Show DISEASE OUTBREAK UNPRECEDENTED SCHOOLS PROBABLY WILL BE CLOSED i I Nove November ber If 1 December I 1 Disease II I 1907 19 6 1 1 IDOl 1907 1006 1000 1905 loo Smallpox 1 15 n 4 i 1 17 41 Diphtheria 40 20 16 17 46 r 27 S 10 Scarlet fever ever 26 4 12 Z sa 5 S 8 S II Measles I 2 1 2 2 T Typhoid hold 34 31 23 It 11 4 III 13 6 4 s 8 Chicken pox 9 6 Ii 5 II IJ 13 1 It 14 11 Tuberculosis 1 2 2 I 1 I Ii I 1 I 2 1 Pneumonia I 4 5 5 I 15 2 I 5 Meningitis 2 f II I I 3 I I I Total 60 00 1 I 11 is 61 J 81 54 In view of the meeting of the board of education this noon to consider the ad advisability advisability of closing the schools until the present epidemic of contagious diseases es subsides In at least a measure the above I table showing a comparison between the disease record of the months of November and December for the past four years yea is interesting In The table needs but little comment Dur During DurIng During ing the months of oh November and Decem December December ber her In loot 1904 1905 and 1906 there were re reported reported reported ported a total of cases of fever During December lOOT 1907 9 cases eases of this disease were reported and No o 26 During the same months of or November and December 1901 1904 1905 1903 and 1906 DOG there were but lS 98 cases of diphtheria re reported reported reported ported During the same samo months In 1907 there were 98 8 cases With the exception of smallpox there has ha been a great Increase in all manner of contagious diseases dur during durIng during ing the comparative periods mentioned which a n study of the table will show This has been especially true of those maladies which attack the young in par particular particular particular thus making the outbreak doubly dangerous According to D H Chrisensen superintendent superintendent superintendent of schools the situation is such that there is reason to believe that the board of education will in deference to public sentiment at least close the schools for another week beginning Monday next |