Quarantine Breakers Face Prosecution
Health officials are cracking down on residents who violate scarlet fever quarantines, following a series of public health infractions.
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Dr. Sargentloh is waging a strenuous campaign to enforce the quarantine restrictions of the health department. One man who removed a scarlet fever patient was on trial in police court last week and the health officer declares he will prosecute all who openly defy the law. Yesterday Lottie Garrett, 3022 South O street, strayed from the house under quarantine to the neighbor next door and the neighbor was promptly put in quarantine. The health officer declares the quarantine must be observed by citizens or they will get into trouble.
“The health officer declares the quarantine must be observed by citizens or they will get into trouble.”
Public health restrictions during contagion were as controversial in 1910 as they were recently. The focus on individual accountability versus the state's power to quarantine reflects a long-standing tension in the city's approach to infectious disease.
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