The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-07
Mr.. LANGERS EPIDEMIC OR l]BELuNG A CITY
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siderable number of cases upon investigation
health authorities reduced eight April and NONE
far in May
fair you who have family protect your business welfare
guard Is fair the general welfare of the Capital City of the
in which all take just pre How long the citizens going
with the malicious lying of the attorney generals office His order
falsehood malicious abuse of authority debasemen of high
office to the fxges Of cheap ward politics. And is not the first
anges dve could be dismissed with the silent contempt deserves
IA NANISHES INTO THIN AIR
In the light Of the official health statistics available any CITIZEN
Mr. Langers vanshes into thin air and brands him
prsyaricator Of the most dangerous type
of water sent periodically to the health laboratory of the ST. Paul
health department presided by Dr. usts Ohage of the
known health experts America The last report showed the
free from For the last there has been wide va
between the St Paul and the local analysis Copies Of
these reports available and them There
is for alarm the condition of the
The general health of Bismarck excellent Aside from
Of smallpox of which originated outside the city, while the other
resulted from the employed the contracting the dsase
of pulmonary tuberculosis which from Ebowoods
case of scarlet fever and one measles the city free from
tagion during the month of April
For the last eleven days not single Of typhoid has been
ported the city health officer DR. F. B. Strauss Ding the
month of April eight reported originating Bismarck
and brought local hospital from outside the city, The
of serious dangerous be reported the health Of
6cer and is believed that Bismarck doctor failing comply
contagious disease existing the Capital City during the month Of
April has been recorded %% p with sS health Eh officer
Bsmaks health record for the first four months Of 1917 normal
DR. Strauss city health officer has been advised Of the following
Janary-Typhoid, from Max smallpox, scarlet fever,
February-Typhod pulmonary tuberculosis from outside of
the smallpox measles, varicela (chickenpox),
Mach-Typhod H. follows Underwood L New Salem, :
Fort Yates Bismarck pulmonary tuberculosis place of
dece gve dpheria smallpox reported from house
hold which had in February varicela measles,
Apryphoid O. Kuhn, Bismarck 6; pulmonary tuberculosis
from Ebowoods smallpox both originating of town;
let fever I; measles L. -
NO EPIDEMIC
These official figures furnish proof of epidemic such has
been imputed Bismarck by irresponsible public officials and publ
cations On May when William LANCER informed the city
mission that Tere considerable number of of
typhoid fever the city of Bismarck and there grave danger
of the spread of epidemic of because of the condition of the
single typhoid fever for the city bacterioogist had
filed with the city health officer letter commenting upon the
marked Improvement the and these facts could have
been aeaned by Mr. LANCER had he preferred to rely upon
hearsay and gossip. ....
During the Of April Fargo reported eleven
typhoid fever the end of the month after sdnenta
ton showed higher per cubic cenmeter than that
terioogists while of samples of Fargo showed
the presence of colon baccili.
SAME AS YEAR AGO
Bismarck psychologists for April records that drng1
the extremely high around the tenth of the month Bismarck
showed unusual degree of urgdy and correspondng
high bacci which quite natural 1t also shows markell
improvements since the TENTH proving that the ed
now running day almost level with that of
The reasonable proof poor the of diseased
directly attributable In the absence of such disease any|
alarming of how then under heaven there be any
Just Indictment of the water? - .-
nothing conceal No mystery One of the preposterous
of