Eighth Case of Smallpox

Irwin Baker, aged eighteen, living at 811 Dawson street, has the smallpox, his case being the eighth that has been reported to the Board of Health. There are four in the family, and all have been placed under quarantine.

“Eighth Case of Smallpox,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 18 April 1900, p. 3, col. 4; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 3 February 2015).