Show SCARLET FEVERS FEVER'S RAID RAIDi j i BREAKS ALL RECORDS 1 There This r i is more scarlet fever in the cit city today today than there has been beeh in inmany inmany many seasons says Health King and it is spreading r rapidly rapidly rapid rapid- pid- pid ly despite the the efforts of the health a au authorities ties to check check it I Dr King the laxity f pf of f the observance of d the the quara tin tIn for the I SIr spread ad of ot ti disease ase which is rapidly assuming ng the the- proportions of an epi- epi d ic Eleven new were cases ses- ses ere reported yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- a and g. g to eight cases cases a day has been th the Hie J average for about two week wee S The disease is in a very mild mUd form format I at at pre present and that is perhaps one one caus cause of its rapid r spread It appears In in th iho form i of ot A slight sore throat accompanied ac ac- ac- ac companied b by a little fever ever and often lasts only a day or two said Dr King As a co sequence consequence the child afflicted Is allowed eq t to td run run abo about lt without care a and d the disease is tarried carried to some one else and from that person to another er until it goes the rounds lounds of the community com corn Of Ot course couise when th the disease is in a form where the assistance of at a physician is r required it is reported and tl ti the tle e proper steps to q quarantine it t are areta ta taken en If It is not no no nb quarantine is observed ed and in liv many cases the people people peo peo- pIe who have the disease do not even know what it is is The germs goms germs germs' are spread just the just the same and often it appears in a much more virile form torm in the person who con contracts tracts it from one suffering from a mild attack Until Until the p people ople ca cap can be educated d up to to the point where they recognize the th-e danger of allowing an unknown disease to go without proper acre and inv Investigation we will have havethe havethe havethe the contagion with us The spread of the disease is due to toa toa toa a great extent to the schools scho Children from homes the Hie light form atthe of at the disease appears are allowed by their the par parents to conti continue ue in school and they carry carry- the dise disease se with them When the schools close I I think there will vill be a decrease in the contagion but that will not check It effectually |