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Show Quarantine Not Being Observed A uumbor of complaints hnvo been lodged with this offlco during the weok ('oncoming tho manner In which tho quarantine for whooping cough Is bolng obsuncd. Tho complainants nllcgu that there aro u great man) cnBcs of whooping cough In tho city; that some nro quarantined, but that others aro -hiding tho fuel that tin dlseaso exists In their family; that all those who aro officially quarantined nro not observing tho rules rigidly, to express It mildly; but on tho con trary. nro nlmost criminally lax In their obsorvnuco; nnd that man mothors nro practically prlsonors In their own homos for fear of tho contagion. con-tagion. If this condition Is really u fact, It Is certainly ouo thnt should bo reined led without delay. Whllo wo nil rea-llzo rea-llzo that a quarnutlna Is lncoiicnlent and unpleaoiint; yet wo ennnot understand under-stand how nnyono with n conscience run knowingly expose any child to n disease that might result In serious hnrm or ovon donth. Wo would nd-so nd-so that each person lntorostcd take counsel of his own consclonco with n willingness to oboy Ub mandates; mid also that tho city's honlth offlcors do not ceaso their vigilance, |