Show c 0 4r < T r I NO CAUSE FOR ALARM i I Ana Yet here Are ftfore SJeiUhs from I j Diphtheria Some Facln That Toll a Sad Story I family named Woodruff in the Another famiy Yoodruf ward is afflicted with the I Twentyfirst ward aficted dread scourge diphtheria lost one of Fred Lambourne the artist If I his beautiful little twin boys this morning lug at 4 oclock from diphtheria ThE Herald says there were only ten 1 deaths from diphtheria last month in this i city which is not an excessive number j cty and there is no occasion for alarm i i There are ten members of the City Coun If death had occurred m each cil one 1 family of these gentlemen which God J forbid we wonder if their organ the Herald would say there was no occasion I I I for alarm Are not ten brokenhearted j I families in one month enough to satisfy I the murderous instincts of the Herald Ten deaths from diphtheria in this city I I I in one month equals 600 deaths from the i same cause in New York City Would that citys City Hall organ dare say that there was no danger of an epidemic and i proclaim against stricter quarantine reg illations It is a noticeable fact that the most numerous complaints and deaths from diphtheria have occurred above the waterline water-line on the bench and the residents of that section feel positive that the impure water they arc compelled to drink has considerabfe to do with its malignity The death rate from diphtheria in this city last month equals in proportion 7200 per year in New York and Brooklyn and still the Herald says there is no occasion for alarm and that the city officials are not responsible for lack of quarantine regulations reg-ulations |