Evening star., 1899-03-10
SEVEN PATIENTS ADDED
Smallpox Discovered in a House on 1lth
Street Northwest.
Those Afflicted and Two Suspects Re-
moved tO Hospiial-HcnIth Officers
Precautionary Measures.

As the result Of an investigation of an
anonymous letter received by DR.. VIM.
G. Woodward. the District health Officer.
yesterday afternoon. seven CASES of small
PoX We're last evening discovered at 1925
11th street. the afflicted persons being
Louis +. Brooks. five years Of age: Lewis
Brooks, thirty-seven years; Rosa Brown
twenty-nfne years: Annie Parker. twenty
eight years. Florence Brooks fourteen
years; Lottic Brooks. 5 ven years. and Jas
Brooks thirty-thFee years. all cOlored. In
addition to these persons. two others. Luz
cinda Brooks. aged thirty-seven, and Lille
Johnson. twenty-three years of age both
coiored. were found living in the house
The two last named. however were not
afflicted, but they were removed 10 the
hospital with the .thcrS and subsequently
taken u the detention camp.
The Anonymous letter received by Dr.
WOowward read as follows:
The family Of Brooks living on street
northwest. has the smallpox in the house
Huehatne muster karried il there in his
WOOL cloths. He is low living there"
Search Begun.
DIR. Woodward at once directed that a
search be made for the Brooks family
but such Il family could not be located
on p street. and then DR.. Woodward decid-
ed I" see If the name mentioned in the let
Ter as fHe maine was not that of a
COlured man known as Hugh Hanev who
resided at 2lNi 18th street, and who had
been afflicted with the disease Hanev was
at length located. but when questioned by
the health department officials denied any
knowledge of thc Brooks family
Finally he admitted an acquaintance with
the family. and from information furnished
by him it was found at ii2J I1th street
The health department inspectors were at
first refused admission to the house but
r. finally admitted when he aff9 ta,l
persons were discovered II also appeared
that A.driCh Brooks. who Is said 10 have
contracted the disease the latter part of
I(ecf nber or early in January, resided in
The house, and from him the other inmates $
are supposed 10 have contracted ii. Aldrich
brooks. however, Ged from the house upon
fhe appearance OF the officials and has not
ytt hern 2ppfehfnded. Dr. Woodward feels
that thtEe Is httle if any danger TO be
feared from his diSapprarauce as he long
since, il is believed. recovered But every
effort will he made to capture him that he
may b. cieansed. and that The health officer
may learn more of the history of the cases.
No Fear of Serious Results.
Dr. Woodward is Of the opinion that
there is not so much danger to be feared
from these eases as appears on the sur-
face, the members of the. family have
kept close to the house with the execution
OF one of the Brooks children. I.ottie- who
Is said to have attended the Garrett public
schooI blt not since the 18th OF last month.
Aldrich Brooks is said TO have worked with
Contractor SaxtOn's men in openiner the
streets for the Installation OF the ,Indar-
ground electric system of the Citv and
suburban railroad. but as he worked with
the men in the open air II is not expected
mat any more cases will deyelae from
among those who came in contact with
him.
The infected house has been thoroughly