'T came to Dane county,” said
Dr. Wingate Monday, “and found that
i f° ur children are large enough to go to
i school, but have been denied that
privilege. Of course these children
i must be provided for. but 1 don’t
; think that under the circumstances
they should be permitted to attend
| the school to which the other children
go. Leprosy is a germ disease and is
l contagious, but it is not easy to con
i tract it by ordinary contact. It is
I transmitted mostly by hereditation,
I but there is no need for taking
I chances on the spread of the disease.
| I shall recommend that separate pro
! vision for the schooling of the chil-
I dren be made.
“We have had some thirty cases of
| this loathsome disease in the state
| since its formation and there are now
i live others in St. Croix county. It is
an incurabe disease and it takes from
I four or five years to twelve to fifteen
years, or even twenty years, to cause
death.
“The two Dane county patients are
I Swedes and both cases came from the
old country. In Norway there is a
gredt deal of this disease, but the gov
i ernment has succeeded by the strictest
rules iii restricting it and reducing it
to about one-half its former propor
, lion. It is one of the oldest diseases
lin existence, many allusions being
i made to it in the bible, notably by
| Moses.”
The state board of health will also
consider the matter of providing for
purifying the water supplies of differ
ent cities in the state. The report on
the Ashland waterworks system will
be submitted.
FORMAL CALL ISSUED.
PRELIMINARIES FOR THE REPUB
LICAN CONVENTION.
