The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-19
Smallpox Division of Health
Department Busy.
TWO PERSONS GUARANTEED
Apartments in which Affected Per
sens Have Been Employed Disin-
fected-1Icmornndu Issued RcIa-

The smallpox division of the Health
Department was very busy yesterday
looking after the vaccination of the EN-
ployes of the District Building, the City
Hall, and the Census Bureau. In the
morning the employees of the office of the
Register Of Wills were conducted to the
upper floor of the District Building and
We're vaccinated
Later in the day all Corners were at
tended to. and during the day nearly all
the people employed in the District Build
ing submitted 10 the operation.
Considerable Anxiety Felt.
Considerable anxiety was felt because
Mr.. Delmas Stutler. the clerk in the
office of the Register of Wills. was a
member of Mr.. Warner Suffers family
and the latter has been daily to the Dis
trict Building in contact with nearly
everybody there Dr. Woodward. the
Health officer. thought that the contagion
could not be carried in that way, but at
the same time advised all TO submit TO
vaccination as the only safe course to
pursue.
During the day yesterday all the apart
ments in which TIE affected persons had
been were disinfectetd and placed in sani-
tary condition. Among them the house
of Mr.. Stutlor was fumigated and placed
in quarantine.
Mr. Francis NJ Shore and Mr. Omar G.
stutlcr were placed in quarantine as a
precautionary measure.
Care to He Taken of Vnceinated Arms
The Health Department yesterday is
sued the following memorandum relative
to the care of vaccfnated arms:
IF you would avoid a sore arm you
must take proper care of the vaccination.
Probably more bad arms are due to the
failure of the person vaccinated to take
proper care Of his arm than 10 bad
vaccine matter or to fault on the part
OF the physician. AS Z 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 aHd surrounded by zone
CT redness. This increases until about
The sixth day. when the sore looks like
q blister filled with clear fluid. charging
until the eighth CT ninth day, when it is
largest and has its top sunken in.
About the tenth CT eleventh day the
fluid turns darker and becomes purulent.
The arm may become somewhat swollen,
the space around the vaccination red,
and the glands under the arms slightly
enlarged and painful, forming what arc
Known as waxen kernels. About the
fourteenth day scab begins 10 form. It
becomes h--==aav ara dryer until 1t drops
on usually between the twenty-frst and
twenty-fifth days.
In order 10 avoid needlessly sore arms
and complications the arm must be
kept clean and the sore free from irrita-
tiCn. Do not allow the clothing to rub
it. and do not scratch it, After the for
nation OF the blister protect il with a
piece OF clean linen or cotton cloth Do
not use ointmenis or poultices on the
sore, nor keep on the arm continuously
vaccination shields which stick 10 the
skin. unless directed 10 do so by a physi-
clan.
Very sore arms are rare where vac
cination is properly done and the sore
is properly cared for afterward. If there
should be great pain. swelling and run
ming of pus, the patient should consult
q doctor at once"