Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-06
CALLS MEETING OF DOCTORS.
City Physician Asks For Cooperation
in Diphtheria Cases,

Following the receipt of reports or
| cultures taken from the threats OF
(! children of the Click school in an ef-
fort to trace the sources of diphtheris
contagion, City Physician F. p. Lierle
was this afternoon asking all physi-
clans and any one interested to NEE,
with him at o'clock this evening in
| the council chamber. The purpose OF
| the meeting will be to get an express
sion of opinion as to whether or not
| the movement begun to find the source
of contagion should be carried out. II
has assumed large proportions, and II
carried to completion is going to re-
| quire great deal of help and coop
| Grafton. sa
] Returns received from the cultures
taken from the throats of the Click
| children, which were received this
| forenoon, brought twelve positive re-
ports. These reports indicate that
! eleven children and the janitor are
carriers of the diphtheria bacteria. It
does not mean the children have diph-
iberia, but that they may spread the
disease. @
The children whose cultures showed
positive under the examination at Iowa
! City were sent home this forenoon.
This afternoon their homes were pla-
carded "Diphtheria Carriers" and, al
tho the holnsehods are not quaran-
tined, it is supposed that the carriers
themselves will remain on the
premises. At the end of five days
second cultures will be taken from
! their Threats, and these will be sent for
examination. Those that give posi-
tive return will be continued in sur
veillance. Those that give a negative
report will be released.
In addition to the twelve negative
reports, twenty-five or thirty were re-
turned as suspicious. Second cultures
| will be taken from the threats of these
children for second examination.
The children from whose throats
cultures taken were reported as indi-
eating they were carrying the bacteria
of diphtheria who were quarantined
are: Charles Bulanek, 612 South Sixth
street; Avonelle Lloyd. Ill South
Third street; Jerome Carkhuff, ZIP
South Third street; Bonita Draws, 211
South First street: Alice tMcKittrick,
514 South Fourth street; Castle Geer
Ill South Second street; Alfredo
| Squire, 1O6 West Railroad street; Ed
win Johnston, 312 West Boone street;
Martin Wicklund, 106 South Third
street; Leonard Wilhemi, I'll South
Third street; Maitland Donaldson
2Osh South Fourth street; and Samuel
/; Harter, the janitor, 209 West Railroad
street.
II the same program Of taking cul-
! lures, examination, quarantining, and
re-examination Is to be continued thru
all Of the schools Of the city 1t will re-
quire some SINE and q great deal OF
! labor. This is, however, the program
! Of the state board Of health.
i Cultures were taken fToss: a!! cf the
pupils Of st. Mary's parochial school
| Wednesday. It was found that 11e
pupils of the school were being kept at
| home by their parents, who were
afraid their children might contrac,
the disease.
Before the state board this afternoon
advised City Physician Lierle just
what to do with the carriers cases.
some quarantine cards were put up
These will be supplanted with the
cDiphtheria Carrier" cards.