The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-22
IT Is WIDESPREAD.
STATUS OF THE SMALL. POx EpI-
DEMIO.
Stringent Measures will Havo to be Adopted
at Pc ham aud Sparianburs 1t Ia
Not ChicItenpOx.
Columbia Evening Record. |

Health, and DR.. y. "A. Whito, of Pol.
ham Mills. arc in tho city, having
como to consult Governor Ellerbo
about the smallpox situation at Pei
ham.
DIR. White has tho epidemic at
Pelham we'll under control, there be.
ing only about 20 cases in tho town.
Nearly everybody in tho town who
has not had the disease has boon vac
cinated nnd there is no danger Of Il
further soread thoro. But out in the
country The epidemic has full sway,
there being about 300 cases in the
Pelham loighborhood.
After consultation with Drs.
Evans ar d White, Governor Ellcrbe
made thr 80 appointments.
S. L. Green, A. n. Richardson and
Peter Ba lot each received commls.
sion appointing him "sanitary in-
spector ii Spartanburg and Green
vile Cou aties in tho State Of South
Carolina It Pelham Mills aud vicinity,
under an l by the authority of tho
statute il such case made and pro-
vided, to be vested with all tho pow
ers and !uties prescribed by Inv,
said appt intment having been made
upon tn recommendation of tho
chairman of the state board of henlth
tho appo ntment to continue in forco
until rov' ked."
They ill visit overy house within
Il radius f several miles Of Polham
and maxi II careful inspection. Ev-
erybody Tho has not beon vaccinatod
Will DO lccinated or compelled to
leave tho State. There can be 10
temporiz! og. If this epidemic is not
crushed 'ut, it will spread al over
the State and in warm weather may
become most dangerous typo.
That h IS been the case in Alabama
whore tho re woro thousands and thou
sands of 'ew cases, N many as 70
now ones being reported daily. The
negroes vho had the disease, which
was of a mild type, would walk the
streets When covered with p. stulos,
and the disease was spread far and
wide.
Finding themselves helpless to stop
the progress of the epidemic, the
state health authorities called on the
national health authorities to take
charge.
DR.. Magruder and some competent
assistants won't to Alabama and by
adopting vigorous methods have got
tho epidemic under control.
DIR. Evans is satisfied tho epidemic
in this State is smallpox and not
chickonpcx. He admits it ls small
pox of a worry mild type, but insists
that it is smallpox just tho Same. Ht
says chicl:enpox rarely ever attacks
a child over five years old.
He dis, oissed with n smile ono OK
ports the ory that the disease was
impetigo md not smallpox.
He call ,d attention to the fact that
not sing 70 person in South Caroline
who has been vsccinated has beer
attacked With tho disease except one
man, and his vaccination had takor
place thir ~ years before. He sale
if the dis ase were chickonpox, vacci
nation fo' smallpox would not render
ono imnr ne from it, therefore the
fact that nobody who has been vac
cinated h 3 had tho disease is proc
that it is lot chickenpox, but small
pox.
The on y other place in South Caro-
lima whe o thoro is smallpox is Spar
tanburg. In letter DR.. Evans hat
just reco we'd from DR.. Blake O
Spartanb rg, it il stated that there
are ohly three cases in the city
proper, b It thoro aro several casel
among til ) employs Of tho Arltwrlgh