The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-10
SMALLPOX
SITUATION
A Member Of the County Board
of Health Talks.
ONE MORE PATIENT
Taken from the Conrad House Six Pa
tients at the Pest House are
Doing Well.

The sixth case of smallpox to de-
velop in the city was reported to the
health officers by DR.. Duncan, aud
steps We're taken at once to remove
the sick man to the smallpox hospital.
The man is an employe of the Great
Northern and works at the round
house in this city. He became i'll
last week and received medical atten-
tion, but not until Tuesday did the
victim show signs of the disease.
which was then pronounced smallpox.
Owing to the many statements
which are in circulation regarding the
different cases which have been re-
moved to the pest house, Bee re-
porter called upon a member of the
county board of health and requested
statement of the true condition of
the smallpox situation. The following
statement was made:
"The last case to develop in Kalis-
pell was that of wiper in the round
house of the Great Northern. Mr..
hOgge, manager of the Conrad house,
Informed me that the afflicted man
came to the hotel last Friday, and was
then not feeling well and that Tuesday
night physician pronounced the man
to be suffering with smallpox. The
health officers were notified and early
the following morning wednesday,
he was taken to the smallpox hospital.
1T is not known where he contract
ed the disease, as he was not at the
Conrad house during the time Chris
tensen, the former patient, was i'll
there. Mr.. Rogge states that the
man had been confined to one room,
and had not mingled with the other
guests during the period he has board
ed at the house. 1t was consequent
~ considered unnecessary to quaran-
tine the hotel, as it was thoroughly
dlslnfected after the first case Of
smallpox was taken out. The room
in which the last case occurred has
been disinfected as we'll as all the
personal property of the patient, and
the board of health believes that all
sources of infection have been re-
moved.
"A building in which cases of
smallpox have occurred, after the re-
moval of the patient, which have been
thoroughly disinfected is considered
entirely safe for any one to reside in.
People who have been exposed to the
disease cannot communicate it until
the first symptoms manifest them
selves, which usually occurs about 70
days after exposure
The board of health are watching
as closely as possible all districts
infected with the disease or supposed
to have been, and at the first sign of
danger quarantine will be estab-
lished and rigidly maintained as long
as necessary.
There are at present six cases at
the smallpox hospital. The first two
cases are we'll on the road to recovery
and will be discharged in about Ii
week. The third case, which oc-
Cured was quite severe. Russell, the
victim, will board at the county's ex-
pense for about three weeks longer.
Christensen, who was removed from
the Conrad house, and was the fourth,
is having mild run ofthe disease, AMI
should be able to be out in about
two weeks. Hartin, the patient from
the Jail, is quite i'll, and can figure on
doing no duty on the rock pile for
five or six weeks. The sixth man, TAX
en- there, Wednesday, is yet in the
very early stages of the eruption and
will in all probability have a mild at
tack. On the whole, the epidemic
is mild one, but at anytime severe
cases may occur. Undoubtedly many
people have been exposed to the in
fection, and it will aid very materially
in stamping out the disease, if prop
rietors of hotels and lodging houses
will see that prompt attention is given
to all cases of illness occurring in their
houses, and if cases appear at all sus-
picious by seeing that they are strict
ly confined to one room, and isolated
from other guests.
"Proprietors of such places are
afraid that II it is known that cases CT
smallpox have been discovered in their
houses that it will ruin their business,