Show SCIPIO 4 diphtheria making full fall allowance for excite went on the part of a physician who realizes the ibe dangerous nature lature of alph diphtheria theria the report of dr J g witcher still to is of a most moat alarming ter ler to the extent that an investigation ti should be made at once as to the conditions be describer dee oribe he saya say that at scipio millard county there are thirty six oases cases of diphtheria of a malignant form and that it Is spreading so rapidly that nine now new eases were reported during hla abr e atay in the lowitt he also alao says that there in ie at present no DO restriction whatever that mat would tood to pr pro a vent the spread ot of the disease a and U d alleges as the cause of the spi epidemic derulle the disgustingly filthy condition of at a reservoir from which the people or of scipio secure water while there may be no question an aa to the prevalence of diphtheria in the town named we fear it to Is not safe eafe to say that there is ia no restriction whatever to prevent the spread of the disease scipio is situated in a fertile and beautiful valley and its people are intelligent and enterprising it is fg hardly credible that intelligent people having the affection of parents tor for chil children drell would observe the con condition described without endeavoring to prevent spread of the disease even it if the city IN ceals are so BO culpable as aa not to enforce quarantine regulations parents can call surely not be su at neglectful neglect fui as the report would Ind indicate icat it to is qua qually lly to imagine that the people could have been informed of the he disgustingly filthy condition 19 of the reservoir spoken of perhaps they have been careless of their reservoir but the present condition t 1 of the water supply cannot be changed so radically irom from what it h baa been for years as to cause all the trouble if there has been or Is culpa wilty it to be pointed out but we should be careful not to be too severe at a time when people are su suffering erin irom a dread malady wherein there has laen neglect Degle ct there be laa im mediate reformation and other places should be guarded by sulfide against t the b 0 spread of the disease action upon this line should be prompt and effective but it does not always do to attribute diphtheria tp to exterior un cleanliness or carelessness the facts will wiil not sustain the claim diphtheria it a filth fifth dil disease lease but man many authorities aalst that it finds its way oftener through the impure air of closed up and ventilated houses even where s illy ife scrupulous cleanliness is insisted upon by the housewife than where sunlight and fresh ait air have access and the obil dren are allowed plenty of outdoor exercise the best beat care man can display does not keep off ob all though it reduces its victims to so a uw and it ts Is quite probable th that the trout trouble 10 at is not dot alto due to known filthiness in the water supply or wilful in unduly exposing children to afflicted |