Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1908 — DIPHTHERIA IN WALKER. [ARTICLE]

DIPHTHERIA IN WALKER.

The Oak Grove school in Walker tp., has been closed on account of diphtheria, the disease having broken out in the family of Mr. Wallace at Newland. The patient, a girl, had been attending school and exposed the other pupils of course. County Health Officer M.

D. Gwln went up there Thursday and administered anti-toxin and the family was quarantined. The girl is reported about well now. Another mild case in the family of Freeman Gifford in the same locality is reported, and they also were quarantined. Health Officer Gwin also has received notice that there Is a case of spinal meningitis in Kankakee tp. This is sometimes a contagious disease and is about as much to be dreaded as diphtheria. Miss Nelda Hendrixson is the name of the afflicted one.