The times., 1899-11-08
TWO MORE SMALLPOX CASES.
Mrs. WinsIov and Crawford Cook
Nictimk Of the Disenae.

bA AAE Ah'S-a7Ns
The Health Office has received TO rev
Information regarding the identity OF the
Mrs Winslow who was removed from 7O2
L Street northwest yesterday afternoon.
to the isoladng hospital with a well-de-
Veloped case Of smallpox
The inspector having charge OF the case
has not made full report, and it is i'm
possible as yet to give the full name of
the patient or the circumstances under
which she became snfected. None Of the
officials at the Health OffCe would talk
on the matter yesterday and they did not
seem disposed TO give any information re-
garding the various patients until the
physicians and inspectors have made their
reports
1t is said that the reason for the delay
in the filing of the report in Mrs Wins
lows case is caused by desire TO trace the
disease to its origin. The inspector has
received instructions from the Health
Officer to find out, if possible. the time and
place where all patients became infected
with the disease It is not believed that
Mrs. Winslow attended the celebration in
Alexandria where the other patients are
supposed to have become infected. and
even If she had. it is said. too long time
has elapsed since then for the disease to
have developed from germs taken into the
system at that time. Mrs Winslow is
now at the smallpox hospital, and was re-
ported at a late hour last night to be rest
ing easily.
Crawford c. Cook, the other victim Of
the disease who was removed from his
home yesterday, was a companion of both
Stevens and Grant, the first patients to be
received at the hospital, and is a student
of the Bliss Electrical School. He is
known to have been with these young men
several times after their return from Alex
andria, and has been under surveillance by
the Health Office since the disease first
made its appearance. A physician has
visited the house where the man was
/ boarding almost every day. and Monday
evening his report on the case was to the
effect that the suspect was in the best
CT health The Health Office officials were
summoned at 2 O'Clock yesterday morning,
however, TO take the patient to the hos
pital. and when they arrived they found
that he had well developed case of small
pOX.
After great deal of questioning it was
found that he had been taken with chill
Saturday night, and the disease appeared
exactly within the period OF three days,
which is the time allowed for it to de-
velop.
Cock has been attending school regu-
larly, it Is said, ever since his friends
were taken to the hospital. He lived at
80 Twelfth Street northwest in board
ing house, with seventeen other people.
/ They were all al home when the quarantine
guard was placed around the house early
! yesterday morning, and the Health Office
officials have been so busy that they have
not taken time to get their names. 1t
is not believed that any of the inmates OF
the house are Government employees, how
ever, and there are none Of them employ
ed in the downtown stores. Extra nurses
and guards were engaged at once by the
Health Officer and they were placed at
convenient places Two extra men were
detailed for work at the hospital in con-
junction with the nurses and other atten-
dants and the medical force has been in
! creased.
Il am very sorry to see the disease
break out at this time" the inspector hav-
1 ing in charge the smallpox cases told a
/ reporter for The Times yesterday after
noon. While this is not smallpox wealth
! er, as cold weather is often called, the
! frigidity Of the atmosphere keeps the
! people closer together than they would
/ otherwise be and this causes the disease
! TO spread. We have done our best to keep
| it down and the period Of incubation for
/ the germ was almost up. We discovered
the first cases on october q and fourteen
! days have elapsed since then. The period
/ of quarantine extends over sixteen DAYS
! and then it is not believed the disease can
/ germinate, Thus at the eleventh hour it
! breaks out again. Smallpox is flourish
| ing in the southern part OF Virginia, and
! it is a wonder to me that there are not
more cases Of it in this city. The people
/ do not live quite so close together here
as they do in other places. though and
! that is probably the reason. We have
taken every precaution known to science
and will keep it up until the last patient
is discharged from the hospital and the
last yellow card is torn from the infected
! rasidancsc