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Tuesday, May 16, 1972
FOOD HYGIENE SURE METHOD OF PREVENTING TYPHOID
Prevention Of Enteric Diseases Campaign
Typhoid fever is an infectious disease transmitted through food
and drinks. Among the four hundred odd cases of typhoid fever last year,
more than half of the patients were youngsters between the age of 10 and
24 years.
An Urban Services Department spokesman said today this in connection
with the present "Prevention of Enteric Diseases Campaign",
Typhoid germs are found in the excreta of typhoid patients or
carriers. Food may become infected through the hands of a patient or
carrier during food preparation, and by the filthy feet of faecal-feeding
flies. Poor sanitation may also cause the germs to infect water supply.
Typhoid fever starts with a fever accompanied by headache, pain
in the limbs, chills, and shivering.
vomiting, diarrhoea or constipation,
Some patients may complain of nausea,
A rose colour rash usually appears
on the trunk in the second week of the illness,
With modern treatment, the disease can be controlled in several
days followed by a gradual recovery. Bleeding or even perforation of the
intestines are the dangerous complication of this disease.
Food hygiene is a sure method of preventing typhoid. The following
precautionary measures are listed for the attention of the public:-
a) Boil all drinking water. Store drinking water in
a clean container with cover.
b) Protect food and utensils from fly contamination.
Avoid buying exposed cooked food, titbita, cut-fruit in the street.
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