Show 1 v vil il i k I 4 t 1 EXTRA i s I G i AGAINST DISEASE t 1 I School Principals Directed to toI I Use Vigilance in Preventing j Spread of Contagion a i ALARM AMONG AMO JG PARENTS i NO WARRANT FOR CLOSING THE OQUIRRH SAYS CHRISTENSEN CHRIS ENSEN No f little concern has ha been felt by py y re rc residents reI I In hi the district contiguous to the fur Oquirrh school 30 0 South Fourth East street on account of alarming rumors a that have been spread to the effect th t tan I an epidemic of o scarlet Carlet fever foer prevails i Some persons have hava voiced a demand that the thc school be closed clo ed because of ot ft f th the fact that four our children in tae tha th fam tam family fama i iII a fly ily II of ot Solomon Nelson were fatally I t stricken with the disease The school is not going to be closed according to tJ D H II City superintendent because ber be use ause says Mr Christensen Christonsen the disease is sporadic f and in no wise wlEe epidemic Aside from Crom T the cases eases in the th Nelson elson home honie said saidi i 1 I p Mr Ir n yesterday I know of oC if only two or three other cases Today Toda the building will trill be thoroughly fumi fumigated I gated There is no occasion for alarm alum q and nd there is absolutely no necessity for to 1 G closing Ute the school schoolS t S Comes Near to Home HomeSickness Homei f i k Sickness among school children al always alL a L ways comes comas near to home Parents become be bei i como come frightened or at least anxious a 1 clous at the tho first suggestion of the appearance appear appearance appearance ance of a contagious C disease Its re not infrequently occasions 5 a condition bordering on a state of or ort oft t panic Thus It Is that last week one ono day tiny a mother reported to the thc office of The Herald thet that there was an epi epidemic epidemic demic domie of ot diphtheria at the Lafayette school that the board boa d of health was wasi i blind to it and that there was grave danger of an Immediate spread of the malady malad The truth of the matter Is j that the incident at the school arose in to this manner A pupil t became ill at his home of diphtheria 4 The attending physician failed to report re report report port the case to the health department on the day when ho he should have h ve done doneso so The following day word came to the school authorities in the forenoon of the existence of the diphtheria case The school authorities notified the health board and Immediate steps were I taken to isolate the patient In the aft aCt afternoon afternoon n of that day the doctor who at attended tended the case notified the board that thata a M j he had such sueh a patient It was the oUy case case cae thus far developed but the inci incident incident ry 1 dent was magnified many fold even eyen evento evento to the length of creating great fear t among mong those who were concerned about the school population of the district i j j Doctors Are to Blame It Jt Is a fact daily dally proved that doc doe doctors doctors tors who have patients suffering Buttering from diseases of a contagious character do donot donot doi i not report them to the authorities The i 1 result r sult Is that the patient Is neither iso isolated i i nor the house or premises quarantined quarantined r r for a period of at least 4 hours following the appearance i t of the disease Meanwhile neighbors 1 overflowing w with wah th sympathy come in inand inand inand and carry away with them the conta contagion f glon gion It Is in this way wa that smallpox I Is spread and other diseases Doctors agree that the only way to toi tol l i suppress contagion is to isolate the 9 cases eases but they themselves are the first firsti r lo to Ignore this rule au authorities auf 1 i f are constantly pounding p on oni i the he back the physicians but their ef efforts efi efforts i forts meet with only indifferent suc sue success i 1 cess eess Until recently the city health office ti kept such hours that it was ever a guess JU ss whether or not one would get re response response If a call were made Within the thelast thelast last I week the board has made new of office office fice rules There will be a clerk derk In at attendance each day a until S In the evening and there will be telephone service on Sunday Sunda So that Instead of off i f Waiting until the next day to report physicians may and are urged so to todo toI I do d notify the department at the thc ear earliest earliest earliest liest possible moment a Spread of Small Salt Lake finished up the tho week with i t ty ent new cases of smallpox on the Che he list Prior to Friday night when the th official record closed there had been four cases of his disease reported ported r Yesterday five additional cases were reported Some of these i cases many of them It Is said were 1 not reported until days da s had elapsed I and the contagion spread I Manifestly says tho the health board It Itis Itis is impossible to suppress or eradicate disease when It Is not known where the disease exists In addition n to the classified diseases covered by b ordinances the board of oft t health has asked the board of education it t tion to assist in the suppression of o mumps m and chickenpox To that end the board sent to the trustees a com corn como corna communication o a embodying Its wishes In Inthe inthe l the matter This letter was turned over over w r to Superintendent Christensen who ho In turn referred It toe various H j principals with his recommendations l j The letter of the health board follows To the Principal Your Tour most care careful ful ul attention is Invited to the following 1 letter 8 To the Board of ot Edu City Cit Gentlemen Owing to the existence of an unusual amount of contagion in the city at the present time the board of health has decided not to allow children from home homes wherein there exists a case of contagious conta ous disease di ease to return to school without first a permit Such diseases as smallpox diphtheria diphtheria theria therla scarlet fever measles whooping cough and epidemic spinal meningitis are already provided for by ordinance and the foregoing rule Is de designed d designed signed particularly to cover coyer mumps and chickenpox Kindly instruct your our teachers ac accordingly accordingly accordingly cordingly BOARD OF HEALTH In accordance with this letter Super Superintendent i D H Christensen has issued the following Principals will please see that the above aboc regulation is observed to the very letter Every possible precaution must be taken to prevent the spread of f con contagion tagi n During the first fifteen min minutes minutes minutes utes of each session every teacher will endeavor to ascertain the cause of absence ab absence sence In the case of each absentee In every case where there is occasion to suspect a contagious disease in the th home of the pupil the principal will promptly exclude any member that may maybe maybe maybe be In school and make an Immediate and thorough h investigation In such way jis as s his Judgment may direct Should the sickness prove to be one of the dis diseases diseases diseases eases listed in the above letter no time should be le lost in ht reporting the matter to this office should it seem advisable to take greater precaution than exclusion exclusion exclusion sion from school in order that further procedure may be decided upon Between 12 and p m on school schooldays schooldays days da s the principal should act at once as the emergency may require and report to this office Immediately after 10 the action taken Between 5 fi p m and S a a m during the school week and on Saturdays Sun Sundays Sundays days and holidays s all reports of cases requiring fumigation should be made I Ito to the superintendent of buildings George M rI r Bridwell telephone 1573 red Independent 2515 2545 under tion all fumigation is done Each Ea h principal should keep a corn com complete record of o all fumigating ting done in I his building including room fumigated by whom fumigated duration and time of or day when fumigation takes place cause by whom information is given when given n etc te If such facts forthe for the present p ent year haw ha not already been re recorded recorded corded the record should be made m de at once in order that a complete compete com lete and ac accurate c curate tabulated t report may at any anytime a anytime time be furnished on short notice |