Throughout the U.S. there have been 28,000 cases of infectious hepatitis so far this year, as against 12,000 in the same period a year ago. The upsurge of the disease, which is usually spread through human fecal matter, was expected (TIME, Nov. 14). But New Jersey has logged a logarithmic increase: 1,014 cases, as against 437 in all of 1960. Seeking the cause of the flare-up, Dr. Roscoe P. Kandle, the state's commissioner of health, had hundreds of victims interviewed ; then he pointed an accusing finger at the lowly clam.
A few cases, said Dr. Kandle, could be traced to seepage...
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