Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1912 — CASE OF SCARLET FEVER QUARANTINED [ARTICLE]

CASE OF SCARLET FEVER QUARANTINED

Basil Leech, 18 Years of Age, Probably Contracted the Disease While 1 In Illinois. _____ t Basil Leech, 18 years of age, is quarantined at the home of his mother, Mrs. Alex. Leech, on West Vine street with scarlet fever. He is considerably broken out and has quite a little fever. Last Sunday Basil and his mother returned from a visit with relatives in Ford county. 111. While there a child in the family they were visiting was taken sick and the physician pror nounced the disease scarletina. Mrs. Leech and son did not regard the child’s sickness as serious and had no fear of contracting the disease. Physicians here do not recognize anything as scarlet fever. The disease Is simply a mild form of scarlet fever. Basil worked at the Home Grocery until Thursday evening and returned to his home feeling about as usual. During the night his fever rose and the eruption occurred. A physician was called and promptly diagnozed the case as scarlet fever and placed it under quarantine. Oscar "Leech, an older brother, who works at Werner’s tailor shop, was also placed under quarantine. He had slept with Basil last night. There is reported to be much scarlet fever and diphtheria at Watseka, 111., and the football game which Rensselaer had scheduled with that city lor Saturday was canceled on that account. Ford county adjoins Iroquois county, in which Watseka is situated, on the west. The local piiysieians will take every precaution to prevent a spread of the contagion.