Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-02-22
FEVER.
Our People Are Waking Up to ths fact That 1t
Must be Wiped Out 1t Is Now Up to the
Authorities to Do What Should Be Done;
10 Lay Down the Law and Enforce Il.

where Others are lying sick with the
disease. 1t is the duty of anyone to
report such violation to the board OF
health, even if the offenders be your
neighbors. You owe this to the safe.
ty of your own family if to no one
else, and it can be done in such way
as not TO give offense. As long as
quarantine is broken so long will there
be a spread of the disease. That is as
sure as that the sun rises in the east.
DR.. ID. Sauerhering and Aldermen
John Wolf, Henry A. Lemke and John
komers compose the board of health,
and you can find any one or all OF
them at most any time. A few pros
ecutions will help matters.
While the people of Wausau are
worked up over the scarlet fever stu
alton it might be well to herewith
make statement of what the post
office department has done. A long
time ago, we are informed, an order
was issued instructing clerks, in hand
ling stamps, to pass them out to the
purchaser gum side up. The precau-
tTon is to prevent the sticky side from
picking up any germs that may linger
on the desks or tables over which
they are sold. The fact that most
stamps are licked before being placed
on letters, makes them a source of in
lection, which might be increased
were care not taken in handling them.
1t is claimed that New York physi-
clans traced cases of infection with
contagious diseases to the careless
handling of postage stamps. This
manner of pushing stamps out to a
purchaser has become almost a second
nature with most clerks. They may
forget themselves sometimes, but in
variably the rule is followed.
A certain gentleman has made the
suggestion, that something bedone at
the present time to take care of the
dogs and cats owned by families hav-
ing scarlet fever in their homes.
There is no quarantine on these ami
mails and they are roaming the streets
at will and being petted by children,
ignorant of the danger 1t is this
gentlemen's belief that dogs and cats,
with their long hair which furnishes
a Judgement for fever germs, are
menace to the public health. If peo-
Pile cannot keep their animals at home
it might be well for them (the animals)
to be declared public nuisances and
be disposed of. What is the life of
measly cur dog or Thomas cat as COM
pared with that of a child?
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Up to noon today there were a total
of twenUy-seven houses in this city
under quarantine, because of scarlet
fever cases. There are also number
Of cases of diphtheria. Since Feb Is,
one week ago, six new cases of scarlet
fever have been reported to the health
officer.
The library has been closed and
fumigated and will remain closed I'M
til such time as the authorities see fit
to reopen it. Theatres, roller Kinks
and other public places may be fumi-
gated, SO the authorities notify us.
At present Henry Schwister is en-
ployed in making the rounds of the
quarantined houses, partly for the
purpose to see if the occupants are in
need of anything and also to observe
whether or not the quarantine is
being lived up to.
Mayor Lamont has assumed much
Of the work of enforcing quarantine
regulations. He will consider it
favor if anyone will inform him of
any case where quarantine is being
broken. The guilty parties will be
prosecuted, he says, and it won't make
any difference who it is. He invites
cooperation in this matter.
The family of Geo. Sloan, the town
of Stettin milkman, has been quaran-
tined and all the milk tickets he is
sued were gathered up and destroyed.