The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-26
6opTS OF STATE OFFICIALS

nieht' not death occurred and ,he d,s
| - ""s iiol communicated from one Nom
uei vi FAMILY to another; sor,cti,ncs ,her.
"ou'u ne single case in a family of .ev.
81 persons. At Liberty there was no
s,',aI i.,ah VINO would take charge of tho
OF an old citizen of the town. who hsd aI, az az
eAperlence with the disease. and MS there
""s i,pt death In the ten cases we mus,
give MIN some credit. nus
re Wine variation in the cost 10 tho
county OF these local epidemIcs so sar
as IL mas been reported 10 this office is
,eiiiar hanlc Or. Williamson reports ina,
r nv .ust 70 me county Of one case of small
poN WAS $500. The cost to SMITH ,o,,r,,.
according TO Dr. Connally. who rono,i a
tnirty-elght cases, was about 5000: whlio
~. Mayneid states that the outbreak in
| Nacogdoches cost only about $3.50. and
,hefe were, as in Smith county. four orons
| Of cases ~" N''fs
~ me present. writing there is not 4
case OF smallpox in the State. so far ms /
am ihioiihcu' nor has n case been reported
~ the department since August, 1885. Nor
/, ~ mere eny other form of epidemic diseoso
within the State to my knowledge.
hlrlns the prevalence of the several out =.
breaks OF smallpox, there was considerable
| popu'at excitement and apprehension. and
~ most cases the presence OF the State
hea'tn oihcer was requested. visited
every injected locality, and personally 4, .
| sp,V'Vu the eases and the quarantine.
anu olu al IN my power to ailay the fears
,,, .iu peopie' Nearly every adjacent com
| "unl'y wanted TO Quarantine ags,rs, H..
infection. 1t will require timc f. do,,o,,
st'@'e TO the public that the correct min.
| S'Fle OF quarantine is isolation to Tho I'm.
| lec'ch' quarantine Of the infected to tbc
| ou'Siue world. and not the reverse Tho
| success attending The method in nraotico
| demonstrates the correctness of the min
| Nlt'e' ahu the wisdom of our quarantine
~ When the people see and realize that
.n'u@n w. aisease is in their midst. II is
| 90 promptly dealt with. and that VAGINA :
tioh ana other methods of prevention will
| give protection. that in no instance has an
| extensive epidemic occurred il viii give
| Lhem confidence. and neither your excel
lency. nor the State health officer. viii
| ne appealed TO for permission to quarantine
| AGAINST an unfortunate community; nor
VIII force be resortcd To, nor threatened,
| 10 prevent communication. The rreatest
danger lies in delay la diagnosis; because
| meantime many are exposed. Anwtiingly
| TO the infection. II Is a matter of CON
| GRADUATION that, In the epldemics, both in
| smith county and NaCOgdoches county
where so many persons had been thus ex-
| posed 50 few cases occurred. This must
be attributed, in great part at least to the
were senarated ana va,.,irotcd -. ,Jus
certainly annaars to have hoo,, a,,,,,i,, 49,
| lectire in the cases cited.
| There 10 another noirt. v,hoo a., ,,,,.
| antine physician takes charge of "A cusn Of
| lie sentiment Thir IL, 49,. ,ntc,,,,o,,, l.,
not always necessary; most frequently, in
| fact, II is not necessary.
In an experience NJ twelve voors ,s
| hcoItb ofeco,. ha,.o ,,a,,or i,,'r,,,. 10
stsncn whore aftnr vis,,jnr na,i,,t 81,
| doc,or Who ,,orc r,,hhcr s,a, 'na ,,.asho,
| HI. borae face and bni,, Win gorr,ioid +,
washes has ever co,vcvcd ,ho ;nfon,to, 80
others ~
ruvEps
r,
ne state mas not peeh seriously threat
! cned with yellow fever at any time; a close
lnspection of all vessels arriving has been
maintained ~, all Tho coos, y,.,ion. and
"ii n'''sSaiS sanitary heasures nav" ueeh
enforced reports OF all inspections, and OF
The sanitary condition of each vessel, be.
;a, nod, T., mt. .,,,,,
nus '''~"' ~ ''''' o'''o
III november 1884, scarlet rover maze
its appearance among the Bohemian and
German settlers i'm Layaca county In IN,
i.,,oi,t., .a,,,o,,. nn pa,., 80.
Inc, iatar ,,h,n w., hisoa, a. ,,,S SUI,
tmov'n - M offico ss - N iiaN'in
,hat he h,i ,,oa,nd n,1,,a ,rne'' ~,
ases w, N",'or,,,',. n"ti" ' VI.
bn nod MOI rnmor,,G 4, hooa',so ,,,o,o S 49,
difference Of opinion amongst The doc
tbnt /, was verv mild. ''
In March, 1896, Or. II. A. Tutwiler OF
fiatonia reported to TINS OFFICE the iirst