Evening star., 1902-02-18
MANY ARE VACCINATED
HEALTH DEPARTMENT PHYSI-
CLANS HAVE A BUSY DAY.
Genuine Scare at the City Hall and
District Bui1ding-Six
Cases.


all who applied for the treatment. Most
OF those whose arms were scratched were
clerks employed at the city hall and at the
District building. Early this morning the
health office was fairly filled with the en-
pioyes Of the Office of the recorder of deeds
The recorders Office at the city hall Is not
far removed from that OF the register OF
wills, in which young Stutier. who was
taken to the smallpox hospital yesterday,
was employed. All OF the recorders clerks
were yaccinated as a preventive against
the spread of the disease.
The reason for the more or less general
vaccination among the clerks at the Dis
trict building is because of the relationship
existing between one Of the patients discov-
cred to have. smallpox yesterday afternoon
and Mr.. Warner Stutier. the superintendent
of street cleaning. whose office Is on the
fourth floor of the District building. Young
Delmas Stutler, who is afflicted, is nephew
of Mr. Warner Stutler and lived at the lat
ter's house, which is now In quarantine.
Six Cases in Hospital
There are now six cases Of smallpox in the
hospital. The health office officials consider
that Washington has been very fortunate
so far as regards smallpox. most of the
neighboring cities to the north having suf-
fered severely from the disease.
The officials are inclined to attribute the
practical freedom of Washington from the
disease to the general vaccination which
was made here q few years ago. The
health department is keeping all those who
were In contact with the cases now In the
hospital under the closest kind of surveil-
lance, and at the first fntimation of illness
will take the patients in charge. The
quarantine and surveillance system OF the
local department Is said to be about the
best organized of any city in the country
and the danger OF an epidemic here Is said
Registers Office Fumagated.
After thorough fumigation the office Of
the register of wills. at the city hall. was
reopened for business at noon today. Every
body connected with the office from Regis
ter Dent down. had been vaccinated at that
hour. At no time during the afternoon was
there anything that even resembled a rush
of business, the visitors being noticeably
few in numbers.
Mr.. Omar Stutler, one OF the deputy
United States marshals on duty at the city
hall, who is brother Of Mr.. D. c. Stutler.
the employe of the registers Office now
quarantined. was this morning excused by
his superiors and returned to his home.
1t seems that the brothers have been TAX
deemed advisable that Mr.. Omar Stutier
should absent himself from the office until
all danger OF contagion in his direction
shall have been removed.
Justices Vaccinated.
Several of the justices Of the Supreme
Court of the District Of Columbia. as well
as some Of the attorneys who have had oc-
casion to visit the registers Office within
the past few days, were vaccinated today.
1t seems that the Information relative to
the possible condition Of Mr.. d. c. Stutler
was first communicated by his uncle, Mr..
Warner Stutler, to the health Office. No
ticinY that Mr.. Bonney, the census Office
clerk who was boarder at his house. was
Ill yesterday Mr.. Warner Stutler forthwith
sent word for Mr.. d. c. Stutler to return
home. and at the same time notified the
health officer of the condition Of affairs
The investigation, vaccination and fumiga-
ton followed.
Department Clerk in Quarantine.
Mr.. Francis NJ Shore, clerk in the office
of Superintendent Baird Of the State. War
and Navy Departments building. has been
placed In quarantine for sixteen days as
measure of precautIon. He was an inmate
of 1925 New Jersey avenue, the residence
Of Mr.. Warner Stutler. in which case of
smallpox was discovered yesterday by the
health authorities. The health officer vis-
tied Superintendent Baird's Office yesterday
afternoon and directed that Mr.. Shore be
sent away and placed in quarantine. BY
his direction the room occupied by Mr..
Shore was disinfected. as was also the
wardrobe in which he kept his clothing.
Mr. Shore shows no symptoms of the dis
ease and there IS no reason for any alarm
among his associates or the clerks general
ly at the War Department..
Of Interest to Public.
The following memoranda issued by the
health office relative to vaccinations Is
highly interesting at this time, especially to
those who have so recently been treated:
IF you would avoid sore arm you must
take proper care of the vaccination. Prob
ably more bad arms are due to the failure
OF the person vaccinated to take proper
care OF his arm than to bad vaccine mat
ter or to fault on the part OF the physician
AS a rule after vaccination no change Is
noticed at the point OF vaccination until
about the fourth day. when the scratched
surface Is seen Slightly raised and sur
rounded by zone Of redness. This In
creases until about the sixth day. when
the sore looks like blister filled with clear
fluid, enlarging until the eighth or ninth
day when it is largest and has its top
Sunken In.
"About the tenth or eleventh day the fluid
turns darker and becomes purulent. Inc
arm may become somewhat swollen, the
space around the vaccination red, and the
glands under tn EARN slightly enlarged and
painful forming what are known as waXen
kernels. About the fourteenth day a acab
begins to form. 1t becomes harder and
dryer until it drops off, usually between the
tWenty-first and twenty-tifth days.
.'In order to avoid needlessly sore arms
and complications. the arm must be kept
clean and the sore free from irritation. Do
not allow the clothing to rub 1t and do
not scratch it. After the formation of the
blister protect it with piece of clean linen
or cotton cloth. Do not use ointment or
poultices on the sore, nor keep on the arm
continuously vaccination shields which
stick to the skin, unless directed to do so
by physician.
VERY sore arms are rare where vaccina-
ton is properly done and the sore is prop
erly cared for afterward. II there should
be great pain. swelling and running Of pus.
the patient should consult doctor at
once. I ~
ANNnAT CONVENTION