Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-28
FEVER
 AND D|PH1hER|A CAN BE ] HANDLED ID 1
Council Authorizes Mayor and Health Officer to Take
 Steps Necessary. ',a:

To discuss the action to be- taken nv the authorities to combat the spread of ediphther:ss1nd and scarlet ffeyer. many cases of which are pres ent in the city, and to informally dls- cuss other matters of importance which are now pending before the city aldsrmanic body. special sos sion-os raher, conference Of the |city council was held at the. city nall lat o'clock yesterday afternoon, at { the call of Mayor Simon Bloom. Unless the spread of scarlet fever 1 and diphtheria can be stopped by lso- tlation. Immigration. and other such methods. it will become absolutely necessary to close the public schools, as a measure of safety" declared Mayor Bloom, when the session was opened. f.ss@ The mayor siated that there is con- siderable malarial fever and some cases of other diseases, but that the situation is serious, so far as 1t, con- cerns scarlet fever and diphtheria These latter diseases are easily com municable, and serious to handle, and dangerous always, to the patient and to all persons exposed ito the disease: There are cases in all sections or the city, the mayor declared, but especially in Eest Pine Bluff is the situation bad. Here, ths. mayor said, lit is not at all unlikely the First Ward school may have to. be closed, a. a precautionary measure. s- One family in East Pine Bluff lost Ia little girl Sunday morning with scarlet fever, and anothsr child is suffering with tho disease. The mother is also seriously i'll, and not
 until Monday forenoon was it pos
 sible for the family tc obtain the ser vice of a nurse and then only after ldiligent effort on the part Of the friends Of the family, the attending physician, Mayor Bloom and Chief oi Police Frank Stewart. Ths family
 was not asking for charity, and want
 ed none-all that was desired. was l the assistance of somebody stci cage
 for the sick folk and run the house More than score of women were seen before a nurse iWaas finally em' ployed. IL. was < explained in this
 connection, that the demand was nol for a trained nurse, but for some Ibcdy capable of doing ordinary work | under such circumstances.
 City Physician Busy. The city physician. pr. Harry, B
 Williams, made perhaps dozsn O more hurried visits to various vsec ltions of the city yesterday, in connec I ton with eases of one or the other Q T lthese diseases. The mayor compli tmented him, at the council conferenc! lyesterday, for his diligence to work ling to protect fife public health il
 this respect. .fit& s-,f1 l AS a result of the statement b, 1lMayor Bloom and the discussion (which followed, the aldermen In ! structed the mayor, sthei city sboart
 of health and the city physician t
 take whatever action is necessary ant
 to exercise their own discretion il
 the matter of expenditure to mee 1.-the conditions.
 f The city board of health, with th' I county physician, pr. W, H. Blanken
 lship, and the city sphysician. pr \ Harry E. Williams. with Mayor Bloon
 Twill work in harmony and close con
 junction in handling the situation
 and it Is expected the school build
 ings and psfAapss all x pthert place } sIswere people .congre gate, win be fumi
 gated, and that extraordinary step will be taken 10 see that all house Hare rigidly quarantined. in whic
 eases of scarlet fever or :d8htheri sl occur. S% &As d Itswag spoanteds out tAatstheres is T | enfdesnic s0f W ssss shsfs f ss sFsd{seese N Pin .I Bluff, and that there MaveS bSst ona a very nainpr sptrcait ofssd eatf al from b0fl but hecaua& ltAEA h'
 been an increase in the number afcasAs. tAe authorities reach ess stees sQ fcfsfen to make zs sA4ie eoadf ffinls phla8 t that the ultimate danger may be sl Appreciated, .and that .the~ indiYidu
 families may be able to take whstev'
 Iprecaufions are necessary, to prevel /, infection.
 I Country School Closed.
 The school at Watson's chapel h; n been closed because of the numb InA . I I$-.1