Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
THE C.TYS HEALTH
Greatly Improved and Need for Scars Fading Away-Work of Sanitation
 and Vaccinn ton Continues.


 Sonly in the city, but in the surrounding etowns. The fallacy of these statements must. be apparent to even a casual ob- Hseryer as the city is quiet and, but for asthe calamity howler. the very existence ~of the eruptive disease would scarcely sebe known.
 ~ In sharp contrast to the actions of the 4people in this city are those of the rssi- dents of other towns. There are other ssplaces infested, but it is hardly known outside of their corporate limits, while cit seems to be the desire of local people eto spread the news broadcast whenever sTit might prove detrimental to the inter- Tests of Birmingham.
 s- well known gentleman of this city z. .returned from a tour of South Alabama a early yesterday morning and tells some ~interesting stories about the smallpox 4 and that section of the state. There was to have been five excursion trains sinto Birmingham next Sunday, but. it is = needless to say, they will not arrive. Tho alleged smallpox epidemic in this city = was the cause of the compulsory annul- ss ment of the trains. This gentleman . tells some hard things about the actions ~ of the authorities in other towns.
 In Montgomery, so he says, Mayor A Clisby called special meeting of the . board of aldermen for the expressed pur- s pose of quarantinng against Birming- q ham. Only eight councilmen appeared = at the meeting and Mayor Clisby made . ineffectual efforts to reach Alderman ss6araham and others. Tho attempt to get ' quorum failed and naught came of that \ meeting Mayor Clisby ordered Chief -S of Police Gerald to wire to Pensacola a that a certain special train from Bir- = mingham to that point would not be al- < lowed to stop in Montgomery and ad- a vising that the gates of the Florida city = be closed against it also,
 a Great placards were distributed Tn % Greensboro to the effect that smallpox was epidemic in Birmingham. Mobile, < too, spoke of quarantining against us. 2. This gentleman stated that as mat ter of fact, Montgomery was infested 5, with the same disease as Birmingham, but they called 1t chicken pox. This, he z says, is not consistent with pr. Saun- "a ders statement that adults never have ~ chicken pox The disease in Montgom- :. cry is the same as that in Birmingham as Mobile has the same disease. but her peo- < pie keep it secret and nothing is ever as heard of threatened Gna ara ant nt ne; s DIR BARCLAYS STATEMENT. a Dr. J. W. Barclay, the county health officer told a State Herald reporter last night that at last there was sympa- lhetic method used in combatdng ne diseass. The eight young physicians vac r cinated in the naighborhood Of 2,O00 per sons yesterday, and will be continued at <. work. The station al the city hall Is also ' doing good work, and the effor.s of the special policemen are meeting with grtat success
 6 The supply of vaccine virus is running every low, but another large supply is or Ire way, and h0 i'.: expected It will probably arrive today and it is thought that it will be sufficient to tide the city over it's present needs.
 One patient. reported Wednesday night, v Was remove1 to the 'amps yesterday ssmsrning with the only new case foun1 @yesterday. About Thirteen eases were re=. 5ported but on investigation it was found /. that they were false rumors spread by unserupulous gossips. The same result -snfet the investigated report that an en-' Sure white family had been stricken with the erup-ive malady.
 AS TO THE CAMP. zs Dr. Barclay stated that the poplla- s-nion of the Red mountain camp was in the fneighborhood of fifty souls, but that o;-iy1 "a very few of them wers afflicted with. s-snlafpox. The vast majority of them are simply those who have been exposed to- z, the diseasa.
 The new county pest house was com pie ed yesterday afternoon anc plenty or coi.s and tents are on hand. The accom- nodation is now of the best and those m S the camp are now thoroughly enjoying themselves. Only one white patient is e~s there, MT. Ivey, and he is rapidly recov- eifng. His wife, child and sister are with him.
 The report tha. there have been deaths s-hhere and that some of the patients are faSing manacs is malicious and it is nsedless to say, entirely false. The camp is in the best possible condition and Dr. Barclay takes a more hopeful view of the situatio
 IN OUTLYING DISTRICTS.
 Qui.e good dead of excitement was .caussd in some of the nearby towns on -s account of the reported appearance of the ~eruptive disease Verbena Blocton, Bloss- burg and other places were reported as lhaing afflicted with the disease.
 NO QUARANTINE.
 The report that several cities had quar- antned against Birmingham has been found to be entirely without foundation. Chattanooga has Ed; closed its gates against us. and Atlanta sends assurance that she will not do so. Montgomerys mayor made an intellectual attempt to do so, and Mobile has hinted that such may be her action. Up 10 date, however. no city has quarantned against us.
 Mir. Rip F. Beasley, traV-ling passen- ger agent of the Louisville and Nash vile. was in receipt of the following frcm Montgomery yesterday:
 Montgomery, Ala, July 2S 1897. R. F. Beasley, Birmingham. Ala.
 No scare here over smallpox at Bir- ntingham. No talk of quarantine. Don't think there is danger of such thing.
 r. R. GLASS.
 THE NUMBER VACCINATED.
 1 Birmingham, Ala July 29, 1ss7
 Following Is the official report of the vaccination at the city hall during the pastiweek, including today:
 Persons vaccinated Thursday, 107; Fri day $40; Saturday. 620; Sunday, "a; Mon day 2O9; Tuesday. 2lS; Wednesday, 753; Thursday, 940; total 3,460.
 The above figures will show that the largest number of persons vaccinated were today majority of these per- sons are eolored women and children AaThe whites do not take a&vantage of it. ---Naecina ton will continue throughout the week at the city hali
 JOE l.. HILL. ss Register Clerk E State Herald reporter was informed yesterday that some of the clerks were = Instrumental in spreading false rurnors as to conditions countryman would