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Show HEALTH OF CITY REMAINS GOOD Sanitary Officer J. C. Wlntle stated Saturday morning that, aside from scarlet fever, the city was remarkably remark-ably free from disease. The department depart-ment Is having considerable troublo In han"lng the 6carlet fever cases, and according to OfTlcer Wlntle, it Is due largely to the foreign speaking speak-ing people not notifying tho health department nor procuring a physician when their children become ill. "The families are not altogether to blame," said the officer, "for It Is generally a matter of poverty. The parents know that to call a doctor means a bill larger than a day's wages of the father and they put It off until the last moment, until they fear the child is going to die. Jf they would report the sickness to us, we would see that they secured medical assistance without cost, but they do not know this. Because of the cases not being reported, there is no quarantine quar-antine and the other members of tho family carry the contagion through out the neighborhood. Of the twenty cases of scarlet fever now registered nearly all of them are among families who speak English, but poorly. These people must be taught that It is to their advantage to report cases of sickness among their children to the health department, and to teach them this it is necessary that tho children bo tendered medical aid by the city without cost." The officer states that the health department receives a great deal of assistance In its work from tho school department. All cases of sickness among pupils of tho public schools are reported by tho schools to the department of health. This Is a great help to the sanitary olflcers. |