, 1877-02-09
SCARLET FEVER,

sI1N5 OF ABATEMENT.
The Commissioner OF Health Is confident TINT
scarlet fever lIus begun to abatc under tho caro-
OF tho Health Department. Tic mor.ality for
this week, lie thfuks, will not exceed thirty,
which would bu n decrease from lust week Ut
thirteen, aud next week tho numbtr OF deaths
frum tho slzlFlct p!aguc will DO numbered In the
"tcens." The disease has undoubtedly 1ntl-
gated In Its severity, and 1t il confidently cx-
pccted tint Gs rn epidemic It Will so1n bu no
il.uro III this locality.
Nav eases rclpilrd yesterday wcso at T07
West ConErcss, ~ Western uscnstc, u Avon
a!s gs' avcs NurtI Lasas III bcasborn
nyrnuc, h0l West Fourteenth, DGW C0ttAge
Grove, 1o7 Larral'tc, 739 Asbland avenue, IS
Fostcr ttlree caseu}.
nIt. p'woLp RAYB
TINT hc th!nks hu cleaning Of tack.ynrls, allcys.
etahlc.yartls uud such prcililscs IL fully us ts-
suntial ns, and nlurc necessary for, tho gctesal
health than tho clclnflg VI tile streets. 4 great
deal OF wurk ~ now being tot'e by private
citizens III clearing away rnlotsl,, mnnurc-pllcs,
cte., and the Commissioner s pleased ticriat.
two publlc setuoi-tcaeeta callctl upon tho
Doetor yester.lus a,Hl sud .Int In tio Wcst d.
vbloll particular attention lud heel, paid to SEQ
tllat i,o Infected families wcrs represented In
Ills scluols. 'r.u report Of tbs Medical 1nspec-
tor vi tl,at Dlyalun bcats out wInt tho teach
lnsIpctor says that ,naiIy children trom tntret.
within tho last day or two. Tho South Disl-
sion Inspector makes Il s1ultiar statement, and
the corporation VI the teachers II IL hoped will
Aerru tI!s thorough purging u tho Injected clg-
lncnt. To show to what extent Ahc atl,n0Cl-
tsons 0f tic Heath Department have btcn rcg-
1ectel, -..... .--....
were copied IRON, tho last rep,rt Of DR.. Knox,
| wO llas been engaged In tIlu Nurth Division:
No. 10 Illinois strcct-Slx families III q lhrce'
story nAd ccllhr brick tcnen,cnt'houdo; lhefteGn
tFrs4N Ham
NJ. 10 Huron s.rcet-rwo fan!tlcs; eight chEl.
t1ren; ono chlld sck, Ana two In daily attendance
So. hd Larrabec s,fcct-Rour families: ten chit.
1 dsen; i've children eonsulrsccnt; until Feb. 4, 4
fur hal daily Intended public schooli two sttl
= 81. :.a5 Motlawk streel-ono family: ayo chill
dren; ono sick; one bcch go'nS to schuoli now
81. Ait Orchard strcct--ono family; four Gilt.
!!rcu; one child sick; two bcen III schoo', but now
10. ii sedgwlck .treet-ons family; hve ehIl.
dren; pue sick; two were ut school, hut now takcn
| unl.
4 great many moro such cases could be glsru
/ weru It lleecssary. It can lu eaIh that IN all
tz,sea where children from inIcetgd houses hayo
bccll found iu attctiapeu at thu ecll0os the pa
atta they l,ay0 usually done s0. Or. KHux found
that tho pcoptu wl!osu houses lis visited werc
alve IL tue Necessity Vt precaution aul Atslfec-
thu. ala OIcfel no opposition to tho thorough
medical inspcctiu,,s which were u,a,!c. Tic
Doctor sE,eaks In high terins of tho you'd result
tug lrotn tllc hearty cooperation of thu altcnd'
tl9 physicians in thu work OF the Health De-
partIns't, an.i attributes much of s!o surcesa !
wtsll has ~ far lnarkeL ts efforts Of tho city III
stauiping out thu disease to that fitst.
| lie, hOwtrcr, AgAln alviats tho closing Df tho
public schools for period OF shFeu months, anu
ssys that, X tbs schools arc not to bc uloscd,
then let each child Who l,Aa beeu withdrawn
tr0m sshool attehdancu Oh account Of the pres-
cnce oe stn1let lever in tho faulty from which
ccftIlitatc from the attending phystcisn ~ tho
effect tint the child h4s bctn cured and lisi1t.
ieeted and that the ,contagfon has departed
from It Anl Its surroundings.
| THE PATIENTS
under the municipal caEe arc doing we'll, as IA!
| 81 the dlscasu IL coIccrned. Tie ubseuce ot
nurses L. greatly felt. ats'l 4 Tiers ura any
o's W., T4 avg ast = aaG up t1fs ,'na.
t. . detlslul Immediately. 70 down to thu Health
Office, give their !,aacs aud atldscsscs, ana os
as.igueI to sotne ltfc.saysug work. :.
| Anutter branch VI sanitary work Which NIL
SOON seauiru attention Is tho abolition of tht
Btenchcs with which tbs nostIIls III tue Ole
Chicagoan afe hut too familiar D.. d. VOL
proiniscs to turn hls attent!on 10 them ~ sool
" the scaflet,fcyeE ha> sufficiently died sut t.
give him Q little ulore time: Tbs subject pcel
Ills attention, for pr. Dc Vol. says that iu bout
parts 0f the South Brunch the anm2!-mattr
tlat u person can stand On i bo4rd lai4 on lh
surface Of the "water," aud fhs board will 10
| stuk an tuclt.
TUE FOLLOWING HEPOAr
70 the Commissioner was written yesterday:
No have examined thu packing aud scndertn
establishments situated ~ tAo stock: Yards Dis
; tEtct ye.tetdsy. .. also the South Dsanch, lot
houses anly four wese In opcraliou. and u thes
0nly onu MAS causing onsnslyu oduFs, to.Mat
| The chlcago packIug and Provision Company.
tbs feftl!x.n; housea there wc1c tuunInx. x.-Aessrs
TLoMpron i Edwards. tha Northwestern Tom
paMy. and uIcndutf. Shepherd j. Go. VI these tt
latter house only was offensive. they haYMy ~ "
fated 10 pvt IN proper machinery for cor
| Auntnx ultHstEc EIacx nFisuS ff0tA ii
4syiux Ut uniual matter, but, Is lhe w,nl WI