The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-24
may PROSECUTE PARENTS
Council and Health Board Committees
to Hold Joint Session Thursday Eve.
to Take Up Important Question Of
Better Enforcement of Quarantine.

''That the quarantine signs about
the city are getting decidedly too nu-
merous, that physicians are endanger-
ing the lives of children of the city by
failing to report contagious diseases,
that children are dying on account OF
the ignorance or the neglect Of par
ents, were the pertinent points made
by Alderman II. j. Sullivan on the floor
Of the Common Council on Monday
evening when he made demand that
the council make an investigation of
health conditions in the city.
Alderman Sullivan claimed that re-
CARELESS of the fact that there were at
the present time hundreds of quaran-
tine signs on houses in the city, chill
dren with whooping cough and measles
were being allowed to run at large
about the streets and that there seemed
to be lack Of enforcement of quaran-
tine rules.
90 do not desire that you understand
that ! am criticizing the health board
or the health commissioner or the men
under him, declared Alderman Sulli-
van, but conditions in the city are
such that the council should take a
hand in this matter. If physicians are
failing to observe the laws, they should
be prosecuted on the orders of the Com
mon Council. If the lives of children
are being endangered by the foolish
nnec ~ fha imnoronoo of ,,orov+. ~ "
up to MS as city fathers to be fathers
to these children and see to it that
they have an even chance at least to
fight these diseases. Many complaints
are being made by parents against con-
ditions and the fullest possible investi-
CATION should be made in order that
the members of the council may be
able to say that they have done all in
their power to safeguard the children s
health. -
The council voted unanimously to
have the health and sanitation com
mittee of the council meet with the
board of health and the health commits
sioner ON Thursday evening at which
GOuUTOl
of contagious diseases is to be taken
up. The council also directed the
health commissioner to make fortnight
ly reports to the council, showing the
prevalence of contagious disease in the
city and the location of guarantees.
1T is thought that with this informa-
tlon The council will be better able to
cooperate with the health board in
lighting the spread of these diseases.
Members of the health board declare
that there is much contagious disease
IN Kenosha at the present time and
there has been number of deaths
among children from these diseases.
The same condition, it is asserted, pre-
walls in other cities in Wisconsin.
The light cases are alleged to be
causing most of the trouble as it is de-
clared that in many cases physicians
have not been called and on this ac-
count no report of the cases has been
made to the department..
Orders for the arrest of physicians
and parents who neglect these import
ant duties are expected to be issued as
q result of the joint meeting of the
council committee and the health board
on Thursday night and it is certain
that drastic measures will be followed
to combat the spread Of these diseases
in Kenosha.