New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-04
CONCEALED CASTS or SMALLPOX.

A physician OF the Board of Health yeSter-
day discovered alarming c-.e OF concealed ,ma lpOX
at No. 1879 East Eourth-st Two small roous in tho
tcncmen-house have been occupied fOr some monns by
john schef "a German who calls hus.l II doctor bHt
who is graduate OF any medical school scneh s
family consists al a we aut zen children, whose ag,s
range months to twenty years and they all live
with him in the tenrInent-hOuse. The physician WHO
visited tae building yesterday found Ia schcti's ROOMS
child about eight years Old suffering from small
po4 in its stage The he'd which the child lay
concealed from view by Blankets and other articles
coib hing hung from the ceiling The skin Of tle little
cOored black b. tue disease. The father Of
the child admitted thai be kurw the nature OF the
disease but he said that lie bad reported The
he did not wish The child removed to the Sms
pox Hospital lie said that De did not believe 10
vaccinations H. had treated tho Patieut according TO
~ stem devised by hIusrI." system OF puuctuJing'
he termed il. His plan needles into The
flesh the sufferer and in that way draw OF tbe pox-
ions matter" His other children, who employ -d %
ions places in the city, had been ealing ana stepping
in same room thr sick enid aud none Of them
had ya,cJaied. They had been permitted work
in factories and crowded stores, rryns in tnsr cloth
ing the germs the TEe disuiectrg corps was
summoned 70 the tenemcn '-houae aud the were
disnfected The sick child removed 10 the Kcccp-
ton Hospital all the other members the SchrI
family were vaccinaed. Il is probable that Doctor
Scleff VIII he arrested n eau be OBJ
tanned.
In the tenement-house No. 23G East Tbrdst., where
cases smallpox discovered recently a new ca sc
found yesterday. squad OF American District
Messenger boys amoEG toe number OF persons
vaccinated at Police Heaiqu yesterday and wa:
said that the managers OF TIE company had decided
have al OF the boys III their employ va"ciuated
The United States flagship tennessee. Of the North
Al .autiC squadron In IN qIatautua 81 the Navy lard,
smallpox nsving been discovered On board \ fireman
aud i sailor removed tO tie Marine Hospital
DAVIS ago beinZ with SINAI p,1 u pccied that
inc Tennessee will sail for ArWOTlaIHs Monday and
thai the salt air VIII cradle tc the seeds Of the dis
Boatswain John A. Brscoe, on duty in The Equipment
Bureau, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, nas Two children
SICK with the smallpox.
concealed case III smallpox Ta5 disco cred Thurs
day night at No. 21i Scyeuihst, JcItey city, Nv irv
Physician Norris ana HealCL Inspector B,i amn. Wlen
these officials Went 10 the hOue woman Who opened
tie door said thrrc nobody alex en- IT, Dnt
strong smell of carbolic acid pcrsadIug the preses
furnCcd fucm 10 make lHNtstigatll.i. IhcE
fuuna "a IN an upper room Ju-t recover
iug from u attack OF smallpox. Tuer.
was no furniture IN The except clair and stO.e
aud said there nUtung tue mailer with him
but "a sore throat II the puysci"n VINO attended the
be discovered br Will be pfusccGC'. Of
6mau JOx NO 200 FOuihsf reported 10 inspector
Benjamin yesterday aud al No 50 SecUud-sL was
IL ported ~ the County Health Board.