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Show QUARANTINE SUBJECT OF DISPUTE In answer to a communication directed di-rected to him by Recorder Carl Allison, Alli-son, calling his attention to a resolution resolu-tion passed ,y the city hoard of health Dec. 12 of this car, Ir. A. s Condon Con-don says: ' IU pllng to the aboe, I hep to SUy that it makes no difference to me to whom 1 report a contagions ease of sickness, that my interest In tho health of the public, and tin- abate- ' nieiit of disease to the minimum In the city. Ih not less than that of any rood citizen, as my record in Ogden for many years will testify. I hao never In my life failed to report a case of contagion when and as the ! law required. "I have never had a ca?e of scarlet fever In the Chllds family My laut visit to the John A Chllds family was between two and three weeks ago, and what has happened since that time I know nothing about. Of course 1 am away off in ni' reckoning, but it seems to mo that it would not have hurt iho board of health if It had asked rue to meet with them before exploiting In the newspapers newspa-pers instead of meeting secretly mid condemning mo unheard, as thev do in Russia " The resolution passed by the board of health was as follows; Resolved. That the secretary of (he board of health is hereby directed direct-ed to notify Hr. A. S. Coudon that on this day the sanitary Inspector reports to the board of health tJmt the said Dr. A. S. Condon says he will not report re-port any more cases of contagious diseases to the sanitary inspector's office; therefore be Ir "Resolved, That the said IV. Condon Con-don be invited to report any cases of contagious diseases he may have lg Dr. Anna Ries, city physician, and to ghe his reasons why he refuses to report cases to Hie sanitary inspector inspec-tor as required by law, and to explain ex-plain to the board of health why ho permitted the cases of scarlet fever nt the Chllds residence to remain unreported." un-reported." The sanitary Inspector, In reply to Dr Condon, says that Dr. Condon waited on the Chllds family and that some of the members, when they saw one child after another taken down with a dangerous disease, became convinced con-vinced that there was something wrong and changed donors and sent for Dr. Pldeock. Dr. Pideock arrived the same day that Dr Condon was released re-leased and pronounced the four children chil-dren dangerously 111 wlih scarlet fever. fe-ver. Having been advised that Dr. Condon had been released, Dr. Pldeock Pld-eock requested that the citv physician. Dr. Anna Ries, visit the Chllds family fam-ily and confirm the diagnosis made by himself Dr. Anna Ries promptly called at the home nnd found four cases, of scailet fever. Dr. Condon had l-?en attending this family and had failed to report them. These, the sanitary san-itary Inspector says, aro the facts in the case, and Dr." Rio3 and Dr. Pideock Pid-eock will confirm the same if called as witnesses. One of the neighbors of the Chllds home who called on the Chllds people peo-ple and assisted In the care of the sick during Condon's time has now-developed now-developed scarlet fever In her home. fio |