Show HEALERS DONT BREAK LAWS Dr Dij Lederle New York Health Re Officer Makes Hakes Statement Stat ment New York World I Dr Ernest Lederle president of the health department today made a statement to the tb Evening World upon the attitude of the health authorities in New York county toward the th Chris Christian ChristIan Christian tian Science fraternity now on trial for a human hum n life In Westchester coun county county county ty He Ho subdivided his views into two classes official and personal I have been informed that there are upward of members of the fra fraternity fraternity fraternity In the county he said Since I have been at the head of the health department I have received no proof of any violation of the rules and regu regulations regulations regulations lations of sanitary code by a Christian Scientist I know they are reporting their Ct es of contagion QS os Q required by law lawand lawand lawand and are taking the necessary ne precautions lions of proper isolation and c tion Further than this I have no of official official jurisdiction Their cases are reported In the or ordinary ordinary manner by telephone and by personal message There Theres Is s nothing In Inthe Inthe inthe the outward character of these reports to distinguish them from any other cases eases of contagion Who diagnoses their cases was asked Physicians I suppose I have haYe no Information as to that detail was Dr reply Responsibility of the department ends when the cases eases are reported and inspectors ascertain that the sanitary conditions are lived up to Failure to report any case is a mis demeanor Violations are promptly and quickly prosecuted but I have yet to find an Instance where the lawbreaker was a member of the Christian Science church You say the cases are reported by physicians remarked Is not their belief contrary to the accepted lines of the medical fraternity and is not the physician eliminated That is a general Idea among those who have no knowledge knowl of their faith said fald Dr Lederle It is not the truth There are many physicians connected with the fraternity and they are fully qualified and capable of r a sat diagnosis Now No I am not making a defense of I I Christian Science he continued but butos butas os as long as they conform to the rules of the department they are no worse than any other citizen n This concludes my official view of the fraternity When Dr attention was called to the returning of an Indictment for manslaughter in the case ease of ot John Carroll Lathrop the Christian Science healer of New York and the parents of little Esther Quimby who died of diphtheria by the Westchester county grand jury he quickly glanced up and said Manslaughter Can you tell ten nm me where there Is any manslaughter it Is my personal oDIn coin ion that a childs parents are the legal as well as the tito natural guardian of the minor The question of personal liberty enters largely into this matter I have no legal knowledge on the subject but this is an lire age when only broad and liberal views should be entertained |