Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-12
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
DR.. Brice S.Vallcttc Warns Against
Spread of Whooping Cough,
Urging Quarantine.
Special correspondence To Every Evening

Special Correspondence 10 Every Evening
New Castle, Jan. l2--Dr. Brce =
Vallrtte. local physician, tnade Tn"
following statement relative 10 the cpl
,lem,c Of whunp,tu q cough which has been
very severe IN this city fot several weeks
w hopping cough, quoting from lie
Hygienic and Medical Treatment Of
Chldfen) by DR.. Dunn Of Harvard.
Whooping cough IL a specific Infectious
disease highly contagious The con
tasion in air borne; for ins'ance. when
an individual suffering from vhopping
cough coughs the spray from hts throat
permeatce the atmosphere az ANAL pnf-
tjclea Of mur,ls. so that another individual
in the vicinity upon iuhalinp the air is
very linhle 10 contract the disease. Most
cerea If whnop,ng cough in New Castle
have been contracted in this way The
other children Of family in which case
Of whoopnp cough has developed should
always be regarded as having been ex-
posed fio matter how brief and slipht the
contact They should be regarded as II
able 10 become sources of Injection NJ
any time and should not he allowed 20 60
90 school non 10 play with other chill
dren Poorly noiifished children hfe rfnne
tu develop tuberculosis or pneumonia
hntnurfhagee in various organs. Nervous
complications develops later in many cases
For thesp above cited feaaone al0fir, all
children suffering from the disease should
be eI,iasansined The children who do not
already have whoopine cough, especially
the smnllrr children should be kept apart
from those who have and not allowed ~ the
roofns where sick ores are, Whpoping
cough a one of the most dangerous diaeases
Of childhood
faat evening the members ~ CITY
Council met IN special session and dertdrd
20 offer ih~ Delaware Water improvement
Go. the sum of s75.pn IN city bnude and
an additional s2nno extra IN bonds 81 ray
for tho cust of the selling of the bonds
and the legal proceedings the honus 10
bear SIS per cent interest. The water
Co. had offered 20 cell the two plants ffr
s75Onn in cash II the Representatives
Of the Water Company ngree % eccept
The rity's offer there will he 2 mass meet
jnn called fer the ritizenp 20 attend he
meeting will br held IN tie 0peta IIouse
which place the tf,isters uf the Masonic
Hall Committee have freely offered The
contract for painting the exterior
Of tho fire hall was awarded to Hol1ert "
Harrington 4 SONS nf thia ciiy ~ the bid
~ soc Other hide were feceired from
rur,er q Fpnstrf ~ Wilmington. which
was AZ lpsa than the local bidder, but
did not specify the kind ~ material that
he would use
Tho funeral ~ Mics Annn r. spots-
wood will be held nn Thursday afternoon
at 2 o'clock Her many friends are invited
to attend the funeral services. which viii
be held az her late home on Delaware
street near Fifth in charge of Hev
Beattie Wylie, pastor of the First Pres-
bytprian Church Intefment will hn
private in Tho family burial plot ~ the
firsi Presbyterian cemetery
AItq Susan I<eu of Last Third street
has purchased the property on THIRD
street frum James I Iliasen. j, now
occupied by Prof lie my l. sneveiy
AIrs kee will nut nrnupy the newly p1ir-
chased rpsidanee hut viii move 20 The
New Castle Club building which " as
formerly the rrsidenre pf the sheriff
Rev Robert Watt, u ID. will have
charge of the weekly revival services
this evening in the Methodist Church
Rev George L Street. pastor ni the FIRST
Baptist Church who was scheduled 70
preach. will ha unable 10 take part On
account Of The death uf his brother, james
W. street. aged ~ Years. who dtoi At
So Timothy'a Hospital. Philndelrhia