Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-08-10
SMALLPOX AT WESTWOOD, KALI
KASKA COUNTY.

The RaikdSEi0n of last week gives
the following account Of the reported
smallpox i'm that county:
about the middle of last week the
rumor reached us that there were cases
of smallpox at Westwood. As the
story was contndicted, we paid little
attention to it. Toward the last of the
week, however. the rumor was con
firmed, and Saturday morning our
board of health took measures to quar-
antine against that place, issued eau
tionary circulars, etc.
The first case reported was that of
young man named Campbell, living in
Antrim county, who is supposed. to
have contracted the disease from a
stranger who stopped there over nj sht
He was at first supposed to have the
chicken-poI. After lie had been sick
short time, and had severe fever
he got up in the night, pumped water
and took n cold bath. This drove the
virus back into his system, and death
resulted in a short time.
Saturday afternoon, by request Cf
the board of health, n committee OF
physicians, consisting of Drs. Elms
and johnson, visited Westwood and
vicinity for the purpose of ascertain
ing the nature Of the disease, the mum
ber of cases, etc. The first person Wis
tied was Mr.. Frazer, a county charge,
who is at house about mile and q
half from Westwood. The physicians
at once pronounced his disease small
pox in continent form. As he is an
old man, very feeble, they thought he
was in a dangerous condition.
The next place visited was the house
of B. B. Beers, where the doctors
found five cases of smallpox in differ
ent stages. All the patients were do
ing we'll.
The third call was at the house OF n
Mr.. Campbell, father of the young
man who died with the disease. just
as the doctors reached the house Mr..
Campbell breathed his last. He was
quite old, and his health has been very
poor for some time. At this place the
doctors also found Mrs, Campbell and
n son sick with varioloid and n daugh
ter with smallpox. All seemed in a
fair way to recover.
The next halt was at the residence
of James Lively, where they found Mr..
and Mrs. Lively both down with the
disease, but doing well.
The last call was at the house of Jas
Campbell, who keeps the store and
post office at Westwool, where Mr. anu
Mrs. Campbell were found sick, but
were getting along all right.
The doctors also heard that severa
members of David lIosburgh's family
were sick, but did not have time to
visit them.
These cases, with the exception oi
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell and Mr.. Frazer
which are just on the line, are i'm An
trim county. TIE nearest case is ovel
ten miles from kalkaska Our 10 r
Of health is taking every pre- ,ution t.
prevent the disease from breaking out
here, and we consider the danger yer,
slight. The board of health of RapiC
River township have placed quarantine
guards to the number of 1Sin different
parts of that town. Guards IRE sta
toned at all the houses where the dis
eases has broken out, and also on al
the roads leading to the surroundin,
towns. People throughout this section
generally are using every effort to pre-
vent the spread of the disease, and ar
generally being vaccinated, Drs. Nor
gan g. Becker alone having performed
the operation on about 300.
Since writing the above we learn Mr.
Frazer died Tuesday night and wa
buried Wednesday; also that a youn,
lady who lives i'm the family OF Mr.
Campbell at Westwood was taken sicl
with what was mt first supposed to b.
smallpox, but il is now claimed by tn
Rapid River board of health that sh
! had nothing more than malarial fever