Show ISEAE E ISPEkING t fAST WHERE LAW IS BROKEN CONTAGION CONTA-GION FLOURISHES City Health Officials Point Out the Chief Cause of Trouble Disinfecting Disinfect-ing Library Books The weekly report of the health department de-partment shows an almost alarming increase of contagious and infectious diseases there being now fortytwo I cases 6f scarlet fever arid two of diphtheria diph-theria under quarantine Of the in fectloiis class of diseases reported seven are I typhoid fever and four I whooping cough I In the opinion of the public health officials I tfhe chief reason for the < abnormal ab-normal increase in the number of preventable I pre-ventable diseases is the disregard ot I quarantine and sanitary regulations by afflicted families andl their visitors and in great measure to the laxity of phy Slciani ifl IJ porting all such cases as required by law The week s report shows nine deaths exclusive ot five bodierf brought from outside th city for interment rff four births equally divided as fH eexe were reported last week Public library Precautions For the purpose of minimizing the danger of spreading disease by the free L I use of books the staff of the public1 library keeps in daily touch with the health department records Whenever any reported case of contagion checks with the librarys membership list the book borrower is promptly tlOtifi by mall to return his or her book to the health department for fumigation instead in-stead of to the library f f t Q < p C n |