MANAGEMENT OF BACILLARY DYSENTERY PROBLEM AT WASSAIC STATE SCHOOL.

The article details the management of the bacillary dysentery problem at Wassaic State School in New York. The infection was prevalent among the low-grade inmates. There were seventy-four clinical cases during the outbreak in the spring of 1943. Cultural surveys of all inmates in the building were repeatedly performed through the use of the rectal swab technique and the S.S. Agar plates. The article discusses the treatment of known cases and carriers.