Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
TO INVESTIGATE
SCHOOL HEAL TIL
COMPLAINT OF PATRONS OF LIN
COLIN SCHOOL CALLED TO At
TENTIoN OF BOARD

Say That Children, Infected With Scar
let Fever, Attend-city Physician
Pascoe Says There Are But Two
Cases in That District.
Conditions in the Lincoln school on
North Court street In regard to the
alleged presence of pupils infected
with scarlet fever will be investigated
by City Health Officer M. w. Pascoe..
The conditions said to exist in that
school were brought to the attention
of the board of health at the session
of that body last evening, by Alder
man keyhoe. Mr.. Keyhoe stated that
there mad been several complaints
come to Tim in a roundabout manner
that the pupils Of the Lincoln school
were not being properly guarded and
protected from exposure to scarlet
fever.
Later Mr.. Keyhoe reported to the
city physician the names of some O.
those who had made the complaints
and DR.. Pascoe stated that he would ex-
anime into the matter rigidly. Mayor
B. F. SHUTS stated that he understood
certain of the parents whose children
attended the Lincoln school believed
that there were pupils in attendance
at the school either at the present
time or recently who were infected
with the fever. and who had either not
been quarantined or had been released
from quarantine too early
City Physician Pascoe is inclined tc
doubt however. that the conditions in
the school are as bad as the COM
plants would indicate. He bases this
doubt on the fact that there are but
two cases Of the disease in the dis
trict in which the pupils of the Lincoln
school reside.
The meeting Of the board OF health
Wright and Alderman Humphrey alb
sent. The following claims were al
lowed and ordered certified up to the
Office of the county auditor:
W. S. Humphrey, grocer.... 1910
w. s, Pumphrey, grocer 7.30
Styre Bros, coal 7.30
L. A. Fisher, services ~ $500
Geo. Cummings, coal ...... 11.75
East End Supply Co., grocer
les ........ ....... LIDO
East End Supply Co.. Grocer
les ...... 49,. -. 1916
L. S. chidister & Co., repair
ing pump -. -. SO
Globe Tea Co.. groceries -. Else
| City Physicians Report
The report of City Physician M. w
| Pascoe FOR the month of December
shows a remarkably small death rate
during the final month of last year
During this month only fourteen. deaths
occurred in the city of Ottumwa. This
is exactly one-haR the number OF
deaths which occurred in December
1905, and less than half the number
which occurred in December, 1904.
The following table shows the causes
of the various deaths:
Tuberculosis Observation-Disclosures.
Cerebral hemorrhage .............
| Heart disease
Acknowledgements .............. ]
Cirrhosis Of liver ................. i
Ileo-cOlitts .................
| Senlllty .................
Accidental strangulation ...........
1 Suicide by carbolic acid ........... ]
Accidental fall {
! The death rate per 1000 of popula
ton per aunum for the past month was
7.30. Only one death occurred among
children under five years of age, thai
one being under year of age. The
total per cent of deaths among chill
dren under five years of age was TIA
4 Deaths by Wards.
The following table gives the mum
Der of deaths which occurred in the
various wards:
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