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The details of these fever-infected localities, instead of affording hope that the plague has nearly expended its power, acquaints us of increased distress and mortality, arousing the feeling, already excited, to a more expanded sympathy In view of these awful, appalling statements, it becomes the duty of our citizens to arouse themselves to further effort for the relief of their truly afflicted neighbors.
Establishment by the city of a hospital for the treatment of persons who may be a menace to the public health because of acute infection was advocated Thursday by Health Commissioner G. C. Ruhland, as an effective means of combatting the activities of medical quacks.
“Milwaukee has taken some advanced steps to meet the problem of social diseases,” said Dr. Ruhland.
It is with much regret that we have to announce the continual ill health of our troops in this department of our army. There is now prevailing in camp, mumps and fever from both of which, many valuable lives are lost. It is useless to consider the cause of disease among our troops, or to enquire why so large a proportion of the sick die.