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Show IttT CASES' OF "' GOITER REPORTED ' ' . " " 1 '5 " Ii WpJi the ja of finding out the Wtct,iprv;lfnc of'goiter 'in L'tan. a supplement 1. ih bulletin - January. i?i.t, ha recently beta sent 'ut by rr. T. B. Ueatty. f.ecriary of 'he state board of health, in the form if a circular letter to all health cfflcern in tho btate, lth th request re-quest that each report mlntftclr thj facts of the spread of tho disease la his or her district According to Information, jtlvea in the tulktin or circular, letter, lb dlseife prevail extensively In certain cer-tain localities. In tw towns at lcaM every female being affected and the health U'lth-'ritle have, decided tu Attain At-tain ci.t-1 figures of the prevalence i t the disease that they may t bet-tf-r able to flfiht its eproad. It is a!?o requested of the state health Officers to discover. If possible," the cause of the widespread occurrence of. iL? d!seam and In all Instances fo-requiring a rigid invcstlgatloa Is tt b: made. A ScMTC of the bulletin Is the cniphnsLs placed on the necessity of health officers throughout the state-report state-report ln all caftes of tubcrculosli'. Phyflclans and other have been frequently fre-quently cautioned against allowing caC3 of the dread whlto plague .o run on without beinic reported, according ac-cording to the bulletin, in accord- snc6 "with the law so requiring, so that proper precautions may be enforced en-forced for the prevention of ibe cpread of the disease, la uplte of tl.M. however, it appears that thr? lias been a general failure to comply with this orier. and announcement H marie in the' bulletin that In the future fu-ture the law covering this matter will be. Hrictly enforced, all persons violating vio-lating It subjecting themnelvr to the penalty provided. The law in cases of this kind fayB that any person per-son violating any provision ot the jct tball be guilty of a misdemeanor, misdemea-nor, and the health auihoritleH be-llevo be-llevo that a general publication of thlj fact will result in roor careful nnd complete reports rrom all concerned. con-cerned. That of health ncures in the state, a reoueot Is made that health' officers In the varlnu loeali-tleH loeali-tleH under their Jut i?dicil n hall notify physicians and puperlntendenta of hospitals and ether public lnntl-tutiona lnntl-tutiona of the intention to strictly enforce the law. and to report to th-7 state board of health any failure to comply with the law which may come to their noUce. |