Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22
ACTIVE ONCE MORE. /.
New Smallpox Cases Cause Renewed
Activity.

Activity.
Until yesterday, when two smallpox cases
made their appear ance, Health Off Ger
Woodward felt reasonably certain that the
last case had appeared and that when the
sick members of the Williams family eft
the smallpox hospital there would be no
further use for the building for some time
at least. But the circumstances under
which these cases came to light causes
feeling Of uneasiness, both to the health
officials and to citizens living in the neigh:
borhoods where the two victims of the
disease reside.
Health officer Woodward made thor
ough investigation of the cases yesterday
and is satisfied that they came from the
case of a colored woman named Mary
Taylor, who died at No. 16 Stones row on
the 10th Of this month. Four days before
her death she was delivered of a dead
child and the premature birth. DR.. Wool
ward thinks, resulted from the mother
having the smallpox. She was attended
by DR.. J. N. johnson, colored physician,
who is a clerk in the pension office, and TWO
other doctors saw her before she died.
When the undertaken was called he
noticed that the woman's body was COW
cred with small eruptions, and one OF MS
assistants remarked that it was a case or
smallpox. But no further attention was
paid to the matter, and there was pub
lie funeral. Just how many persons visit
eded the house and saw the corpse is not
known, but the undertaken says that there
were at least fifty children present at the
funeral The body was placed in a coffin
and outer box and taken to Nomfni Ferry,
down the Potomac, on the steamer Arrow
smith. The interment was made in what
is known as the Clarksvllle Church.
Martha King, mother of the dead wo-
man, is one of the smallpox patients sent
to the hospital yesterday. She lives in
Marion court, in rear of 7th street north
west between p and Q streets, and the
at 1927 Madison street, friend Of the
other family. He attended the funeral of
the dead woman. ...-..-.
Stones row, where Mary Taylor died, is
between North Capitol and LIST streets, west,
lust north of l. street. There are many
tenement houses there, as we'll as Nash
flats There are several families In each
of these small houses, and II there are 10
more cases among them the health officer
will be very much surprised.
Dr. Johnson, who attended the Taylor
woman, was seen last evening by Health
officer Woodward, and his description Of
the woman's ailment fully convinced the
health officer that the woman had the
smallpox.
1t was also learned last evening that the
smallpox had broken out near Nomni
taken for interment. So far as could be
ascertained the disease is confined to a
colored family there, and 1t was reported
yesterday that one OF the patients had
died or was dying.
1t Is possible that these cases in Vir-
ginia came from Mary Taylor's case.
The breaking out Of the disease yester-
day caused a stir about the health office
and also resulted in the reopening of the
quarantine station, which IL again In
charge of DIR. OMalley. DR.. Walsh is
again on the work of disinfection. and
these physicians were kept busy today
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There were no new cases of smallpox re-
ported to the health office today. The doc
tor at the quarantine station will remain
on duty all the time low, 80 that any case
to be reported late at night may be report
ed to him by telephone, so that there will
be no delay in making an investigation.