The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-24
REPORT OF DIPHTHERIA IN
WHEELING SHOWS II CASES
SIX are IN TIVE SECOND WARD.
NONE IN the FIRST,
poOHTH AND EIGHTH.
Statement issvsd By the Health De.
psrtmsct ~ the City Re
ssrdsos the sitsst,or.

The health department Of the city
OF Wheeling Ia. issued the following
statement regarding the cases Of dip
iberia IN the city.
The pre-, sience Of diphther,a IN
several nearby towns which resultant
deaths renders timely the following
statement which gives the number Of
cases In the City OF Wheeling.
AT the present time there are seven
teen houses placarded with dipth.ria
signs. SIX OF there are in the second
ward. one In the third. three IA the
MIN. Tour T., the sixth and three In
the seventh ward
Der has had antitoxin admInis,er.d
ana so far no case has resulted fatally.
which Illustrates the potency Of this
remedy.
Under the proposed .method II
school inspection which IL soon to Dc.
enforced In our public schools. cases
VIII De recognized earlier aud ther~
IS no question but that fewer cases of
TINS diseass will develope.
With the opening OF our schools.
public and private. diptheria Usually
becomes prevalent and this year is no
exception to the rule
During August there were several
unrecognszet cases OF diptheria. which
at the time were called cases of sore
throat
These were not reported TO the
health department and as the children
were not very III they mingled freely
with Others who contracted diptheria-
Some OF these cases were also mill
tnd attended school with the result
that other cases were infected.
This In one way In which one dipth.
eria becomes prevalent In a commun-
ity. and IL illustrates the fact that in
solar as other children are concerned
the mild cases are the most dangerous
ones. The severe case is isolated at
once. the house II plscarded and no
exposures TO Il are allowed. The mild
case. on the contrary may be termed
the house
Treatment OF Dipthsris.
The modern treatment OF diphtheria
has robbed the disease OF much OF the
old time dread. The death rate among
those given antitoxin within the nrst
three days Is almost nothing. The rate
Is higher when antitoxin IL not given
until the fourth day. and very much
higher On each succeeding day. Delay
In treatment is especially dangerous
In the disease and because OF this. an
those who ere unable to purchase y.
As the public becomes better in
formed this disease II more easily con-
trolled. because IL Is being learned
that early isolation with prompt and
intelligent treatment OF all sore
Threats meanr no more danger OF cpl
denies with the resultant loss OF life.
Whenever diptheria is prevalent
there are number OF mild cases
Lob Ill
IA. but are celied tonsillitis. Later in
the same FIRMLY another child becomes
III and as Z seems to have the same
symptoms exhibited by the first case,
little attention IN paid to u and the
condition becomes almost hopeless bA-
fore n physician is called. Then anti
toxin IL administered in large doses.
the physician makes a brave night for
the chiid's life. but the disease has too
firm a ho;1 and the child dies.
In these cases ignorant people
claim the death In due to the use of
the antitoxihI The following points
are Of interest particularly when diph-
liberia Is PREVALENT:
Points Of Interest.
l. All CnFeS Of sore throat" should
be regarded with suspicion. and reat-
ed as dipatteria until proved other
wise.
2. Each fGff OF sore NnTOdt SHOULD
be Isolated and a physician sent for
AZ on-e. II the physician ~ In doubt
he should take throat smear and
send II 10 the Health Department for
a diagnosis
,. Antitozir should he administered
In Every case Immediately after the
diagnosis - made. Early use OF an
titoxip means recovery.
T. Membrsneous Group In diptheria-
II Is diphtheria OF the larynx and
causes more deaths than diphtheria
OF the tonsu. the usual location Of the
disease
s. The d'ssppearsnce OF the mem
brans from the throat and the appar-
ent recovery Of the patient DO not
mean the Petient r. well Diphtheria
IL an insidious poison snd often causes
what IL termed paralysis OF the
heart" six or seven DAYS after the
case Is parently well. Patients
should remain in bed at least one week
after the membrane has disappeared
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