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A1 LUMSDEN LL, WOODWARD WC
T1 A milk-borne outbreak of typhoid fever traced to a bacillus-carrier
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD March 6
VO LII
IS 10
SP 749
OP 752
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.25420360005002a
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420360005002a
AB The city of Washington and the District of Columbia are one. There is but one government, and there are no "city" boundaries except such as prior to 1871 marked the limits of the then existing corporation of Washington. To the westward of the city, across Rock Creek, there was at that time located a smaller, though older, community known as Georgetown. This, like the city of Washington, has long since ceased to exist as a separate corporation and now forms an integral part of the District of Columbia. Officially it is known as West Washington, but in the ordinary speech of either community it is still commonly referred to as Georgetown. For convenience it will be so designated in this paper. The water supply, the sewerage system, the food supply and the laws and sanitary administration of Georgetown are in no way different from those of the rest of the