Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-09
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some moro New Cases peve:0re".

DR.. FitZpatlicl, the health commiss":I
or, reports TIA, Lewis Strabie, residing ~
M. 32 West strawberry street, is suffer
iur from coHflue"t smallpox. Ho Was
.:.t 10 the county hospital.
A little daughter ot Genrsa Gardner,
322i Green .trect, has becn reported 10 the
board of health by tho attending phTs.-
elan, as sulferiag f1om smallpox.
Mamie BGEasch, aged yeais. oi Ne.
Ale North street, whose mother has Just
recovered, is t.OTn with the disease.
Mr:. Albert R"am, Who with her two
children has been liviHg with her Sister
in Law, Mrs. Darnitz 323 West Jane;
street, was yesterday reported to tn"
health commissioner rs suffering from
yar!olnid, and she w;ls advised to go the
hospital. This mol,.iri. wien physician
called, the kousa was found to ho locked
up and ,eirate,l knocking at the door
fti,el to elicit !. response. The neighb rs
.lc much exercised over the matter, as II.
i: net known ala: mas become Of tho 81, *
woman and hcr children.
There ara reports q o2o or $50 nthcs
eases which tn, health officer has not get
had time to investigate.
Grossly ex srgerhted reports have be
but in circulation regarding the prcvalenco
Of the disease in this city. Tho only means
Of putting = step to these reports is to
publish the actual facts as nearly as they
can be ascertainea, i.ai this Is What hH
INTEILIGENCER has tried to do. From
the board OF health We learn that II" cn
tiro number q; cases since the disease ilrSt
manifested itself Nv" months a%' is %
OF this number, 32 h..Ve been cured, ~
died, and Il are under treatment. o. th'Fc
now under treatment Cniy four arc con
sidered bad cases. OF the 12 deaths six
were in tho Carr family, two at PrnctoEs
two in the jail and one each at Raymcndf
aud Franklins, and in every i.s5Ance 81
believe the patients who di..l ">rh uavl;
cinated.
One bad feature of the di*ease is tia; ii
is spreading to different sections Of the
city-east, west, north and south. There
appears to be a great necessity for the cs
tablishment by the cityof smallpox
hospital, and comforting on the boar! Il
health sufficient power to Icnovc sufferers
to the hospital. lbc city councils are
receiving much censure for their refusing
to confer additional power on tic board o.
health, and their neglect to take any
effective means 10 check th0 disease, which
if not stamped out during the vain
WedLuCE VIII NC N'iy h.LAh ~ AVA
winter sets it.
We renew our suggestion, mado suln
days ago, that the old Boardman mill oi
the Conestega be fitted up IS Il s;aallpos
hospital. The Suggestion has received
very general favor ard the cost would l.,
be heavy. 1t has also been suggested tina
St. Joseph's hospital might be rented f'''
the purpose and occupied - once bil'
the location is much less ia-irtb,' tha.
l}Oardman's mill.
Our county hospital should be at o:.c'
connected with the telephone exchange, ss
that the health commissioner could readily
communicate with the hospital. Iiucl
valuable time is now lost IL making visit!
to and fro to arrange for The removal o
patients. Besides. the telephone could bt
put to a hundred other uses. Business
men find it indispensable, and it is amazing
that the poor directors do nGt asai, tlIer!
ssives Of its many advantages.
&etion OF the Poor Directors.
At meeting of the board OF directc!
oil the poor and house Of employment 70
the county of Lancaster, on Saturday las
July 9TH, the following resolution wa
passed.
Resoloed, That the president appoint
committee to confer With the county com
missioners at the earliest date possible Z