Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1912 — SCARLET FEVER; THREE IN FAMILY [ARTICLE]

SCARLET FEVER; THREE IN FAMILY

O’Meara Sehool Closed Because of Disease in Family of J. F. Nelson, Near Rensselaer. Three cases of scarlet fever in the family of J. F. Nelson, southeast of reported by the family physician, * caused the family to be placed under quarantine and the O’Meara school, which the children attended, to be closed this Friday morning. The cases are not severe and apparently the disease is in a mild form. There are four children in the family. One has not yet taken down with the disease. This child was in school Thursday. It is not probable that there will be any spread of the disease, and the prompt precautions taken will operate to stamp it out/ The only other case of scarlet fever that has been in this city or near to It, was that of Basil Leech, and there is nothing to show a connection between the two. The Leech boy had a quite severe case and has been under quarantine for a little over two weeks. He is recovering now and it is hoped to release him from the quarantine by the first of the week. The scaling off period is the one most dangerous for spreading the disease and the doctors will be very cautious about releasing any person afflicted until all danger of communicating the disease is past. A girl named Chambers, who lives ih the Sharon neighborhood, was at the Nelson home some ten days ago. She had a very sore throat but was not broken out. It is thought possible that the Nelson children may have contracted the disease from her. Mrs. Willard Shields, whose home is in Wabash, Ind., has been at the Hahnemann hospital, in Chicago, for the past four weeks for a surgical operation for the relief of a chronic trouble of long standing. This is her third trip to the hospital since their removal from here to Wabash some eight years ago. A speedy and complete recovery is now confidently hoped for by her friends and relatives.