Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1905 — Diphtheria at Laura. [ARTICLE]

Diphtheria at Laura.

Diphtheria has broken out in the Laura district in Walker tp., and one death has already occured. The victim was Roy Clayton, a 12 year old boy, who died Tuesday afternoon, after a sickness of only five days. He was treated by a physician from Wheat field, who had ordered a supply of anti-toxin but it did not arrive until after the boy’s death. Two other meml ers of the same family have the diseafie and will l>e given the anti-toxin if their condition becomes critical. Another family named Kerns were the first to develope the disease and had five oases, all in a mild form, and no physician was called ami the nature of the disease w.is not recognized. They are all about recovered. The lx>y that died atnl another child in the same family were both tiken sick while at school, aud thus the entire school were more or less exposed. The teacher, Blaine Gwin, of Rensselaer, dosed the school as soon as the disease was recognized, but will re open it again on Oct. 30, if no new- cases (level ope.