The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-16
ALL QUARANTINE OFF
So Far as the West Virginia
Board OF Health Controls.
THE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
Aud II the Present Week Passos
Without u Fresh Outbreak tho DAn'
ger VIII BIO Largely PSst-A Visit by
DR.. baker aud Dr. WalkIashaw sat
urday Promptly Bears Good Re-
sults-A Bright Outlook.

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case OF smallpox in Wheeling, This Is
avery favorable sign, but it will not be
regarded % alarming il there aro lew
new cases within tho next few days, II
this week passes without a frosh out
break the great danger may BIO regard
cd US past, The period since the last
fresh appearance OF the disease has
been lust about right for the contasion
to make its work apparent, II anybody
took tho disease from those cases. DR..
Jepson announced whom no assumed
the duties OF health officer that he OK
pectGd new Casos to appear between the
10th and Goth. These dates past
the danger may be regarded AZ largely
over.
Saturday evening tho flag was taken
| down from the Rafferty, house, whore
the girl died. All the patients were rO'
ported as doing we'll, with tho exception
Of Police officer Babb, who WIS pretty
aick Saturday and yesterday, but was
reported much better las! evening. lie
caught cold when at 4 critical stage,
which made his case serious Tor awhile.
Police Officer DeYlnney has been oil
duty for day or two, quite sick aud re-
garded as ''suspect," but ho is about
well and has not developed symptom
Of smallpox.
The Ohio towns made tho quarantine
more atrict Saturday night. There had
been general complaint about tho favor
ing OF certain parties with permits, and
accordingly all permits were revoked,
This works great hardship on many
people, especially severe on working
men who live on one side Of tho river
and work on the other,
Que thing which has added much to
the injury tho smallpox scare has donO
the community is the way druggists and
some other people display in their win
doWB and announce ia other ways the
special rush for dislniectauts, vaccine
virus aud tho like. A stranger from a
distance who comes into Wheeling
would imagine that the town was suiieT.
ing from q general aud irightlul cpl.
demic. The fact, also, that it is the
main topic OF conversation makes false
Impression. The real truth 10 that the
scare at home has largely added to the
feeling out Of town. II people, while
relaxing no precautiou, would quit rO-
peatinE foolish aud stale stories and
find something else to talk about they
would contribute much toward counter
acting tho evil effects.
There was not q new case reported
Saturday, but on the contrary one or
two Of tho former suspects were finally
pronounced free from the disease, their
cases having progressed sufficiently to
allow a moro definite diagnosis. One Of
these was John Crogan.
Tho main developmOnt Saturday was
the raising OF all quaranIines in West
Virginia by the State Board oil Health.
Secretary Baker, OF tho state board,
arrived hero Saturday morning. where
he met DR.. j. Is. Walkinshaw, OF Wells
burg, and DR.. l.. d. Wilson, OF this CITY,
members OF the board for the First con-
grsssionRl district. They at once called
on Or. Jepson, and after a short diScus-
sion Of the situation, during which DR..
JepaOn gave an outline ot,the situation.
DTl, DhkOT anu W NlhluhuuW WtECu IlNuu
through the infected portions oil the
South Side, and were given every oppor-
tunily to inspect the situation there,
including the methods OF isolation in
practice, aud all the circumstances at
tending the treatment aud care OF pa
tiontS. The visiting physicians we're
much gratified at the condition in which
they found affairs, aud both expressed
themselves as satisfied with the precau
;ionJ, which wero all that could well DO
suggested, and II was agreed by DR..
Baker, in which Drs. Walkinshaw aud
Wilson concurTed, that the outside
guarantees wero unnecessary, aud
ought TO be removed under the proyis'
ions Of tho code. After noon, alter
further and deliberate confederation Of
all the facts, it was determined 20 abro.
cato tho West NirginiR guarantees, aud
the proclamation was accordingly
drawn up and signed by DR.. Baker 1t
was aS follows:
PROCLAMATION.