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Smallpox Epidemic, Part XLII

Smallpox Bills Are High.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, IND., March 3. – The County Council was called in special session yesterday to act on a number of bills for maintaining a quarantine between this and Washington counties during the recent epidemic of smallpox. The total amount of bills presented was for $3,600, but the Council allowed only $2,500. The quarantine between the two counties was raised last Tuesday.

“Smallpox Bills Are High,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 4 March 1900, p. 7, col. 3; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XLI

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The Smallpox Situation.

The State Board of Health has received a letter from Dr. Cole, of Lyons, who says that the quarantine laws are not being observed in that place, and asks for advice in the matter. In conclusion he said: “Advise me in strong terms and I will execute the orders if it takes the whole county to do it.”

Dr. Hurty says that the State Board of Health is studying the problem of what to do with the tramps, as they are spreading smallpox all over the state.”

“The Smallpox Situation,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 3 March 1900, p. 8, col. 4; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XL

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LETTERS ARE RECEIVED
Containing Information About Health
Conditions Over the State.

A letter was received by the State Board of Health yesterday from Redkey, in which the writer complained to the state board that the local board of health was not exercising proper precaution in preventing the spread of contagious diseases.

Dr. Cox, health officer of Owen county, informed the state board that there had been no new cases of smallpox in that county outside of infected houses for more than three weeks. He says the disease has been kept out of all the trading centers, and as a consequence the business interests of the community did not suffer. He says the best of results have been obtained in that county through the hearty co-operation of the people.

“Letters Are Received,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 25 February 1900, p. 8, col. 1; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XXXIX

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Case of Smallpox at Staunton.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind., Geb. 24. – Smallpox has broken out in a new locality in Clay county. Last night the young son of Elijah Latta, living at Staunton, four miles west of Brazil, became violently ill, and the attending physician has pronounced it a case of genuine smallpox of a more severe type than that prevailing at Clay City. The town has been quarantined and the excitement is intense.

“Case of Smallpox at Staunton,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 25 February 1900, p. 5, col. 5; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XXXVIII

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HARD ON CANDIDATE.
Frank Hines Is Compelled to Give Up
His Canvas.

Three cases of smallpox were reported to the State Board of Health yesterday by Dr. McLain, of Scott county. The board also received a complaint about a man that escaped from quarantine in Vanderburg county and went to Crawfordsville. A more rigid enforcement of the quarantine laws was asked for.

The board confirmed the diagnosis of the disease prevailing at Brookville as smallpox.

Dr. Cox, health officer of Owen county, says that a physician in that county maintains that the disease is chickenpox and is causing the local health officers lots of trouble.

Frank Hines, who was making a canvass for the nomination for sheriff in Delaware county, has contracted a case of smallpox and has been forced to give up his canvass.

“Hard On Candidate,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 24 February 1900, p. 8, col. 3; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XXXVII

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QUARANTINE IS FARCICAL.
Smallpox Situation Steadily Growing
Worse – Change of Sentiment

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CLAY CITY, Ind., Feb. 23. – The so-called quarantine for smallpox at this place seems to be a miserable failure in every respect, except in the way of killing business and saddling on the town an enormous debt. Person broken out with the disease get out on the street and mingle with the crowd, and the only action taken so far to prevent a repetition of the act has been to send them home on a promise to be good.

A pesthouse was rigged up several weeks ago, but no person has been required to occupy it yet, thought the quarantine has been violated repeatedly. Many person have been released from quarantine while covered with sores, and permitted to go on the streets and into places of business while in this condition. Persons who do not care to come in contact with the disease have frequently been compelled to go out of their way or retreat from such cases.

It is reported that butter is being brought to market from farmhouses where there are smallpox patients.

All the practicing physicians, except Dr. Wolfe, now agree that the disease is smallpox. There seems to be a much greater per cent of bad cases now than formerly. Public opinion has undergone quite a change since Dr. Hurty first pronounced the disease smallpox. Then he was denounced as an alarmist and a crank. Now almost everybody says he is right and that an “effective” quarantine would be the proper thing. About a dozen houses have been carded within the last week, and unless more stringent measures are resorted to it will be a long time till the disease is stamped out.

“Quarantine Is Farcical,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 24 February 1900, p. 2, col. 5; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XXXVI

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APPEAL FROM CLAY CITY.
Board of Health Asked to Enforce
Quarantine Regulations.

Six new cases of smallpox were reported to the State Board of Health from Clay City yesterday. One new case has appeared in Delaware county and one in Vermillion county. The board also received an appeal from Clay City asking that the quarantine regulations in that place be enforced. It is claimed by those who signed the appeal that the regulations are being utterly disregarded; that person afflicted with the disease are permitted on the streets, and that the cards put up by the local health officers are immediately torn down.

“Appeal From Clay City,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 23 February 1900, p. 8, col. 1; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XXXV

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MORE VIRULENT CASES.
Smallpox Epidemic at Clay City Is
Increasing in Intensity.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CLAY CITY, Ind., Feb. 21. – There is little, if any, decrease in the number of new cases of smallpox reported to the local authorities, half a dozen having developed since Saturday. The new cases, too, are of a more virulent type than those which developed earlier. Moreover, Dr. Freed, who so long insisted that the disease was chickenpox, now admits the correctness of the smallpox diagnosis and the gravity of the situation.

This gravity is increased by the comparative laxity of the quarantine, but public sentiment is slowly changing in this regard and more rigid steps will be more kindly regarded than those taken heretofore. As an example of the need of more rigid precautions, it may be noted that one patient, released from quarantine but still broken out, was standing on one of the most frequented corners in town today, and discussing his case with whomsoever would stop to talk with him.

The case of Charles Klinger’s wife was reported to the authorities the 10^th; the house was not carded until the 11^th, and the card was removed the 18^th. At the home of Isaac Griffith, the card was taken down yesterday, but Griffith is still in bed, and will be for several days. Many other cases of this kind exist.

“More Virulent Cases,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 22 February 1900, p. 2, col. 4; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XXXIV

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KEPT FROM THE SCHOOLS
Terre Haute Children Who
Have Not Been Vaccinated.

Two New Smallpox Cases – Troubles of
The Liquor Men – State Politics –
Electric Cars in Collision.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 20. – More than five hundred pupils of the city schools were turned away to-day because they had not been vaccinated or could not furnish a certificate of a successful vaccination within seven years. It is thought that many of these pupils will be vaccinated.

Two new cases of smallpox have been reported. They had been watched by the health authorities for some days as suspicious cases. The fact that they were under surveillance, as also all who had been exposed to them in the preliminary stages of the disease, gives hope that no other case will be reported form the same exposure. There is only one case in the pesthouse now, that of a traveling man named Arthur McDaniels, who was taken from one of the hotels at this own request.

“Kept From The Schools,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 21 February 1900, p. 2, col. 3; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XXXIII

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DEATH FROM SMALLPOX
Second One Occurs at Clay City – Sev-
eral New Cases Reported.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind., Feb. 19. – Mrs. Sarah Reed, aged thirty-five years, who lived at Clay City, died to-day of confluent smallpox. This is the second death in this county from the disease.

Several new cases have been reported in Clay City, and it is feared that it will prove more malignant than the disease has been in the past.

“Death From Smallpox,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 20 February 1900, p. 2, col. 5; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).