Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1912 — Scarlet Fever Epidemic at Hobart. [ARTICLE]

Scarlet Fever Epidemic at Hobart.

Gar£, Ind., November 30.—An epidemic of scarlet fever at Hobart, eight miles east of Gary, has caused Dr. R. C. Mackey, health officer, to issue a notice closing the public and parochial schools. The health officer also has closed theatres and dance halls In the town and in an order issued today he prohibited the holding of services in churches tomorrow. Public gatherings of all kinds will be forbidden until the disease is stamped out.