The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-12-04
SMALLPOX IN FINE HOUSE.
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Two case. rourd In Harlem. Two More In
mooti,r Health Oncisi' 'tr" FVerV'
tod, who ia. Not Bsrn ,soc'nated with
In rive Years ~ tie ,s'r'rated Forthwith.

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4, nv, y,n,. 10 tie ,s,r'ratrd Forthwith.
Icase ~ sfnallpoS has appeared IN the private
DO selling NJ ~? West scyontv-aecond street,
IN t,o ban1soma blocl bctvoon Amsterdam
and wc-t End avenue and second crop
cn-e, have appeared In two different fafts
- Iarlem a., we'll ne In Brooklyn md llobokeu.
Tho health ,"loc's cvi cc'cd 'hls fecord crop
and report that hero T. no danger of n sorions
epidemic But they Hra'n urgc everybody TO
get yaCcinG'cd
The case at q, West Soycnty-.croEl street
was in the family 81 Edmund Nush. "A wealthy
man who came hero only recently from his
summer home in the northern part OF the state.
His son. "A grown young man, Il the patient
Tho case was reported sunday night BY the
physician 81 the family. Health Inspectors
wenttotho house and assisted the family doctor
In vacc!nating the family and the servants.
anong them a Japanese butler. IN" house II
opposite the Hotel 81. Andrew and a few doors
from the Colonial Club. Sir. MASKS j. the first
private residence in which smallpox has been
found. A smallpox patient need not neCe--
.arlly be transferred from a private residence
to North Brother Island. although for obvious
reasons this IL advisable. After a consultation
bet ween MIR. Nash. his own doctor and tho
Health authorities IT was decided to remove
the patient and Mt i3O o'clock Yesterday MORN
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ing he was taken to the reception pavilion at
the foot Of West sixteenth street and from
there later TO North Brother. This reception
pavilion. by the way. IL not connected with
Willard Parker Hospital proper and the hospital
patients are not exposed to smallpox.
Dr. Blauyelt. chief Inspector of he Bureau
of COntagious Diseases, said TINT young Nash
had been employed downtown and had not been
in the infected district in West Stxty-ntnth
street, or come in contact with any one who
was III enough TO attract his attention. The
case showed. as did the other cases discovered
YESTERDAY. that some one was carrying the
disease around 1T all came" said Dr. BlalI-
welt, from the young mans not having been
vaccinated. Like a majority Of persons he
had not been vaccinated since he was a child.
and while such vaccination does some good. it
doesn't render one immune by any means"
DR.. Dillingham;. Assistant Sanitary Super
Inteudent, said, Such a case as this II not
like one discovered in "A tenement. a. we have
not az much authority In the premises. All
of the member, Of the family have been vac
cinated and will be under the constant watch
of their own physician. / do not believe the
disease will spread in that block, and | am sure
1t wont if people take proper precautions
Tie other cases discovered IN I'M, borough
Annie Mooney. s years old. Of sos West Sixty
ninth street
LINER NuOdsOn, - years plu, 80 west SiAly-
Margaret brennan. As years old. 30. West
John Gammell, Il years old. 1871 Third ave-
Theodore F Smith. rs years old. al actor
living al the Hotel Minot at laeii street and
avenue.
Actor smiths was the first. case discovered
in Harlem He Lived at ihe ii1tri MinGt ana
Where he got the disease he does not know,
Gammell has been looking for work Tor two
and has been travelling all over the
Fourteen doctors we're busy. vaccinatins
people in the Sixty-nintIl ~ ee' disrict ye,'rr.
day ard by might had covered every tenement
house between Columbus and Riverside ave-
from SiXt"--eventh street 10 Scrcntic'h.
Or. Blquyelt said last evening
These cases ave the first of the second
crop and have shown ia that we can expect
now a good many NOR" before We are ihLo9Hh
1--WE years should have II done az once II is
n sure protection against the disease. The
best way we can tight II now i to impress the
of thi~. on every one and in that
get rid Of the danger OF an epidemic. We
have all the facilities Ia keep the disease down.
Town every one will have 10 lend a hand TO stop
lis further progress nv getting vaccinated and
The hospital AZ North Brother Island is a
one with every modern convenlcnce.
the s esd' oT nnT t@S,1 in ' wso " deEd,e p 'ba sle sn =
% smallpox cases.
One theory of tho origin OF the disease here
attributes IL 10 two negro valdeyiUists who
,re now ON North Bro,her Island aud who. II
thought. brought the disease from Pitt
,urg A letter from Schenectady SAYS that a
&c hand in n theatre there where some negro
raudevilli sts recently appeared has come down
smallpox.
MORE CASES IN KINGS COUNTY NURSERY.
Two of the inmates 81 tho County Nursery
n Flatbush were removed to North Brother
m Saturday night suffering from smallpox.
hoy were Katie and Edna Bennett The chill
iron we're admitted to the nursery six weeks
lpo. Sallir Taylor, a Color"d servant at the
nursery, zane down with smallpox on Nov.
,? The nursery was iumiEated and the in
mates were vaccinGtcd. Or. Frederick Jrwett
II the contagious Diseases bureau il making a
borough Inspection ol the nursery.
HoBoKEN TENEMENT QUARANTINE
Tile double tenement house at $50 Eleventh
street. HooOken, from which fys-Near-old
sadie Seinple was taken on Sunday night slNar-
from smallpoN, is qnarantined, and tho forty
enHnts are confined there. No oac win no
Allowed 10 move ont or ~ un'Il the Quarantine
e raised. MANY Of the children in the house
.ttended Public school No. q. on" block awav.
he teachers have been instructed. on tho
irst sigh Of sickness of any child. TO send the
mild home and notify the Board Cf Health,