Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-16
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Ten now Cases EepGriea-f hica il,
Household

Ten Now Cases EepoTiea-f hrca il: ne,
Household.
Dr.. Fitzpatrick the health officer, an
nounces ten new cases of smallpox and
yario!oid to day as follows:
Gertrude Drachbar, infant, aged IA
months. 522 West Chestnut street, hniH
pox, light case.
Mary Cheney, 343 East Ctestnut "t.c~;,
aged years, light case of vario!oit.
Lucy HeIspur, 2G West Straw bvli )
street, aged Is years, light case Of small
pOX.
Mrs. Mary CAST, 42O! Manor street
smallpox, light.
Theodore Strabir, aged IA years C!&s
Strable, aged ears, and Lizzie Str%n!":
aged 10 years, ill residing at 80 Straw
partly developed. Will bo sent t, tit"
hospital.
Irene Hart, aged II years, 81 West
Strawberry street, smallpox
Lizzie Wunsch, aged Is Years., r2a.d;;..,
at ACT Manor street. va!iOioid
Sylvester Martinez, aged 4 yc2I2, re-! i
ing at 2i7 West Strawberry street, ma
pJX.
All the above premises have b5on IU':-
antired and the red hags have been p!ac =
on the doors. Last eveling one Or tar &!
:he rcd flags were pulled down, but tho
health commissioner prompti; -c,l"a"h
them.
There have hecn 20 cases ui smallpox
ard varioloid since the disease fl! $: rs 90
it's appearance. OF this number II origi-
mated in the Jail. > III The ;,,st a.
and J3 iii different parts % tj."
city. OF tic whole Euinber tEere
we're 12 deaths 55 patients recovered.
aud % are still under tI"&t,nCl.t, ard tl'c't-
is ve:y fair chance that al 81 thei.: wtI
recover, there being only three cas"H ttAt
are regarded as serious.
Neither councils lDr Lhc cOunty cr:n -
missionerS have rs yet taken any eff, ciivc
means to prevent the spread of the disease.
Had our authorities. Including court, pri
son keeper, councils and commsssion
ers done their duty in the first place
We would have lad no smallpox
in Lancaster to d.y. Ia Pal aieiphia,
the other day, a prisoner committed for
drunken aud disoIdCrly conduct, COM
planned of sickness. and the prison sur
geon was summoned. lie found that the
prisoner showed symptoms Of smallpox
and gave orders for his immediate removal
TO the hospital, and row there is no dan
ger of an epidemic N the prison. Had oul
hCCpGi aibo aStSu Will ti't
same prudence when the first case was
discovered in our prison, many valuable
lives might have been saved and our bust
ness interests would not have suffered &:
they have.
Some of our business men complain tlla;
the newspapers, by giving publicity to th'
facts in the case Of the epidemic, injncs
their business, as people from the country
are kept out of town from fear Of the con
tagion. This may be so, but the com
plainants should remember that it is the
business Of tho newspapers to tel
the truth about matters proper
for public information and, il
such cases as the present. if they failet
20 do this, false and exaggerated state
ments would no doubt get abroad and dc
more harm than the truth. Besides, il
our business men who find trade impaired
Oh this account would bring some pressure
to bear on their public servants and try
and get them to do their duty the news
papers would be much more gratified t.
note the abatement than the spread Of t5
pestilence.