The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-25
SMALLPOX IN MINNESOTA
DIR. RRACKEN1s REPORT REVEALS
EXISTENCE OF 1,16I
CASES
WELL CHECKED IN ST. PAUL
ST. Louis County and Minneapolis
Have Greatest Number of
Cases-Scattered Over
the State

DR.. Bracken, secretary of the state
board of health, yesterday submitted a
report Of the new cases Of smallpox to
Surgeon General Wyman. The report
shows that since April o. the date of the
last report, 1,161 new cases have arisen
ana been reported to the board. These
are scattered over all the counties of the
state, and are especially thick in the
rural districts In making his summary
of the cases and their causes, DR.. Brack-
en- states
1.-The greatest cause OF this scourge or
epidemic is the utter lack of care in
the smaller localities and in some in
stances in the larger ones. Patients have
been given no treatment, and in many
instances there has been no qua antlne at
all. 1t is no wonder the cases have
spread. In Agassiz township, where the
disease is about as bad as 1t could be,
we are now getting it under control
This wholesale lack of care has driven
people away from villages and hence
the smaller places have suffered greatly
in this respect This all might have been
ay oided if the proper care had been ex-
ercised at the proper time"
In point Of rank Duluth seems to hold
the banner. Within the last four weeks
103 cases have broken out there. Mime
apolis Is only little behind Duluth, IT'S
LOIdl DeIuB IlHSIy-nlL6 cases. <A5 COAl-
pared with these records, st. Paul stands
out very prominently for its exceptionally
small number Of cases. Only seventeen
have been found during the past month.
This Is less than that reported from
many Of the small villages of the state.
1t shows that the capital city has taken
the proper precautions against the spread
Of the disease.
The report shows centers where the
epidemic has fourished, and the exact
number of cases Tor eacn:
ton, 8; Big Stone, 80; Blue Earth. 10:
Brown. 10; Carlton. 4; Carver 16; Cass.
9; Chippewa. 2; Chisago, p; Cottonwood.
1; Crow Wing. II: Dakota, a: Dodge. l;
Freeborn. 2; Hennepin. 90: Houston. go:
Isanti, l; Kanabec /; Kandiyohl, %; Lac
qui Parle, 102; Lake. /; LeSueur. 25; LIN
coin, z; Lyon, %; Marshall, S; Martin; j;
ollet, 6; Norman 8; Olmsted. z: Otter
Tail IA; Pine. 8; Pipestone. 10: Polk.
49, Pope, 6; Ramsey, II; Redwood 60:
Renville, 2; Rice, So Roseau. 70 2; e, Sher-
20; st. Louis county, Canozia Il. w.
P, 7; Duluth (city), 1O3; Hibbing will
lage), 80; total, 129: Swift county. D:
Todd county, 5; Traverse, 1; Wabasha.
16; Wadena. Il; Washington, 6: Wilkin.
5; Winona, "a Wright, g. yellow Medi-
cine. 8. Total. 1,161.
only four new cases nave Deen re-
ported from Centerville, the town quar-
antfned against St Paul The cause Of
quarantine was the utter lack Of pre-
caution at the proper time.
Not all Of the 1,161 cases have arisen
during the past four weeks. but all Of
them have been reported TO the board
during that time. Many of the cases
have existed longer than that and the
authorities failed to report them before
Polk county takes a place well I'D to-
ward the front in point Of numbers
Smallpox is reported to exist at eight
places in that county. the same num-
Der in Rice and seven in each sibley
and Stearns
The fact that the disease has been
so prevalent at Duluth is accounted for
on the grounds that the lumberiacks
who infest that city, brought it from the
various lumber camps whence they came.
The total number in st. Louis county is
row 12O.