Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-03
Of Diphtheria Cases to Seven
Days When Anti-Toxin
Is Used
STATE BOARD AMENDS RULES
Resolution Just Adopted Does Not APP
ply to Cases That Are Not Treated
With Antitoxin and Unless Every
Other Member of the Family Attic
ted, Is lmmunized.

Des Moines, June 3.-The state board
of health has reduced the length OF
quarantine in diphtheria cases to sew
en- days when anti-toxin is used in the
treatment of the patients. Otherwise
| it remains at thirtyfive days.
its rules and regulations on the sub
ject of quarantine in diphtheria cases
to conform to the foregoing statement.
This resolution has been adopted:
THAT in cases where a member or
members OF family afflicted with
diphtheria are treated with antitoXin,
and each and every other member of
the same family is immunized with an
titoxin, the quarantine may be raised in
seven days. it being understood that 1t
does not apply to cases that are not
treated with antitoxin."
DR.. T.. w. Powers of the board of
health has gone to Washington, D. c..
state and parochial boards of health
of North America which meets in that
city today. He is the boards commit
tee to visit some of the most recently
established meteorological laboratories
of the country in order to determine
upon the latest and best methods and
apparatus to be installed and used at
the state laboratory established by the
recent legislature in connection with
the laboratory at the State University.
The board at its meeting here in May
passed resolution requesting that
Professor Henry Albert. of the univer-
sity laboratory be invited to accom-
pany DR.. Powers on this investigation.
Probably they will do this work while
they are east for the conference which
convenes at Washington today. The
legislature gave the state board of
health supervision over the plant to
be built up at Iowa City and aNhoriz-
ed 1t to make rules and regulations
for its practical management and oper-
alton, so far as the sanitary interests
of the state are concerned. A report
from DR.. Powers and Professor Albert
is expected at the July meetirt; OF the
board.
AT the meeting. also. 1t is expected
to take UP the report of the committee
on vital statistics. which will have
prepared the necessary blanks to in
augurate this new work. Secretary
Kennedy, Colonel Francis, DR.. Han
chett and DIR. COMMIT We're made the
committee to draft these forms.
Secretary Kennedy. of the state
board of health. has received many
from interested per-
sons. relative to the vital statistics
situation. Among these are DR.. Cressy
L. Wilbur. of the division of vital sta
tistics, United States bureau, who says
in his letter:
II hope and believe that the new
Iowa law will be an Immediate sue
cess from the very first day of It's OPP
Grafton. 1t must be made a success
from the start. ! feel sure and know
that you will agree with me, that the
board could perform no more valuable
service to the state in the way OF san
itary improvement than to obtain
effective registration of
mortality statistics. This is the indie
spensable foundation of modern SAM
tary work, and the board could well
afford to devote it's energies and all
available resources to this purpose for
the next year or two. ! shall urge TINS
point in where they nave
been tryinin in vain, to secure proper
registration Of vital statistics for fifty
three years, and where they have pass
ed thru the Identical phases OF unsatis-
factory legislation that you have in
Iowa. We are laying a basis for the
sanitary work of all future years,
which must be based on actual vital
and am glad OF the spien-
did opportunity now presented IN your
state for effective work.