Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1912 — Diphtheria Cases Increase. [ARTICLE]

Diphtheria Cases Increase.

Indianapolis, Oct. 4.—Dr! Edward J. Dußois, city bacteriologist, examined 363 throat cultures from school children. and in eleven of them found diphtheria gernjs. These cases were ' two from school No. 22, one from school No. 27, two fro'm St. Anthony’s School for Boys and Girls and six from school No. 49. In addition to these, two cases were reported by physicians of the city, making a total of thirteen new cases. It has been necessary to double the force in the * city laboratories because of the immense amount of work occasioned by ti-e presence if the disease. Doctor Dußois spent practically eight hours over the microscope examining slides from the cultures, which we he prepared and handled for him by three other workers.