Show Quarantine In In view of the fact that hat a number of cases of a a contagious contagious conta conta- nature have appeared in our community I f wish to tn call the atten ion of your readers to Lo a part of the he city ordinance regulating antine Whenever it shall shan appear to the quarantine physician that any tny peron per person i ison son on has been attacked by any I contagious di disease ease he may cause such uch person t t remove to sonic some re retired tired ired place or if in his judgement such uch person pelson Sl so infected should not note not be e removed then he shall at the expense of the person so infected take ake such measures as he may deem advisable to prevent as far as possible the spreading of the contagion contagion con- con infection and cause the diseased person to receive proper and humane attention an and shall forthwith fort report the same sam to the board of health who ho shall compell the he strict quarantine of the place of abode of said infected persons or any infected district by causing yellow ellow flags nags to be ue kept conspicuous conspicuously ly y displayed upon and around the premises remises or district during the period of danger and by giving g notices in the most public manner manner practicable that the said premises premise or district is infected and shall regulate or prohibit communication with said premises or or district until all danger is past pait ant anid no person who has been con fin fined ed with such disease Shall leave his hisor hisor hisor or her place of abode or confine confine- merit ment ment and go about the city until written be obtained from the he quarantine physician The boar board Doard of health is organized f or the sole purpose of of maintaining ni inta ng he the good health of the community The rhe quarantine physician is a member mem memo ber berof of the bo board rd of heal health h hand and through gh and ana by authority of the board loard has discretionary power in quarantine ine It is the duty morally moray and religiously re re- of every member of the community to report or aid aidin in the detection of every disease of a suspicious nature to the board of health or quarantine physician and any anyone one who through willfulness or carelessness neglects to report is guilty of a deep wrong The ignorant ignorant ignorant igno igno- rant are to be pitied for persons holding r responsible t le social and family relations who are to dull to appreciate a serious illness when Ought brought in contact with it are a d. d dangerous element in the community ty nd if a suspicious case exists it is t ie ic e duty of any or every individual in in- knowledge thereof there there- of to promptly report to the board of health or the tine quarantine physician dan clan cian so investigation can be made Anyone I such knowledge and failing to report is liable to a afine afine afine fine or imprisonment or both To illustrate the dangerous position position position tion th the town is now in and to emphasize e the necessity of using g every precaution against contagion I sha shall instance a recent case Some ten days ago go a physician was called 1 to see a child in convulsions As is usual before before the doctor could gel get I there th paroxysm paroxysm was yas passed A careful examination revealed no other di symptoms of a serious nature but the people were expressly J warned that convulsions convulsion are in children frequently the forerunner fore runner of some serious And they were further cautioned should the Chi chill khow chil show an any further symptoms or rell frea n Tin n sick to immediately Vi gAs tAs the lne case was not heard heart from I wo ahin bin a week and as the then n lilt t health nor the quarantine veu ci had not been notified it wa naturally supposed thai tha t t th f c al had been cause d J it I I I by y some local irritant After I the he lapse apse of ever over over-a ra a week the 1 cian un was again agam called and found the he child with an c case se of ot diphtheria heria in its US most malignant stage tage The place of course was t quarantined In this case the whole town own has been been subjected to the danger langer of an an epidemic The child chUd has ha been for several 1 daS days previous to o quarantining in a condition to r. r convey the disease Different individuals individuals indi- indi have gone to and from the house louse The father a her herf oi of the child has assisted a in nursing patient at night and engaging in his r regular gular work during during- the da day which is of a nature to o be especially d for or the spread of contagious disease And all this has been bee going on without the knowledge of the board of health or the quarantine ne phy phy- ician I simply wish to warn the people of the absolute necessity of u using ing the he utmost precaution against the the spread pread of contagious diseases It It 1 costs nothing to have the quarantine physician investigate any or all suspicious cases That Tha t is his busi busi- ness ness ess t i H. 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