The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-13
|RAISE QUARANTINE
SATURDAY NIGHT
=. Health Takes Action Today
,nd suspends Four Weeks Or
der at End Of This
Week.
SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY
Which Has Been clamped on to
Amusement Places and PUBIC
Gatherings 10 to Go
off Soon.

Gatherings 10 to Go
n off Soon.
Y r,o hoard Of health Of the city OF
ih has decided to raise the scar
NJ h.o ever quarantine which was put
~ No. weeks ago Friday OF THIS
&on w 20 midnight Saturday night:
This This will permit Of the openlns W. ~.
.ohoo,s next Monday, and taxes ls
han off of places Of amusement Anu
nublic gatherings for persons eieh'een
land under. ,,o ~
chicago that the situation could Detter
o oontrolled with the children IN
eo,ooJ than out, led the mayor to cali
Meeting of the physicians OF the city
.odav At this meeting the doctors
,Sousht that the schools could be SAFE
" re.onened but wanted q physician
aonointed TO inspect school children,
snbool buildings and all unreported
sr, snsnicious cases in the community.
Tho hoard Of health promised 70
toxic nm the matter of inspection with
,bo state hoard. In writing to the doc
tors of the city calling them to the
meeting, the mayor said that there
had been numerous complaints over
the order, and that the number OF
cases among the children was the
sama or greater than when the strict
quarantine was established, and he
wanted the advice Of the doctors In
MAKING a decision in the matter.
The Correspondence.
Following is all the correspondence
in the matter, including telegram to
Dr. Evans, his answer, the mayors
letter and the physicians answer sign
ed by fifteen doctors, and the board
Of hea1th's final resolution In the mat
Ter:
KEOKUK, Iowa, February IL, 1918.
DR.. W. A. Evans, Editor Health Dept.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.-Dear
Doctor: If there be 40 or more cases
scarlet fever in city OF 1880 popula-
ion in FIVE months time-4O cases now
pending principally among school
children. All physicians Of city sign
ing resolution to close schools period
four weeks, is your opinion the Board
of Health was warranted in ordering
schools closed for four weeks as means
Of controlling epidemic. 1 will great
y appreciate an early reply.
ED s. LOTION,
Mayor and Chairman Board Of Health.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, February IL. 1918.
Ed S. Lotion, Mayor, Keokuk, Iowa:
Epidemic can be controlled better by
keeping schools open using nurses and
medical inspection of school children.
w. A. EVANS.
KEOKUK, Iowa, FeD. IS, 1918. Keo-
kuk Medical Association, Keokuk,
lowa.-Gentlemen Feeling that you
realize the many complaints coming in
On account of closing the schools,
sunday schools and that the Y. M. G..
a., Y. W. G. A.. Keokuk Public Ii
brary and theatres are closed to chill
dren OF school age, and that there are
as many or more cases Of scarlet fever
Existing in Keokuk at the present time
than when the order was made for
strlct quarantine. / viii! appreciate
very much and consider it great IA
Eor to the City Council sitting as the
board OF Health, To take up the mat
.er and assist us In determining what
n your best judgment is the porper
Jung TO do-continue the four weeks,
resc1nd the action Of the Board of
f'ealth after three weeks time.
lnanking you for your kindly advice
the past and your assistance at all
fimes, beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
ED s. LOTION, Mayor.
Feb. 18th, '1s. Resolved that it is
he sense of the undersigned Physi-
IAN, u, Oh keokuk that 1t would be allow.
we 10 reopen the Schools of the City
ms ilit the ban on children attending
uolc gatherings at the end of the
aesent week.-PROVIDED a compe.
sD. PHYSICIAN Is Immediately appoint
10 " inspect school children, school
Uses and all suspected but unreport.
Eases u Eases IN the community at large and
choni such inspection during the
enool year. Signed
>; W. MOORHEAD
n. A. KINNAMAN
": I. CLARK
W. W. HOLMES
l. NJ. COFFEY
r. r. q. WOOLENWEBER
G. A. DIMoND
F. B. DORSEY
A. B. GRAY
n. H. FEGERS
=. 3. DORSEY, JR
ocORAL R. ARMENTROJJT
GbO. R. MARLEY
=. II. FEGERS
J. R, wEDEL
onno !, Resolved: That the civ
i pa Oh the City of Keokuk. sitting
La r noard of Health Of said CITY hav.
lsna ss, &. s the above resolution
KY by hfteen physicians of the C,itv
|lieai,s oh h and the said Board =,
best uoelleving they are serving the
lens ~ rests and health of the citi.
brder VI tnf heokuk do hereby resolve TO
khe citv e leopening of the schools Of
endinss and lift the ban Of children at
Il tho public public gatherings at the end
febrn..p, PRESENT week, viz: SATURDAY
6idniahss 10Th, 1918. at 1900 o,clocl