The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-06-15
SMALLPOX AT FLAT RIVER.
Fafmlnsiou QasraHtisss Asasasi luiecieA
Distriet.-PrescHee Of ihe Nal.
ady Discovered Last Week.

For some lime IN epidemic Of chick.
en'pOx and rOseola has existed 10 The
Fiai River mining district 10 this cum.
~, and many VI those afflicted went
aboul uncoucernedly, as no serIou'
daagcr was apprchended; but withiH
The past ten days several cases devcl.
opcd that were of more alarming
character, and the LEGAL doctors were
somewhat puzzled over the matter
DE. @. D. Williams, whose suspicious
were aroused by the appearance and
yirulenee Of these late cases, sent orer
10 Pennington for bis father, DR.. G..
w. Williams, 10 come TO Flat River
and examine them. Dr. Williams
conld not go, so lass Thursday he sent
Dr. l.. M. Perkins, who had had sew
eral months experience treating small
poS nj the st. Louis Quarantine. Dir.
Perkins, after making n thorough ex-
animation of several eases, pronounced
them smallpox.
This, Of course, created considerable
excitement, but the people about Plat
River and many here were slow 10 be-
heve the report, as they associated
these cases with those who were AZ
iiii'vir'i win the miTGer form Of crup-
tion, chiokeu-pOx, number Of whom
continued To 20 about or were only
Kept Ut home dag OF two, They
reasoned that this eanlA MOI Re s.:..!!!
poX, ior even \ mild form Of yarioioid
would have put them to bed. In this
they were probably right, bit they
were not aware vi the more serious
malady that had made ~ appear: ;:cc
IN their midst
Dr. 6. u. Williams went 10 81.
Louis 10 see what the State Board OF
Health could do in the premises, and
whether It could send an expert to Fiat
River 10 investigate the matter aud
take some steps towards quaranlining
and isolaiing the cases. DR.. g. NJ
De Lisser, his partner, also visited st.
Louis Sunday for the same purpose
They were informed that the Board
bad no money 10 dcfray the expense of
aeuding an expert aud making the in
ycstigalion, but DR.. S,andlae, the Sec
retary Of the Hoard, promised that he
would come down Monday. The mat
ter was also brought to The attention Of
the County Court, but IL decided thai
1t could do nothing Ia the premises 10
tho absence of any acliou by the State
Board Of Health
10 the meantime the Pennington
Board Of AldormeH instituted quar-
aniine against Flat River, and placed
guards on! on the road TO intercept per-
sous who might be coming into town
from that point On Monday morning
the Board decided to send DR. J. L.
Haw Of the local Board Of Health 10
Flat River 10 make an investigation.
When be arrived there DIR, Williams
went with MN 10 visit several Of the
worst cases. The frs, was George
WhaIey, aud rs soon - Dr. llaw en-
tered the room oi the rick patient. be
al once saw that tho man had small
pox. lie made careful examination
Of tho patient aud found him In the
secondary fever Of the disease, aud a
very sick man. he then visited With
Dr. Williams the IIuddlest1n brothers.
both Of whom were down wiih the
malady, one with mild case Of small
pos and the other more severe. llr
Williams offered to take him TO sec
other cases, but he said II was no, nee
essary, that he was fully satisfied with
what he had seen. Dr. ilaw says,
what has already been noted, that
there have been \ number Of persons
there afflicted with chicken. pox and
roseola or German measles, many Of
whom have been going about with the
eruption on them, aud that the people
were disposed to class al cases as u
that character. which makes them slow
TO believe that they actually have
smallpox in their midst. DR.. Stand
lee, Secretary Of the Stale Beard Of
Health, cRsao down Monday according
to promise, arriving at Flat River after
Dr. IIaw had left. lie confirmed Dr.
liaw's diagnosis. The same morning
one death occurred.
The Board Of Aldermen of Farming
ton met Monday afternoon, heard the
report Of DR. Ilaw, aud nj once ins.i. |
Iuted more rigorous quarantine
against the Flat River district, iBclud- |
Ing lscunc Tere, Dcsloge, Taylor's, |
Flat River, Elvins aud Doe Run. Sew.
aral cases have been reported At the
latter place, bus II is not known whcth-
or any Of them were smallpox, or
only chickcn-pox. Provision was made
and guards placed on all the roads
leading into Harrington from the In
Iecied districts, and IA strict quaran.
line regulations win he kept up as prae-
Iicable. OF course people who are
known 10 live outside the infected dis
lricis viii be permitted to comc and go.
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