August is the time when fresh little tuimips are being sold on the streets for raw consumption." The JarKe turnip crop of Jukaohsien comes. Celover, But these early turnips are for eagerly by the population and thousands are consumed dally, Practically every household eats raw turnips. Turnip vendors sit by every school and can be found upon every crossing. These turnips are not only forced by night-sell, but just before selling they are cleaned in canal water and are then eaten raw. Some peel them with their Anger nails, of the other peel them with their teeth. In each case the turnip becomes a dangerous luxury. The present epidemic dates back to the time when this fresh turnip crop was put on the local market for consumption, and it is now rapidly spreading along this highway of travel—one of our main canals.
In @ tour through the country by one of our local investigators, 1t was found that most of the families in certain neighbourhoods were affected. In some houses as many as three were down with typhoid fever, Coftn-makers have a' very prov table business, as the number of deaths in this epidemic is dally increasing.
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