The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-15

was entirely abandoned by the health au-
liberties of, Cleveland, and. reliance was
placed upon house-to-housei disinfec-
!tion with formaldehyd. The mayor gave
his support to- the plan, and on July w
Idisinfection was begun, and was continued
until November 9. DR.. Friedrich was aided
by 40 medical, students from the colleges
in. C1eveland:s They disinfected every
section Of the city in; which there had
been cases of the disease, and every house
in the section, whether there had been
smallpox in it or.nct. Every nook and
corner CT the house was visited, and spe-
!cial attention was paid to the winter
clothing. which had been stored away,
presumably full of germs Care was taken
not to overlook the water-closets The
tact Of the students and of the sanitary
police prevented the people from Offering
any serious objections to being chased out
of their dwellings while the latter were
filled with the suffocating gas. In addi-
ton. to disinfection, crusade was begun
against dirt of every description, and the
people were enjoined to clean their yards
and barns, drain all puddles or fill them
in, abate all nuisantes, clean all closets,
and establish sewer connection wherever
! there was a sewer in the street. Inc
health officers were also instructed to ex-
anime all dumps and vacant lots, and to
compel their owners to keep them in
sanitary condition. The police and the
fire department aided the health officers in
cleaning the wards which most needed It.
It was sfound that smallpox developed
most frequently and was hardest to Grad
icate along those streets that had neither
sewer nor pavement. When this was,
realized a great many of the streets were
paved and severed, and this work is now
being pushed ahead at such rate that
l!soon no street in Cleveland will be with
oil
Iiing of the streets was found to be enc of
the most important sanitary measures,
as Dr. Friedrich says: What the people
of Cleveland spend in cleaning the streets
they, save in doctors bills. :"
Quarantine was enforced in as rigid a
manner as possible. If a doctor wanted
to visit a smallpox patient he had to have
written permit from the health Office,
since any one might grab satchel and
say to the guard, Il am doctor; let me
lin Cats and dogs were treated in the
same: way as persons On one occasion
| Dr. Friedrich found, a dog in bed with a
boy that had ..the smallpox. When the
doctor entered the boys mother chased
! the dog out of the bed and opened the
| door, and before the doctor could inter-
| fere.. the dog was outside AS neces-
sary incident to the fight, every suspi-
cious case of any eruptive disease, par
1IlCularly measles anu CuiCkeupuA, Wdo IL
| vestfgated Whenever case of small
pox was found, the following questions
lin addition to the usual ones regarding
l name, age, etc, was asked:
1. Who has visited you during the last two
! or three weeks?n 1.-THE difference, in time de-
ponds upon the state. OF the eruption.] 81
1 . Whom have you visited during The last
! three weeks?
g. Have you been at any public meeting
during that time? Where? Who was present
to your knowledge?
A. Where do you work?
i s. Where do the children go to school?
i s. Where does the family attend divine
4 workship?
i This information obtained. all the ad-
4 dresses given were visited, and the fore
man, preacher or teacher was asked fol-
4 the names of all the sick or absentees
1 from shop, church or school during the
Il last month. These were then visited.
The results were, as follows: In 1898
! Cleveland had 48 cases of smallpox; ii
Il 1899, Ats; in 1900, s93, and from Jan. 1 t.
Aug %, 1901, 4, 23O. On the latter date
the last case developed in Cleveland
Eight cases have been imported since
then, however; but for six months the
1 scourge has been practically exter.
I'm fnatedHfrom the city.
/ If the proof of the pudding is in the
eating. then DR.. Friedrich's method II