The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-13
fte'n the inispNrdrnf
Letter from Health Officer DR.. q.
T.. Williams.


=. Williams.
Hu>Tt~0nuha. lSD.. Dec 1899.
Editor lsspes Courier. My Dear Sir:
see ~ Ns'nr isst issue Of the Jasper
c"nrier shss ,on are criiicising our
isoar.i % i!ral'' sna School Board,
charging them itl<sot doing their duty
~ nni stepping the schoo! and In not
pnhiishing "a The wnrld that djptheriS Is
prevailing here. The Board OF Health,
in this matter. has acted strictly Accord
ing 20 law. and we think II wss doing
both great Injustice 10 print what you
have There has been mn ono death
here from ii2thcriA since its appearance
In our midst. The chiId died about tw o
mouths ago There IL but one case o.
siptLeria Ia lInnfinghurg At the present
time. aud thai very mild one. Ii has
never been confined 10 bed
g. Il. Williams. NJ. ~,
tleslih officer.
"S'ncr the above VS. written Health
Ofhrsr Wi'i'ams has called upon ever,
i.hs sirir iiv nv within the city. and all
report no diuhih.ria c~scs on hand
Thus ..n,is sisr great dinhtheris epidemic
which the jaso~r Courier would have iis
readers believe i Prevailing here. Mr..
pnsne. this week ssvs there were or 81
'iesiif here from 6ipihcria. This Is news
- Our people. aud unless noane gives
names his paper csu not be looked upon
" tfuthui o. responsible. As to tho
deaths OF the kIee child the Independent
published IL "a reported. A. 10 our|
''onceslina Ii.e cause Of the chil,l's death
we did net know n the time Whist III
tied Of hut was told that II died OF cry
~ipelas.
The above clipping from the "Inde-
pendent Is characteristic Of ia usual
The card " nr. Williams was
probably "ioctored" ~ The man Of the
zone horse store" ~ I, does not correct
y quote the sCouRrsR.r We did moi
say - or 8 deaths had occurred in Hunt
ABOUT thar place. There are quite ri
number Of families living near Hunting
burg ~ho send their child IN 10 The city
schools. However. we went 10 the
'onnty health records. and found that
he physicians OF Hunting burg had made
NJ reports since The 4ih of October lsst. !
An epidemic could carry away = much
anger CITY than HnntiDgturg IN that
cagth o. time, and some Musicians there
,ai failed to report anything. deaths.
liseases or births, since August last.
80 their reports can not be considered
'ery reliable. ss they evidently had some
ause Tor disrcgsrding the law. There
, no report vet Of the death Of the child
Dr.. Williams ssvs died from IL. The
sw requires shst sall physicians shall
epnrf All deaths aud hirths which occur
"sler their supervision 70 the Secretary
fthe County ijo,rd ~ Health within Isl
avs after tbev occur" and prescfibrs 81
enslty ofmof less 'hsn S. or more than
I'D for each failure TO so report as re-
niroi- The coming grand jury may
Ike notion 10 look inIo this natter q
ftls. and thereby add several dollars TO
70 school fund
Nevertheless. we found that Or. Mic
lahsn, The only one reporting any Dip
leris, reports Sept. 20, two cases IN
- Vessels family Sept. %, q case 10
ie family Of Henry Held: DC I. 3, (the
test report fiied.) case in the family .
Mr. Cummius, 4 cases in ten DAYS by !
ne pb ysicisn. out OF five or Elk resident
ocforsI Did he happen to get all such
'ses or were the Others persuaded not
} report them by the proprietor or the
lckel store and vote-trading editor?
The count er-hopper editor boasts be
eat Us in law suit. Many man has
me ont loser IN = Jaw suit more honor
ply tnan the vi....rr. but in our opinion
e won that suit. as II accomplished the
ID souxht for, by obtaining decision
at the contract made BY the county
oard, 10 regard to advertising, was not
ALL In certain cases. The county
oard, TOO, was really the defendant, and
d. Dufendach.
The excuse that he published the
lnse Of death Of Mr.. Klee's child as ery-
peIas. because some ono told him SO, Is
hin when good neighbors OF the fam
y inform " that Chris. knew himselfl
nd II was generally reported, the child
ally died from diptheria.
We are glad 10 learn by DR.. William'sl
lrd that the disease has abated. and
ope !: may not reappear there TO cause
,rrow 10 loving parents, but as come
MUSICIANS have failed 10 report 10 the
ecretsry Of the county Health Board.
IN their verbal reports 10 him,
leir memories may need refreshing
1e have no doubt DR.. Williams will do
j. full duty, II proper reports were
JADE to him. but some heartless persons
70 too timid about iujuring trade bv
porting contagion, although it might