The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-11-23

DISEASES IN
HAMMOND
Epidemic of Scarlet Fever and
Diphtheria Is An Increasing
Menace

In spite of the assertion stoutly
maintained by health officials that
Hammond has neither more nor less
contagious disease now than In previ-
Gus disease now than In previous years
during the same season. q check Of
the absentees at public and parochial
schools reveals that the mild epidemic
OF scarlet fever prevalent during the
sumner months has not abated and
that recently diptheria seems to be
increasing among school pupils. There
are 20 known cases of scarlet fever
and Is of diptheria in Hammond.
This statement IS borne out also by
announcement this morning OF the
second recent death from diptheria.
The victim Is Irene May Tegtnan.
six-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
william f. TegtInan, $50 Ellis street
From records in the board of health
one learns that the following children
are now sick with diptheria: Richard
Siegel. Elmer weiser. Lois Madura,
Walter witter, Henrietta Spaulding
and Dorothy Lynch.
These are Ill with scarlet feveri
George Knickerbocker, Mary Cox.
Ernestine Kits. Henry Payton, wini-
fred Rordanz, Milo Mikclich. Lois NJ.
Williams and Bethel wilder.
This Is all that the board of health
knows about it. Physicians are COM
PEELED to report every case Of con-
tagious disease they attend This is
compulsory under state law Health
officials here say the law is aagrantly
violated. No action however has ever
been taken to force physicians to re-
spect the statute. DR.. Buchanan.
health, dipsctor. says there are in
Hammond but six cases OF diptheria
and eight cases Of scarlet fever. He
says that is based on reports turned
into him by physicians. How har-
moniously the medical profession IS
working with the board of health may
be determined by the discrepancy be-
tween reports of contagious diseases
reaching the health board and the
facts as gathered from school officials
During the past two weeks Irving
school has twice been fumigated for
scarlet fever. Funligation is resorted
to when q conta sious disease reaches
nenacing proportions. At present
there are IN this school S cases Of
scarlet fever with 6 others quaran-
tined and 2 cases of d.ptheria These
figures from H. F. Cartwright. prin-
cipal.
Lafayette schooI-Four cases. scar
let fever; one case, diptheria. Miss
Ames. principal.
Wallace rchooi-Three cases, scar
let fever; one case. diptheria. Miss
Nixon, principal.
haywood schoo1-Ffve cases DIN
liberia; two cases. scarlet fever; one
case. measles: one case, chicken pox.
Miss Shaffer, princip
Riverside schoo1-Two cases din
iberia; two cases. chicken pox. Miss
Curry, principal.
Lincoln school - Two cases, dip
liberia; one case, scarle. fever. Miss
Symmes, principal.
High school Two cases scarlet
fever; one case diptheria. Mr., sphon.
principal.
All Saints schooI-Two cases scar
let fever; one caes diptheria. Sister
Joseph Henry, principal.
Board OF Health records account fer
cases Of diptheria and OF scarlet
fever. School records show 20 case
of scarlet fever and is of dipther,a
If you know of contagious dis
ease the name OF the victim OF whic,
does not appear in the above lis
phone DR.. William A. Buchanan ara
tell him about IL. He's health dire
tor Of this city. II he doesn't tno,
how serious the situation is VIZ
should7 His phone number Is Ia.s-
mond <74