Croydon Typhoid Outbreak
WELL BECOMES INFECTED (British Official Wireless.) Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. RUGBY, Feb. 14. The report of the inquiry instituted by the Minister of Health, Sir Kingsley Wood, into the Croydon typhoid outbreak says that the immediate cause was a portion of the public water supply becoming infected by typhoid buccillus. The infected portion was that derived from u chalk well at Addington, and the chairman says he feels justified iu concluding that the well was infected by tho fact that men, one of whom was an active carrier of typhoid, wero working iu the well and that water from the well, unfiltered and unchlorinatcd, was being pumped into the supply. As to the work on the well, the report reveals that there was both misunderstanding and lack of communication between the responsible officers of the corporation, so that neither the medical officer of health nor tho borough engineer was aware what v\ e happening.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 39, 16 February 1938, Page 4
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