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In this barn in the Blissfield colony for migratory farm laborers were 12 apartments, housing 18 families, or a total of 80 persons. When diphtheria was discov ered among them, the barn was cleared and used for isolation of those carrying the organisms.

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When the presence of diphtheria was reported in the Blissfield Township colony, State health officers took cultures from the throats of all persons in the area.

In the diphtheria outbreak in Saginaw County, four families living in a one-room house had been in contact with the disease. The State health department carried on preventive work there and reported after investigation that the Saginaw cases constituted a separate outbreak, having no relationship to that in Blissfield.

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A family of workers at Blissfield submits to the diphtheria test.

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