The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-27
SMALLPOX SITUATION.
DIR. Hurry VIII Go to Louisville This
Morning.

DR.. Hurry, secretary of the State Board
OF Health, will be informed to-day proba-
bly, by the Board of Health of Kentucky
whether a smallpox quarantine will be es-
tablished against Indiana. DR.. Hurry will
go to Louisville this morning to confer
with the Kentucky board and to receive its
decision. 1t is known that after a careful
investigation OF the conditions in the In
diana towns along the Ohio river, the Ken
lucky board has reached a decision. Yes
terday DR.. Hurry. while admitting that ne
was pretty certain what the action of
the Kentucky board will be- refused to
make a statement for publication
II will return tonight" he said. land
will then give out the statement of the
board. | do not feel al liberty to anticipate
il by any predictions of my own"
DR.. Hurtys manner indicated that he
considers the danger of a quarantine Sc
rious. 1t is not believed. however, that any
radical step will be taken until Governor
Durbin gives a final answer on the request
of the State Board to a part of the
emergency fund TO deal with the small
pox epidemic in southern Indiana. The
Governor will return from French Lick
one day this week. probably tomorrow.
The Board of Health is receiving reports
of smallpox from Richmond. Yesterday
the board received letter from the Rich
mond health officer part of which reads
as follows:
"One of the sisters of the Oldenburg Cor.
vent brought an inmate of the convent to
this city TO her home The person was
four days broken out with smallpox They
arrived in Richmond i'm the early morning
and the sister took the next train back.
escaping arrest. They came on a crowded
railroad train spreading cOnta RiOn right
and left" The writer informed the board
that the sister had remarked while in
Richmond that there were many cases in
Oldenburg and vicinity.
The Louisville Courier-JournaI in an ar
ticle on the smallpox situation, had the fol-
lowing TO say yesterday:
Interest in the expected quarantine of
Indiana by Kentucky for smallpox is stead
lily on the increase. The State Board of
Health since the original publication of the
matter has received numerous letters from
persons interested in the subject. Without
doubt the Governor of Indiana will be COM
PEELED to take some action. The Quaran-
tine OF the State would be too serious a
matter. involving as IL would the cutting
off of some thousand men from work.
DIR. Mathews. president of the board,
will then appoint a committee TO go 10 In
dianapolis TO meet the Board of Health of
/ Indiana. Then. after conference a : TO the
it. the Indiana board and the Kentucky
committee Will call upon the Governor OF
Indiana 10 lay before him a statement of
the exact situation up 10 date.
The danger arising from the spread of
the disease. the horrible nature of smallpox
and. above all things. the serious results
to both States that must follow quaran-
tine. will be clearly set forth. Kentucky
would suffer slightly. but 10 Indiana a
quarantine would mean the loss of thou
sands upon thousands OF dollars But a
Governor still refuses to act. can prevent
an epidemic OF the disease in Kentucky"