#100YearsAgoToday News of local cases of typhoid fever prompted alarm and warnings to boil water while tests were undertaken. Typhoid fever is a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection spread through contaminated water, food or drink (or close contact with someone infected). Symptoms include high fever, headache, abdominal pain and rose-colored spots. Its incidence in the U.S. was finally on the decline from the first decade of the 1900s, which featured several deadly outbreaks, due to improved sanitation and the increased use of a vaccine developed in 1909. | |