The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-09-11

den Thomas says that it is ruinous to
prison discipline to place the prisoners
on exhibition as side show freaks"
and that it is unfair to the men who
are sent here. Further, he adds, it is
the only source of the dope" which
the drug fiends are able to secure
since the strict embargo was insti-
tuted. Friends of the prisoners carry
1t in to them and drop it when the
guards attention is turned. For many
years the penitentiary trip has been
one Of the favorite side-show attrac-
tions of the capital city.
Don't Conceal Contagious Diseases.
DO unto others as you would have
others do unto you" enjoins the state
department of health in a bulletin II
has issued to the people of Ohio.
Wherefore" it adds, do not ask
physician to help you conceal con.
tagious disease when a member of
your family is afflicted. You wouldn't
want your neighbors' children sitting
next to yours in school if you knew
there was scarlet fever in their fam
lily. Why should you subject your
neighbor to the danger which you 80
dread? The occasion for the bull
letin is the fact that the state health
departments is discovering that physi-
clans all throughout Ohio are in some
cases being influenced by their
patients to neglect to report insidious
Of inf
ments. Indeed, many epidemics have
been traced to the failure of some
physician to report the first breaking
out of disease which could easily
have been stamped out il taken In
time. But the health board doesn't
blame the physician as much as the
patient. Families are prone, 1t Is
known, to enjoin absolute secrecy
upon their physicians whenever any
malignant disease is discovered
among them. Often times the physi.
clan is threatened with dismissal
from the case if he insists upon re-
porting it to the health authorities"
Private Banks Under State.
With the beginning of this month,
private banks passed under the con-
troll of the state bank superintendent,
who may now examine them and re-
quire them to furnish statements on
them. There are between 230 and 240
private banks in the state and a
majority of them have expressed their
willingness to aid the department in
putting the law for their regulation
into successful operation. It is nc$
likely that State Bank Superintendent
Emery Lattanner will send out any
calls for statements from these banks
for some months yet so as to give
them ample time in which to become
adjusted to the new requirements.
Physicians at Cedar Point.
Physicians of the state are at Cedar
Point this week, attending the sixty
eighth annual convention of the Ohio
State Medical association. This prom
ises to be one of the most important
public health conferences ever held
in the state, as many problems of vital
interest to the health of Ohioans will
be discussed by experts. Consider
able attention will be given to the plan
to extend medical inspection of school
to the rural districts of Ohio
as provided for under clause of
the Greenlund Child Welfare code
which went into effect this month. |
DR.. Ben R. Mcclellan of Xenia will |
outline the plan to the visiting physi |
clans.
October Is "Oho Day"
October has been designated by |
Gov. Cox as Ohio Day" at the Ma
tional Conservation exposition to be
held at Knoxville, Tepn., during the
week of October Gil.
One Of the two prisoners given the |
Labor day pardon is wife murderer.
He is Joseph McGinn, a Trumbull |
county life man, received in 1902. |
The other, George Smith, also is a
murderer. He was implicated in a
saloon brawl in Summit county in |
which a man was killed. The prose
cutor who convicted him recon-
a pardon.