Show communicable diseases increasing in county it seems that the number of bf cases of communicable disease is is on the increase in san juan county there have been several cases of scar letina reported in monticello A diagnosis of a communicable disease must be made by a doctor dr di W L bayles is also the health officer for san juan county bunty and cases of a suspicious communicable disease mus must t be seen by him for a diagnosis to be made and his instructions mut must be followed if quarantine is ordered parents are urged to follow the instructions if a family is quarantined or a child is ordered to be isolated that means that the child must be kept away from unexposed children other people are not allowed into the quarantined home and those quarantined must not leave the house tj mingle ming lewith with other people parents are urged to notify the public health nurse of a communicable I 1 disease in their family so that a more careful inspection may be done in the school rooms and precautions can be taken to prevent spread 0 ot f the diseases some ome cases of chicken pox limox have been reported in blanding the infected child is excluded from school and isolated from other children in the home parents are urged to keep children at home if i any evidence of an upper respiratory infection is present as this is I 1 t I 1 the beginning symptom of many I 1 of the communicable diseases the child infected wilh chicken pox I 1 should be kept honic home and not al I 1 low lowed ed to return to school until all of the scabs have disappeared or until the doctor has given permission to return to school |