Evening journal., 1909-08-10
QUARANTINE
FEVER CASES
Health Authorities Take Pre-
cautions to Safeguard Health
at RehObOth
SAY NO FEAR OF A
SCARLET FEVER EPIDEMIC
Spsclal to THE nvEN1lSo JOURNAL

anecial 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
REHOBoTH, Del. Aug. 1O-Eignt
cottages in Rehoboth in which twelve
cases Of scarlet fever exist were
placed under rigid quarantine this
morning by the local and State Board
OF Health authorities, and the quaran-
tine win not be relaxed until the cases
have run their course
The quarantine was decided upon At
a conference last night Of DR.. Abran
ls. Frantz, of Wilmington, secretary
and executive officer of the State
Board OF Health; Dr. William p. Orr.
Of Lewes. who is health officer Of Re-
hoboth; the town commissioners OF Re-
hoboth and physicians who are attend
ing the patients.
The excitement which came with the
greatly exaggerated reports on Satur-
day. which resulted in an exodus Of
about fifty persons who were visiting
here, has practically subsided. The
situation is we'll IN hand. and tho
health authorities and physicians say
there Is no danger OF an epidomic.
Cases Of Mild Type.
! All Of the cases are Of mild type.
and some are so mild in fact that
there was dinlcuity in diagnosing
]
quarantine has been established on tho
cottages in which the patients livss
no further cases are looked for by tho
health authorities.
1.-THE quarantine win be enforced
] rigldly. and any person violating It
surely win be prosecuted" said Dr.
Frantz this morning before departing
for Wilmington.
For awhile on Saturday the reports
that there were numerous cases Of
scarlet fever caused a furry Of anxiety
among cottagers particularly those
having children. The different cases
were under the care OF several physi-
clans. and yesterday morning Dr.
! Frantz. executive officer OF the State
J Board of Health. was requested bv
3 Judge Daniel O. Hastings and Town
p Commissioner Cooper TO visit Reho-
{ both. Dr. Frantz ARRANGED with DR..
P Orr. local health officer, 10 come 10
S Rehoboth last night, and they made an
inspection OF conditions, conferred
f, with the attending physicians and thcl
u had consultation with the Tow
Commissioners. An wore in favor o
quarantining the houses Containing fh
patients. as is provided by law. an
the eight cottages we're placarded thi
y morning Or. Frantz and DR.. orr mad
S their rounds late last evening on In
y health inspection.
They found that all the persons slf
= fering with the fever are summer Wis
n itors TO Rehoboth and not regular
4 residents OF the resort. This lead.
> them TO the belief that the disease was
Y brought 10 Rehoboth. and that saui-
! tary conditions here are not RESPONSE
& BILE Quarantning Of tho houses con-
e tanning the patients has relieved the
minds OF persons visiting or cottagins
here
+ Say No Danger
s The health officials to-day explained
e that there is now no more danger Of an
/ epidemic Of scarlet fever in Rehohoth
, than there is In any city where such
q cases exist practically all tho time.
n Among tho sufferers with the fever
r IN the mild form arc three sons Of the
Rev Alexander Alison. Jr. pastor of
West Presbyterian Church, Whining
2 ton. A son of Dr. c. NJ. Almond ~
p wilmington. has the worst case bnt
n even II is not Of a virulont form.
4 Dr. Julian Adair, Of Wilmington
- came, 70 Rehoboth last night, but SAYS
" he was not called to attend any Of tho
). fever patients His family is cottag.
IS ing here. Most Of the cases are under
o the care Of Dr. Hiram r. Burton ant
T. DIT. Messick. and DR.. George W. Mar
shall Of Milford. was called in as con.
sultant in one or two of the cases.
DIR Orr. Of Lewes, who is healtf
- physician for Rchoboth. has a. reputa
tion as a health officer. he having beer
in the United states Marine Hospta
service for many years inspecting IN
coming vessels as TO the health condi-
D tions.
\ Rohoboth is free Of disease, aside Of
tho scarlet fever cases. there being no
n other forms of contagious disease here