The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-12
SMALLPOX SITUATION
An oticiHl ssatomsn. Sent 70 the
Surrounding Towns.
Newspapers STILL EIBGGERlTE.
DE. PEobs', Of the ohlo STATE Board Of
Health, Approves Of the PSsoau.
tiooS TAksa By the Authorities
Here, After Waiting she Infected
Distractions New Case Yesterday.

DiStriot-Ons New Case YsstsFdRy,
festSFday morning d.. PFoblt, OIL
Columbus, secretary OF the Ohio State
noa,d al Health .,,,yod &, Wh..,Ins
.f'.,, = a,,',, 49,, -
y inspect l'I h'HlseH tue nl1uauon 70
regard 70 smallpox. he called on City
Health OiiicaF Jepson, aud together
witR HIM vislt.J he jnI.,,.J Io.,II,v
49, ~, w SS'S@ '"
on !ne 9ou'h sue anu was ShoWn Iae
way the houses we're boarded up and
guarded, He had al1o an ooportupIty
~ "a. .o,.,bi,. ot,b. o.no,,I AL =,
y. '.I''-'',', ~ '1s sS 800. ~" N
'.SS'uA'eN' ~ was u'''eu pas vi
the housss where casSI existed, aud
allsFvaTdg erptes.ed the opinion that
~. n,..,,,,on. ,,kor w0,. ooro,ls,s
~ - os 80, ~ 800 80 III"
Wheh AsAel Io' Suggestions 10 sA'u hu
could mot Offer any idsa for improving
the work, except that no thought thu
h0alth officer was required TO do toe
much work. His idea was that COM
pol0nt man should DO employed al
assistant, to examine suspected cases
and dbcido II they wor0 probably sma't
poX. There Is no doubt that DR.. Jopson
mas more work on hAndl than one man
ought TO try 70 do.
Dr. ProbIt went from Wheeling Ia
tho towns on the Ohio side OF tho Fiyos,
aud gave very favorable report The
question was asked him at DollaIre II
the estate board OF health would oatab-
lish quarantine under tbs conditions
existing here, aud no answered that he
thought II would not, At Bellaire the
hBmi.quarantins was maintained. with
out making 1t more rigid, but at Mar
iin'a Ferry LheAuthorltloS did not seem
70 give much weight 80 DIT. PFebst's
opinion.
There was one now case yesterday.
A man named o. j. Murray, an old
soldier, was in Pension Attorney
Henry'B office to sign voucher, whom
Mr.. Henry noticed no Waa broken out,
and said he believed he had smallpox.
Murray said ho knew no had. Police
Lieutenant Supler conducted him up
tho middle OF Sixteenth street, aud DR..
Jepaon being called out at once dag
nosed his case as smallpox, and he was
taken to tho pest house at once.
Murray said no came here from
Iapesyille on Tuesday. lie was taken
with chill on Sunday, aud was treated
for il, He had been here on August 90
aud since that on September and came
back Tuesday, aud 1t Is thought proba-
bly, he came in contact with tho disease
on ono OF his former visits here. lie
said lie did not notice tho eruption till
noon yesterday. Every place no was
known to havo been was disinfectcd,
aud all precautions takon to prevent the
spread Of the disease from his case.
AT a consultation by members OF the
health board last night DR.. Jepson wa
asked about the base ball game. He
uaidypuhliahod reports did him Rn inius-
tico, Tho surroundings OF a ball game,
in tho sun and open air, were not dan
geroua. Tho free passage OF tho air is
10 certain extent safeguard and dis
inisctant. Ho had not boon visited by
anybody representing the ball club be-
fore he made up his mind to allow the
game to proceed. 1t is understood that
.he two remaining games will be played
without interference.
Dr. Jepson requested all physicians
10 exercise especial vigilance from the
IBth TO the Goth Of thia month, and not
allow any suspicious case to proceed too
far, Tho slightest indication OF dan
perous case should be reported ut once,
as tho time named will DO period OF
especial danger.
The matter OF people moving out OF
tho infected district was mentioned,
and the doctor said ii the families had
not boen exposed to actual contagion,
nor In the infected houses, 1t was better
that they should move into other parts
of town.
Outside Of the ono unfortunate now
ease Yesterday, things wero in a very