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Show Urges Caution in Whooping Cough Cases Unless Q.uarintlnc laws are rigldl enforced, Igden may experience an epidemic or whooping cough this fall intl winter, according to Dr J. M. Elliott, In charge of the city health de-pertinent. de-pertinent. The doctor said: "Cases have been reported wh re children have run loose while afflicted afflict-ed with this dbease. thus exposing others Many parents, whose children have not recovered from tho whooping OOUgh, have telephoned the board of health offices and asked that their children in'.Kbt ije reinstated In school Immediately. Thee requesrs are being be-ing refused until such time as the patients ha', e entirely recovered." Attention has been called by Dr. Elliott to the fact that whopping cough Is highly contagious and In some instances, dangerous to life. He said parents should co-operate with the health department In reporting report-ing all caes of this disease, and to see that Quarantine laws arc enforced. t 00 |