The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-05
IT'S UNDER CONTROL
No Further Spread of Diphthsria Is
Reported to the Health Officer.
TWO DESTITUTE FAMILIES
Charitable Work OF Sanitary OFF,
Ger Jenks-Dogs Killed az q Pre-
cautIonary M Measure-Less APP
prehensIon In South Butte.

The destitution Of some of the fani-
lies now afflicted with contagious dis
ease in South Butte is almost incredi-
BILE. At the Roseborough house, where
one child that died of diphtheria was
buried yesterday and three more are
sick, there was not a scrap of food In
the house. The father is a teamster,
and the house being under quarantine
he could earn nothing for the support
of the family. The Miller family, down
with scarlet fever. did not have fuel
enough in the house to last over Sun
day, and nothing to buy any with.
Sanitary Policeman jerks hustled
around a little in their behalf. Supt
J. r. Wharton of the Street Railroad
company gave him 81. each of the
banks gave him 81. which was all he
asked, and a few other small sub
scriptions brought the total up to SIG.
He bought groceries and divided the
purchases equally between the two
families. He then visited the county
auditor and got him to agree to fur
nish fuel enough for the families and
to take care of them hereafter.
A guard. Philip Weinsback. was
placed in charge of the quarantined
houses yesterday. The first thing he
did. acting under instructions from the
health Office, was to kill off the dogs.
Although the Roseborough family had
nothing to eat in the house IL had
three dogs. The Miller family had one.
| The dogs play in the house with the
| sick children and then run out into the
streets and play with other children
| carried in this way. The four dogs
| were killed. If the disease spreads
any farther all the dogs in the neigh
borhood will be killed.
The South Butte school was closed
yesterday for one week This was
| done by the health Office as a precau-
| tionary measure. At the end of the
week If the disease does not spread
| farther the school will be reopened
| There are 227 children in the school
| and the building is very close to some
of the quarantined houses. The health
| authorities do not anticipate any fur
| ther spread of the disease. They believe
| ii is now under control and limited to
the houses in which it has broken out
| Thus far there have been two deaths
| from diphtheria and one from scarlet
| fever.
The present diphtheria infection is
due entirely and solely to the neglect
of a physician in disobeying the in
structions of the health department
and reporting his diphtheria case. A
child had died of the disease before the
| health department was notified at al
and without the house being quaran
tined. 1t is not surprising under sucf
circumstances that the disease should
have spread and other deaths resulted
City Physician Evans declares tha
hereafter he shall insist on the yer,
letter of the law being lived up TO
Physicians are supposed to report al
typhoid fever cases, but don't do 81
except occasionally. The section of tn,
health ordinance on the subject is a.
follows:
Article X, section IAN ordinance
for the protection of public health
10 And all physicians and al
other persons attendant upon any per
son sick with smallpox. scarlet an,
typhoid fever. cholera, diphtheria
chicken pox, yellow fever. or othe
disease dangerous ito the public health
shall forthwith report the same Z
some member of the board OF health.
The people of South Butte are feel
ing much easier since a guard wa
placed at the infected houses. Wit
proper care and precaution by the peo
pie in the neighborhood there should b
no further spread of the scourge.