Show i I go goSPINAL 00 I SPINAL MENINGITIS I IN SEATTLE SEATTLE WASH WAS Once It was wa yellow ellow fever ferer and plague which had bad ad to be guarded against on the waterfront I of the United United as ships came In lafrom from and other other southern ports Now It Is spinal meningitis gitis which Is pro prong proving ng alarming Seattle has has had hd ten cases and six of them have hate come from thee the wharves Five working men have haTe been stricken and now the doctor who attended them has haa the dis die disease ease eue Dr E J Hanley Hanter state health commissioner for tor cir Washington ad ad a quarantine against Mex Mexican ican and Latin Latin American American ports where here spinal meningitis I iq Is prevalent preva preva- prevalent prevalent lent The disease Is more to be fear fear- feared feared feared ed than yellow fever or plague plage e as the sources of those diseases are well known and the spread can b be guarded against agamet The spinal affliction carries carries a high mortality and and and- even those thole who recover are In a great nat per per- percentage percentage percentage of cases cas cases s left with serious defect defects It begins to look a as though Mexico contributes utes nothing of value to this country Even Its morals moral should be quarantined against |