Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-07-13
STILL UNDER CONTROL
The Whole Truth About the
Smallpox Situation in New
Whatcom
The Medical Society Urge
Rigid Quarantine Against
Infected Cities
No Cause for Alarm but Neces-
sity for Precautionary
Measures

DIR. Thomas yesterday morning re-
ceived from DR.. Sparkling, health officer
of Seattle, telegram asking the Bay
cities to unite in securing the enforce
ment of quarantine regulations against
Vancouver and Victoria, to prevent
the further spread of smallpox now
raging in those cities. Drs. Harris and
Murphy, of Everett, also arrived in
town yesterday on the same mission.
They met with the Whatcom County
Medical Society in its regular meeting
yesterday afternoon at DIR. Compton's
office. The matter was brought before
! the society, and as result of the dis
cussion the following was adopted:
WHEREAS, Smallpox exists in an
epidemic form at Victoria and Van
eOuver, and
WHEREAS, We have a few isolated
cases in our own county limits, and
WHEREAS, We are near the British
Columbia line and in direct communi-
cation with Vancouver and in indirect
communication with Victoria, be it
therefore
Resolved, That we, as a society, rec
ommend to the county and city author
tiles and to the officials of the various
steamboat and railroad lines entering
these cities that they establish rigid
quarantine against such points where
smallpox exists in epidemic form. We
would recommend that a competent
inspector be placed at Blaine and Su-
mas cities, there to inspect all persons
coming across the line from such in
fected points, and we would recon-
mend to the city authorities that all
boats entering these ports from sus-
| pected districts be carefully inspected
| by a competent inspector before they
are allowed to land passengers or dis
charge freight. We would further
recommend that all persons be vacci-
mated as preventive measure.
CHARLES NJ. Holt,
II. A. COMPTON,
H. E. HENDERSON.
1t is time active quarantine meas
ures were adopted. Since the opening
of the Seattle & Montana the travel be.
tween the infected British Columbia
cities and the Sound is principally
through Fairhaven and New What
com. The few cases that have ap-
peared in New Whatcom have been
kept from spreading thus far, being
confined to two houses in the York
addition, and with proper precautions
ary measures we shall be spared the
ravages of an epidemic. Many exag-
gerated reports of the disease in New
Whatcom have been circulated. DR..
Jameson, who was appointed by the
New Whatcom council to investigate
the cases, informed HERALD re.
porter last evening that there are now
out four mild cases in New Whatcom,
Altogether there have been eight. The
three in the Llewellyn house are all
convalescent. In the Idenslein house
hold there have been five cases-the
mother, now corvalescent, and four
children. The last case developed
about three days ago. The children
were all vaccinated, but not soon
enough to work before the disease de-
veloped. However, as a result of the
vaccination, the children have all had
the disease in a mild and modified
form. The principal danger now is
from the convalescents, who should be
kept in quarantine until there is no
possible chance of their spreading the
contagion.