Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-22
ENLIST POLICE AID TO
ENFORCE QUARANTINE
Health Board Asks for Help to
Cope With Scarlet Fever
Outbreak.

DR.. G. M. Handy, president OF the
Board of Health, who has been very
optimistic all along regarding the scarlet
fever outbreak in this city, this morning
admitted for the first time that the
health board is no longer able to cope
with The situation unsided, If nm epidemic
ia TO be avertcd, and because OF this the
health board has appealed TO the police
dcpartment for assistance in the enforce /
ment Of the quarantine rules and regu- /
jations and Superintendent OF Police !
George Black has assured the board that
this cooperation will be gwen.
The police department has been iur-
nished with a complete list OF every
house in town wherein there Is q scariet
fever patient and where quarantine nss
been established. superintendent
Black ANNOUNCED today the police VIII
enforce the quarantine laws ana wiz pe
most strict in doing 80. Al persons
found violating any OF its provisions, no
matter who they may be, WI be ar
rested In this connection It was EN-.
phesized that no person is permitted
10 90 into or TO leave house where
quarantine has been established, not
even the parents Of the child that may
be sick or other occupant Of the house
who has come in contact with the slck
person. Neither are milk men permitted
TO take milk bottles from houses where
: the fever exists as long as the quarantine
4 is in effect.
!. Special orders we're issued 70. the
= police on districts throughout the city
y TODAY to keep close watch on the
houses where quarantine has been es-
G tahlished in their districts and to see
n TINT IL is maintained IN the strlctesi
v possible form Another special order
: to the patrolmcn was to keep a SHARP
s. watch on the moving picture house.
d and the theatres for il has been reported
4 10 the health board that some Of thcs'
places have not been very careful abou
a the admission OF children under u year
r of aye whom The health authorities hav'
q forbidden to go to the theatres.
s. Hope to Reopen Schools Monday.
Ie Ellwood souder, president q th
n Board of Education, had a conferenc
3 with DR.. Handy this morning and late
r stated the school board will co-operat
m with the Board Of Health for the benefl
= Of the school children Of the city. -
10 said he was hopeful that the condition
ID would warrant the reopening OF Tn
or schools next Monday.
,e The health authorities arc now ssti
Nd fed the local conditions are becor0n
4 alarming. This feeling may be base
IN upon the number Of new cases reporte
on Monday and Tuesday OF this weel
"A The total for the two days, UP 70 tb
"A morning, when no reports we're receive
n because Of the holiday, was 30 new case
-, the largest by far for any similar pcrle
since the outbreak OF the fever. IT
~ total pumber OF cases in the city at q
80 present time, according to the Board
80 Health report, is l45. When the pun
e schools were closed there were only II
' cases in Wilmington.
!" While this total represents but vel
Ire small percentage OF the total populatie
u of the city, the health board membe
NJ are said to feel that the daily increase
10. the number Of new cases indicates Tn
al the disease is gaining ground and tn
ph something must be done TO check
at spread. The number OF recoveries dai
he tends TO hold the total down 10 cor
he parafiveIy small figure which does
to represent, they say, the actual spre
OF the disease. 1t is In such light fol
ic- that patients quickly recover and u
'rs has helped the daily report OF cas-
18th recovered.
Id: Howard Frantz, secretary OF the Boa
ess Of Health, gave out the following f1gu
ant on the increase OF the scarlet fever IN Z
city: Monday, II; Tuesday, 10; Wedn
ms dav, z: making total of 81 new ca
md in the past week.