The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-06
FOR FEVER GUARD
OAUTIoNs TAKEN TO PREVENT
SPREAD OF SCARLET FEVER.

There Has Been Twenty-six Cases OF Scar
let Fever Reported to Sanitary Officer
Healey Since Jsnuary-OnIy Ten Gases
Now Under the Doctors Care-How
Superintendent Dyer of the City Schools
Keeps the Disease From Spreadtns-He
Has Each Teacher Report to Him OF
Any One who May be Afflicted.
There are quite a number of cases of
scarlet fever reported in different parts
OF the city. Although there is not an cpl
demic every precaution is being taken by
the health officer and by Superintendent
Dyer to keep the disease from spreading
among the school children.
II has only been little over a year
that all contagious diseases have been
reported to the health officers. When
Superintendent Dyer took charge OF the
city schools ne made arrangements with
the city health officers whereby every
case Of a contagious nature was report
ed to him at the same time that it was
recorded on their books. Mr.. Dyer took
this mode of preventing the spreading Of
any disea .es among the school children.
There is no doubt that his thoughtful
ness has prevented an epidemic on more
than one occasion. Last year the report
ing OF every case 10 him undoubtedly
kept the schools from closing on account
icl, ct iyaa Inc
winter had good start among the
scholars.
There is a health record book kept in
the police department wherein al con-
tagious disease. are recorded. This rec
ord is under the personal supervision of
Sanitary Officer p. V. Healy. Under
state law, as we'll as a city ordinance,
every practising physician in the city is
compelled to report every Gaze to the de-
partment as soon "a it is known to them.
AS soon as this is done Mr.. Healy takes
a transcript Of the report and gives it to
Superintendent Dyer Immediately. The
blanks on which Mr.. Healy makes out
mis- statements Of the contagious dis
ease. give the date, the name, the age,
sex, color, disease, where located, by
whom reported, attending physician, re-
marks.
Superintendent Dyer, upon receipt Of
the report from Sanitary Officer Healy,
notes the address OF the party vino is
sick and then sends word to the princi-
pal Of the school in the district where
the patient resides. The principal goes
to each room and gives the name and the
address to the teacher of each grade,
who reads the name of the patient and
asks if any one in the room Is related 10
the party or if they reside at the num-
ber given. If any answer in the affirm
alive they are then requested to go nome
and discontinue coming to school until
they have a certificate from their physi-
cian stating that all traces OF the dis
ease has been eradicated. Professor
Dyer sends a duplicate ITO the High
school, where the same procedure is gone
through as in the ward schools. This is
done because the High school draws
from every section of the city.
After Mr.. Healy has reported to Mr..
Dyer ne then goes TO the house where
the disease is reported and puts up a
certain colored card upon which is print-
ed the nature of the disease This is
done az warning to others. Some fam
lilies are slow in employing a doctor. and
in some cases none is called at all. In
such cases as these the teachers Of the
different schools are requested TO keep
a sharp outlook for any symptoms and
where any of the children have an ag-
gravated case of sore throat to compel
them to bring Doctors certificate.
stating that they are all right
There has been twenty-six cases OF
scarlet fever reported at police head
quarters since last January. During the
last month ten cases have come up for
The age of the oldest
enid reported to have had the fever this
winter is Is. The average age of the
children VINO have been afflicted is S
years. The following names and adj
dresses given below have had or now
have the scarlet fever. The list is made
UP from the book at headquarters:
Frank Preston, 5a5 West Douglas; c. |
B. Hammer, 911 North Main; W. H. /
Walker, 325 South Lawrence; Margie !
Garsl, 333 North Waco; Baby Garsh, 1873 !
North Waco; Mary Dempsey, 127 North |
Seneca; Lulu Wilson, 205 North Oak; |
Roy Kramer. 500 South Walnut; Minnie
and Myrtle Palston, 125 South Oak: Ka.l
Sumption, S36 South Emporia: Bee /
Cation, 629 South Empocia; Edna Fran |
els. 100 North Wildwood: Clara MSrtz. !
Chase ana Maple; Ben Keys, $50 South !
Clarence F'ritts. Seneca and
Pine; Miss Guthrie. Waco and Third: !
Myrtle Jones, 934 South Emporia; Clara !
Holden, 709 Maple; Annie RanSan, 963 |
North Mead; Fern Phelps COS No,th !
Market: Lena Whitaker, 507 Sycamore; |
a. Sargent, AS Sherman, and Danish. |
6IS West Douglas.
II viii be noted that more than half Of !
the cases aye in West Wichita. There be- |
ing fifteen on the West Side and eleven |
on this. At present there are not more /
than ten cases in the city and most OF |
them are convalescent. Ont Of The !
,wenty-siX cases reported there has not |
been death in any instance.
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