The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-04
NEGLECT CAUSES
FEVER EPIDEMIC
CHICAGO CHARGES THAT WARN.
INGS IN TIME WERE IGNORED
BY BUREAU.
PANIC ON IN THE CITY
AS Result Of Admission Of Seriousness
Of Situation by Health Authorities
Suburbs Led Battle Against
Plague,

Chicago Feb 3.--ln the establish
ment OF social quarantine after 4
for-weeks uneven ard losing feht
against an epidemic of dangerous cor
tagious diseases, tn city health Off
cers admit the seriousness of the local
situation which others seem to have
( realized long before them. Until the
requ $ for the postponement Of ali
social affairs was issued, the spokes,
men for the health department had al
ways presented the hopeful side of
canditis9s to the public, and had
never officially admitted their inabil-
Iity to cope with the situation. The
quarantine was announced after the
reports for January 30 showed 304
new cases In this connection Health
Commissioner Whalen said:
The commission believes that
grea aid can be rendered to the
health depar rment II people through
cut the city VIII, f1r the time being
cancel all social engag ments SO far
Las possible. u peciaIly would ho ask
that all balls and public gatherings Of
la social nature be abandoned for the
next few weeks"
II is an uoeven contest because
the epidemic, which has assumed the
form Of pe8tilence has gained head.
way which seems 10 battle all efforts
70 check It, The attempts Of man
and medical science are apparently
.puny. even in applying all known
means to curb the spread of The Gis.
ease prevailing in All secticns Of the
city AS rapidly as hey can bo nail
ed mp placar9Is tfres appearing on
mansiona, dwellings. tenamen,s ana
rookeries each addi3g to the general
alarm.
Il is estimated that there are n arly
5000 cases Of the fever In The city
now
Many Families Flee.
SO frightened have many of The
wellto-do families become that they
are fleeing In haste. parents and chill
dren to other parts of the country to
escape the peslilence which threatens
their lives, That conditions loday arc
extremely erious. that the menace 20
the public is extreme is openly bur
admitted by Chicago I
health authorities.
A very short time ago Prof. Orms
by, local astrologist of some ncte.
sounded a warning of dire things /
threatening Chicago ana he country (
wars, ear hquakes and pestlonce.
fhs, he declared. was dua to the ne
'1iiar positions Of the planets with re.
gard TO the earth al his time.
Neither earthquakes nor wars ap.
'aren ~ threaten the big city by the
axes. bat it is certainly tight in the
'rasp of an awful pestlence which
$ creating terror among all classes
md much apprehension On the part of
he health officials The latter. at
his lake day, realize hat they are
oping with a pow rful antagonist
hey hal little reckoned with.
iayity I'm the enforcement of the /
aniiary auJ heal b law. which are
rdinarily adequate if properly admin. +,
siarod. The neelgrnc and inCom
.eie8cy Of physicians. curelossuo,s
% afflicted households these arr
WHna .a" causes contributing to The
C0urg. now sw rp,ng thr ugh the
iy
The First Real Alarm.
The FIRST real alarm came from sav. .
raI uhurban towns along the norta
bore OF Lake Michigan. An uuus.
ally large number of eases ol scarla
EVER. diphrheri8, measl s. Ia grippe
lroat trH DE and mumps. developed
Idaaniy in Oak Park Lake VieE and p,
thor suburban places. A great scare ,
.izel tho res.d nis of rhese places +,
cboo's uern clio ed. public meetings
r hibi.cI aLi actual qua artine
.oasH-es enforced within ,he limits
'la .'tlo towns. a8 far o.. inter
'srs business or social va- con.
ncl- AI Old there ver. nro.atlr. ,
30 cr 300 cases q contagious as n
.se.
S'ii Cli'aso paid little or 900 heed
fe precautions tasen lv .s- alta D. 4
.es ri the AFFLICTED suburban towns
-r a.tfir fr- ifr1 8 or tr.i- ap-.f n
rri'5riai iu sffrHau The 7eaBre Of =.
e a--er.e rlr-'H -8umH1 fi.- lsF-
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