. Cross, M.D., Director

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A REPORT ON A

TYPHOID FEVER EPIDEMIC
AT MANTENO STATE
HOSPITAL IN 1939

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Prepared largely from
unpublished reports and findings of

Carl E. Schwob, formerly Senior Sanitary Engineer,
and C. Milton Eberhart, M.D., formerly District Health
Superintendent, Illinois Department of Public Health

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Printed in 1945

by Authority of the State of Illinois

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Introduction

Chapter 1
Description of Manteno State Hospital

Chapter 2
Onset of Epidemic

Chapter 3
Preliminary Observations

Chapter 4
Water-Supply Study

Chapter 5
Control Methods Adopted

Chapter 6
Amoebiasis-Control Methods

Chapter 7
Epidemiology

Chapter 8
Discussion

Chapter 9
Legal Action Resulting From The Epidemic