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Show ""Til did nr GOME FROM SCHOOL , pt. Cliirsf ensen Denies That nfeeffon Originated Among Grant Pupils. H, Chriitcnsuii, jiunerinicndent; of 'city's public schools, regrets tlic that the Grunt school has boon sis-it sis-it cd with smallpox' eases develop- in that iieinkUorhood, ''"id denies the cases .oritfiintf.od in the school imoup tho children attending the; ), in a .statement issued Weduos-j Air. Christ ensen wont into I ho j itiou at length, as follows. j am sorry tliat tho Circuit .school lias j mi proinliionty associated with the j i of smallpox In that part of the town, jsc tlio most cnrcriil InveslIgiUloii jscs the fact that the aehool is not uislolc In the remotest way for any etc ensvs. Thosi: having' the small-arc small-arc not school children. Tho hoard cidth very wisely examined every In the Gra.nl school yesterday for the in thai the homes of the smallpox ! i aic In that district. The examlna- I disclosed no suspicious conditions, of course, the building: was not or-I or-I fuinlgnted as has been slated. I low-Monday low-Monday night we fumipsitod. wlth-tic wlth-tic Itnowleifeo of the hoard of health, -corns In Ihc Grant school, simply as cautionary measure. UuL practically night in tho week wo fumigate h Jn some part of the city. J'or c.v-, c.v-, last Inght we fuiniprtled rooms In buildings: Lafayette, I room; Idln, o rooms, Jackson, 5 rooms, icr, .'! rooms. ir principals and teachers arc very nt in Kiiarding- the welfare of the i, with tho resnl. thai perhaps r.O ml of all cases of contagious diseases IJscovcred by them and reported to 'tnnlgator before "the eases arc rc-J rc-J to Hie city board of hcalili by at-iiK at-iiK jihysli'lans. Home physicians, rcr. aro thouphtful enough to notify iriiicip.'il of the school Immediately they llnd it case of contagious dis-II dis-II Is our plan always to fumigate room In whhdi u riy child with tl sious disease has been present wiih-ivcelc wiih-ivcelc of the time when his sickness diagnosed, even If it is necessary iiniss school for this purpose. rsonally.M appreciate fully the Iclnd-Icllude Iclnd-Icllude for the welfare of the school cu of Dr. Paul, who is a most en paid pa-id conscientious health officer. 1 am that he Is in no way responsible for ilann which occasionally his speh noralizing effccl on school altend-nrul altend-nrul coiiseucntly on school work. J however, that all otber persons are aile so careful in givfng reports, to rcss, and some may draw inference llogetlier justified by the facts, and shool must bear the consequences, there is a'ny real occasion for alarm iy limo the school will be closed, mlcss this action is taken children uch sufT in school than in mingling rlmumtely with their playmates on reels, in moving picture shows and Ltcr places where no precautionary ires arc adopted. Schoolrooms arc mlly and frequently futnigjilcd when is the leiist occasion for fumigation, n the main thoy are well lighted, illy ventilated and properly warmed, other gathering places arc seldom, if fumigated. o health department reports to this promptly all new cases of conta-dlseases conta-dlseases anil we immediately take action as may be necessary." |