The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-23

The f.atons school Is 10 be THOR
ouKhiY fufnIgatei this afternoon BY
Health officer Ludlow. and Il l. pos
ible that the health board VIII order
the school 60 close down Monday.
That will depend upon the re,sait Of
an Investigation Of matters In the
district which Dr. Ludlow VIII make
this afternoon
Some o. the residents OF the neigh
borhood are under the impression
that the health board has been dna
terry IN dealing with the situation
and are ciamorlnK for the school
10 be closed down. one 81 these fnRn
called az the health office 1t noon
and stated positively that although
he board had been notified. october
is by Dr. Davis OF the fact that he
attended several cases Of scarlet
fever in ths neiRhborhood and feared
an epidemic there. the board had
taken no preventative measures un-
al few days ago. The sanitary In
spector aud Dr. Ludlow deny the al
legation. affirming that everything
that In possible IL being done There
has only been one new case 81 fever
In the neighborbood reported during
the past week and the board Of
heaith Is loath to close down The
school. as Il deems II at present ur-
NECESSARY. There are az pres vt Is
cases Of scarlet fever IN the city and
the quarantine Inspector affirms
that there IL Just as much danger OF
an epidemic on the first hill south
OF Yesier way Us there IL In I.tioaa-
The oaHea at Lsat0na. Brooklyn and
Fremont are as follows:
One case in the Felmley residence.
as Seventh avenue northeast. enc
case IN the scheiihart residence. go
Iatona avenue: two cases In the
Fleetwood residence, 2s13 First av-
enue northeast. one case In the Dur
nell residence. 3efa Meridian avenue.
near Fremont. four cases IN the
George Burke residence ASS East
man avenue. near Fremont
Sanitary inspector ]. n. Coomb-
went out 10 L.atona yesterday to in
spect the condition ef sewers IN that
district. He ordered the removal
within rs days Of a yard containing
about 100 fowls which q. Negsaes
kept half mile from the Laton~
school
This same Inspector IN a COM
munication to Or. Ludlow, some time
ago. called attention to the great
need q sewerage system IN the
northern suburbs The matter was
called % the attention OF the eoun-
ell. hut the construction OF the sewer
has been delayed owing 10 its great
cost. The communicates n as fol-
lows:
Il wish TO point out 20 you the
urgent necessity for the board "
health TO take acme action with the
council. looking toward fastening Of
sewer construction in the district north
of Lake Union.
'Tn the vicinity Of the State unlvsr-
atty CBroakiyuD great many OF the
best residences and club houses are
plumhed and connected 20 cesspoois.
and these ceaspools are continually
Overlooking as the earth T. hard-pan
and holds liquid. New cesxpoois will
last only short time. and an over
flowing cesspooi IL much worse than
vault closet A sewer Is very much
needed In this locality
I'm Fremont the conditions are very
bad. the nature Of the earth IL the
same as In Brooklyn and cesspoois are
nuisance. 90 say the least. In this
locality there are few that are
nlumbed with the sinks and overflow
from cesapoois connected 10 street gut
tcra. II Is an actual fact that IN the
morning at the junction OF Fremont
avenue and Ewing street you can see