Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-18
ShALLPOX OR
SOMETHING ELSE.
That IS About All That Seems 10 bo
Definitely Agreed Upon
REGARDING SICK SOLDIERS.
!" one Has smallpox. Then the Others
Have ~ ne iIas Noi, Then
rhcy Have Not.


The so.callcd smallpox Frlfo nj Fort
Douglas may BE- genuine or may not.
There certainly seems to be- some doubt
In the minds N some physicians who
have Investigated the matter aa to the
correctness of the diagnosis. Eisht
men are stlli In the Isolated tent hos
pital out upon the field removed from
all access ana communication with
their comrades. The official reports OF
today show no change In the situation,
/ On" man u suspected Of having small.
nuN; seven Of having chickcnpox Hut
/ " ono has smallpox 10 svrmH very Ger.
talh thht all the others have II. aa
whatever malady the nrat b. afflicted
Win the seven contracted from him.
W AT THE FORT.
Tho News" communicating direct.
" with the hospital at Fort Douglas
today, hsccrtalucd that there was prnc.
tlcnlly no change In the situation over
that u ycatornny There are said
the chief attendant. seven cases ~
chlchcnpuN aud one ease OF inspected
smallpox. Al ~ these arr ns hereto.
fore stated located In fonts out
In the Held some hundreds of yards
from the fort proper aud arc entirely
separate ANA apart from every other
person except the Immune nurses who
have charge Of the patients"
Continuing further the chief attend
ant said. The troops have all been
vaccinated ~ have every man woman
and child In the post. Not single In.
dividual has escaped. 10 there Il no
farther danger here, Whatever danger
there u IN the spread Of the contaglou
viii be- ON the outside"
DR. BEATTY TALKS.
Ia. ~ ~ F..s... -. - 49,
official position az secretary OF the State
board ~ health, ~ interesting himself
IN the matter more than any other
physician. said that all the cases are
completely Isolated and that every pos
Fiblc care Ia prevent the spread Of tho
disease n being taken.
~. there any Likelihood OF the malady
breaking out ciaewhercG' asked the re-
porter.
THAT depends entirely how far the In
fcctlon spread before these cnucr came
to light " II did not get beyond thoHu
who have already shown symptoms u
the disease then u VIII be limited un-
urcly 10 them. II not. II l. liable to
break out with whomrocycr they came
Ia contact"
Continuing. Dr. Beatty said:
The patients are only visited
by the Immune nurses and u lev others
who have the right under the law TO
examine into their condition. There IN
an Intermediary building into which all
such must gu and completely diarObc
before proceeding to whefr the sick
men are. There they must put on
special clsthing. and when returning
must rcdirrube ana thoroughly cleanse
and dirinfcct themselves before going
10 another part uf the building In which
their own clothing has remained"
Asked TO give hts opinion IN the mat
ter aH to whether the eases werc grnu-
Inc or not, br. Beatty was somewhat
reluctant 10 reply. adding that Il was
not proper FOR him tu hold any other
Wow than that the cases were genuine
innHmuch ne the post surgeon han held
that that was true With reference To
nt least one OF them, Whatever doubt
thrrr was should be- given IN that dircc-
ton. The question Of differentiation
should not be allowed 60 interfere
where 30 grave results were at issue.
The man who brought the disease here.
whatever " might be- came from Coz
lumhua. ohio, whore they had both
chickenpoN aud smallpox aa well as
measles. About ten days after his ar
rival at the fort he came down with
the disease and the others followed
IN regular order.
WHAT BOARD OF HEALTH MAY
DO.
what steps does the board VI health
propose taking towards vaccination
ANA lunrantine;" next asked the
'NewH' man.
That depends entirely upon what tho
future develops"
suppose that II develops that these
cases are genuine smallpox"
The board of health win take strong
Htepa 10 HtranHlu u IN IL inclplrncy."
win 4 enforce Nacclnationg"
1T viii. according 20 iny constitute
ton OF the law" Under the
law It has that right In the
event Of an epidemic Cummun-
ny would be- demorallzcd and helpless
II II didn't have power VI that Kind.
such power n given a. boards uf health
Ia all other states and communities. Il
IN thing that must not be- handled
lightly, but with nrmurra and lntcli-
gcnce, | only wonder how it Is that
We do not have more smallpox here
than We do-huw Il rs we escape almost
altogether. IN Wow ~ the fact that we
are 50 close tn Mexico. which 10 the hot
bed of the Infection. The disease always
prevails IN that part NJ thr UluuirN ana
IN the chief source of mortality there,
Colorado II also troubled considerably
with IL hy the reason ~ geographical
ncarnesa 60 .ioNic0. There hsi hHen 4
great deal uf ~ In Colorado mo last
year. Denver, Canyon Gus and other
points o. less Importance have suffered
much from IL nA have an part OF Tho
country moro Than ihH nrMtpt-
prrs have published n $40 have 10
deal with II here | hellrNH THAT there
will be comparatively lN'n difficulty
lnasmuch nH tho board WIN prescribe
rules for the use Of only the pufHst
virus ana best antlseptlc measures
SOLDIERS STILL COME no TOWN.
when questioned us 20 whether or
not the troops az Fort n1uHlaf would
Dee prohibited from cnm.uE tl the cliy
Dr. Realty replied that There -rrmrd 10
be no necessity Tor such action 40 the
present. that II thor" wHr. further
spread OF the contaglun later th- eutire
post would be quarhutinHI. lut now
there was no necessity flr ruch Vgnr-
Gus methods.
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