Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-19
FIVE NEW CASES OF INFANTiLE
PARALYSIS REPORTED At
DUBUQUE.
PHYSICIANS BELIEVE
ALL WILL RECOVER
Of New caY' Leads to Talk
Of Extreme Quarantine Measures, But
Ten Day Ban Will Be Lifted Unless
+ State Takes Further Action-keane
Bars Children From Churches.

Dubuque July ia fresh outbreak
when five additional cases were re-
ported, caused some uneasineSs among
residents and further sanitary meas
ures probably will be adopted With
reports Of continued spread of the
disease came an order from DR.. G. H.
Summer, secretary or the state board
of health, which extends the quaran-
tine on the city indefinitely. The ban
was to have been lifted next Saturday,
but the decision came after reports
were sent from this city telling Of the
extreme seriousness of the situation.
Under the order no children under l6
years of age are allowed to leave the
city under any circumstances, while
those over that age must have a
health certificate from the local health
officer.
Total Of Sixty-four Cases.
Announcement of five additional
cases yesterday was the cause Of sur
prise as it was believed'that the sit
uation was being brought under con-
troll, OILY one case having been re-
ported Wednesday. The five cases
yesterday brings the total up to sixty
four, one having been taken off after
DR.. e. c.. Rosenow, Rochester special
list, announced that Baby Woodward,
daughter of F. w. Woodward local
publisher, was rot the victim of infan-
tile paralysis but of general weak
ness, common in babies of that age.
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eight.
The order extending the time limit
on the quarantine was in reply to
query gent the state official ny City
Attorney VI. II. Czizek. The local au-
thorities were uncertain as to what
course to pursue should the situation
continue serious. They declared they
had no legal authority to enforce the
quarantine after the expiration Of the
state order but felt that some action
was necessary in view of the turn OF
events.
Believe Al; Will Recover.
All those afflicted SO far will re-
cover, in the opinion Of physicians.
All have been treated with DR.. Rose
now's serum and are showing marked
Improvement altho some may be Grip
pied.
DR.. J. H., sohrup, president Of the
Dubuque County Medical Society and
| actively, engaged in the fight against
| the plague, declared yesterday tina,
the disease appears to be, spreading to
! other outside points in the near vi
entity three! cases having been dis
covered at New Diggins, Wis., small
mining town several miles east OF
here. Two cases also were reported
from Galena, Ill.,, southeast Of Du-
buque, while there is at least one in
East Dubuque and one in Cascade
Several have also been discovered in
rural homes nearby. >.
Archbishop keane Takes Hand.
Archbishop ]. j. Keane took hand
in the situation yesterday and adj
dressed letters to every church pastor
in the city calling on them to see to 1t
that all Quarantine regulations were
carried out and ordering them to sta
ton men at the entrances to the
| churches to see that no children under
Is enter. Following is the letter:
IAN epidemic Of infantile paralysis
which appeared in the city month
ago has become somewhat alarming.
Those who are laboring to control
and eventually purge the city Of the
dread disease ask that children under
Is years be excluded from all numer-
GUS assemblages Of people.
Il therefore direct that prudent men
be posted at the entrances to churches
with instructions to admit no child
under Is to any public service until
the city is free of the epidemic.
Pastors will ASK that quarantine
wherever established be strictly OBJ
served. Sincerely,
~. ]. Keane, archbishop"