Evening journal., 1921-03-02
MANY SUFFER
SCARLET FEVER
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the disease. It was said at the ONCE
OF Dr'Cilnord j. Scott. supcrintend-
ent OF schools this morning that Mrs.
Lillian Kitchen. teacher at No. 3
School. has been confined to her
home with the disease for several
weeks
This morning the principal OF No.
% school at Thirtieth and Madison
streets. reported that two pupils
there had been reported absent to-
day on account OF the disease.
Al the Contagious Disease Hospi-
tai OF the L. and S. Hospital In the
Twelfth ward Il was said that four
cases OF the disease were being treat
ed. there. The patients are 4 years.
20, 2S and 20 years.
II was also announced today that
the cottage on the property Of the
Contagious Disease Hospital had been
/ renovated and was 20 be used as
contagious disease hospital for Ne
groes. While this building has not
been furnished a group OF Negro
women OF this city have started a
campaign TO raise between $500 and
$1,000 to equip this hospital.
Miss Helen Connolly ig superinicn-
dent Of the Contagious Disease Hos
pital and IN addition TO the scarlet
fever victims there she has under
her care one case OF chicken-pox
and one OF whooping cough.
Dr. Charles NJ. Handy. president
OF the Board OF Health. said today
that he did not consider the sixteen
or more known cases now in this
city constituted an epidemic OF the
disease. The health records show
that six cases were reported last
week and four the previous week
Since last Saturday three cases have
been reported.
Several physicians when spoken
TO this morning about the outbreak
OF the disease. said they believed
people who had diseases in theii
homes were not calling physician,
and that some physicians might no
be reporting the cases they are at
tending.
The present outbreak Is not con
fined to this city as several cases ar,
reported from the suburbs. Stantoi
/. and Richardson Park. The diseas
also is prevalent in several towns II
Pennsylvania.
Scarlet fever caused "a deaths II
} Delaware during 1920. according Z,
the State Board OF Health, compare,
! with an average Of only four death
for each Of the previous four years
, All but six of these deaths occurre,
In the city Of Wilmington where tn
! death rate from this disease wa
fully eight times as high as the nor
NAL for a city OF this size. All O
, the deaths were among the whit
population. The disease was epide
mic In Wilmington during May AM
June, when there were 13 deaths
5 and 1t again assumed epidemic pro
I portions In October and Novemb bei
when there were seven deaths.
) There was but one death 6
rural New Castle county and one 5
Z Kent county and there were fou
r deaths In Sussex county.
- All but two Of the "a deaths wer
Of children. and % were OF chile
. rem under fve yearssof age.
e Epidemics of scarlet fever ca
never be controlled unless the pa
}. tients are isolated and unless prope
81 quarantine regulations are observe,
The State law prescribes tina
- houses in which there are cases q
. this disease shall be piacarded for a
I least three weeks after the outsc
OF the disease. and longer il com
5 plete recovery has not taken plac,
Well children in a family in whic
a case. develops will be exclude
: from school and quarantined a
! home as long as the house is pla
! carded. unless they leave the prem
: ises at once when they will be quar-
antined only days az the new ad
dress. Adults are also quarantine
unless the patient Is isolated. Eve