Evening journal., 1922-02-10
isolate To
HALT FEVER,
DOCTOR SAYS

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the patient IL located. and the abso-
Lutte cutting-off Of those affected
from any contact with the outside.
Such is the method pursued in Phil
adelphia and in other larger cities,
and IL has robbed scarlet fever OF
its terrors in a manner similar TO
the way smallpox has been stripped
OF its old-time ravages and death
toll.
a new law. or ordinance. Is need
ed in Wilmington to provide the
Health Board with authority to com
I bat scarlet fever along modern lines
/ Even II the city should have to pay
tn wages OF guards 10 isolate pa
TENTS the cost would be less in the
end than the loss now occasioned b.
permitting the disease TO spread
lIntead OF having more than 1870
cases OF fever in the city as We have
now, there would not be more than
six or eight.
Or. Lukens also brought out thai
the old theory thar scarlet fever wa'
spread by the "peelings" or exfoila'
ton from the faces or bodies OF pa
tients had been thoroughly ex-
ploded.
The dangerous period, the real per
lod OF contagion. he declared, was II
the first week Of the diease. and from
the emanations from the eyes. nos
and throat.
Quarantine regulations under
which the present Board OF Health
is operating are contained in resolu'
lions adopted by the old board and
were put into effect on March /
1915. They require that immediate
lly upon the diagnosis that scarletin'
or scarlet fever exists. the attending
physician shall report its existence
10 the secretary OF the Board o
Health. who shall then direct tina
the premises be placed under quar-
antine and the house placarded.
} It further is provided:
In scarlet fever. the attendin
, physician shall notify the secretar
5 OF the City Board OF Health whel
Z the exfoliation has been entirel
completed. The secretary OF tn
Board Of Health shall then direc
the city physician 70 examine pa
tient. and II. in his opinion, the cas-
is ready for fumigation shall 80 not
~ the secretary OF the Board q
Health. or II the members OF IN
household desire SOME physical
J. other than the city, physician
' make such examination. they sha
make an application in writing {
the president OF the Board {
% | Health. who shall then designat
. some physician other than the fan
lily physician TO make such examins
ton, for which the said physical
shall not charge fee exceeding fiy
\ dollars $50.
( The regulations state that scarl'
fever Is highly contagious; person
suffering from scarlet fever must
1, isolated in a room on the story
, the house the least In use fro
q which all necessary furniture sue
= as curtains carpets and picture
/ shall have been removed. DOS
cats and other pets must be kept o
OF the sick room.
IA mo one allowed in the sick roo
except the physician and the a
tendant. Placard shall be placed
= front door and remain there un
a quarantine Is lifted"
II II will be noted that no provisi
II is made for isolating the emit
II household AS a result other mel
II bers OF a family in which there Is
case OF fever virtually may come "a
II 20 al will That the regulations
not contemplate isolating the emit
II family in a household where {
N fever exists is shown by a prov
III that mo person shall work or
III emDlovcd in or about any restaura
II or other place where food-stuffs q
III prepared or manufactured duri
II the time Of a case of infectious
II contagious disease exists at the pls
II where he or she resides. nor the
II after until the quarantine has be
II removed and the premises dis
4 focted."
III one paragraph gives sweep
mowers TO the Board Of Health,
II does not make it mandatory thai
scarlet fever case shall be isola
like smallpox. This paragraph rea
THE Board OF Health are here
empowered to adopt such means
quarantine in contagious or epider
disease as in their judgment
health of the city may require, a
any such person who shall fail to
serve or comply with the directi'
Of the Board Of Health in such cas-
shall upon the conviction before
Municipal Court, forfeit and pay