Author: TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Title: The Rat and Its Relation to the Public Health
Description: Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1910. Paperback. Trade PB. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book has cardstock covers and a black cloth spine that looks like it's been added later. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have bumping, rubbing and wear. There is a smallish tear to the rear cover foredge, and there's an inked notation on the front cover, just under the title. The text pages are generally clean and bright. "Rats can produce up to 12 to 16 milliliters (more than 2 teaspoons – more than 1 tablespoon) of urine and50 fecal droppings in a 24-hour period. Contamination of stored foods with rodent feces and urine may transmit disease to both humans and pets. These contaminated foods may carry diseases such as cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis, salmonellosis, and listeriosis. In addition to causing disease, contamination from rat urine and droppings increases spoilage and renders foods inedible. Rats have also been implicated in the transmission of several other helminths (worms) and bacterial, rickettsial, protozoal, and viral infections in other parts of the world. Rat lice, mites, and fleas can also infest other animals and, occasionally, people." (From the N. I. H. ). Very Good- .

Keywords: Medicine The Treasury Department Rats Public Health Diseases


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