The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
TWELVE COUNTIES
HAVE SMALL POX
DISEASE is SPREADING DESPITE
EFFORTS or STATE BOARD
IN or HEALTH - MEDICAL IN,
Il sPEcToRs SENT OUT.


There Is not a single known case Of
smallpox in Cairo or Alexander ooun-
~, We. the disease IS spreading rap
idly throughout the state as the FOR
lowing from the Illinois State Regis
ter shows;
Small pox is spreading throughout
Illinois in spi.e OF The efforts Of the
state board of health 10 check lis pro,
gress. During the month Of Noyem.
Der eases have been reported from
twelve counties and twenly.three cit.
les and towns. The total number Of
eases discovered is rs.
Considerable trouble Is stin expert
enced ii restricting the spread Of the
disease, largely because it is rot at
first recognized as smallpox and oc.
casionally those VINO become afflicted
with the disease do no. call a doctor
knowing that they are likely to be
placed under quarantine. ana is there
fore not reported 10 the local health
officer SO that proper precautions
may be taken for the restriction Of
the disease
Many Cases Reported.
Smallpox has been reported from
the following places Clark county.
Marinsville Town hip Cook county,
Chicago, LaGrange, Morgan PaFk, or
land and Riverside; Green county
Roodhouse: LaSalle county faSaie
Logan county, Ellhart; Macon eoun-
II, Decatur and Oakley Madison
county Granite CITY. Venice and Al.
ron; Montgomery county. East Fork
township, Fillmore and Irving Pike
county, Griggsylles Saline county.
Galatia and Ledford sansamcn coun.
~ Springfield; ST. Clair county. Eas,
81. Louis. Beilyille and vicinity Of
O'Fallon There have been twenty
five deaths reported.
Within the last month DR.. ]. A.
Fgan secretary Of the state board 81
health, has placed IN the hands Of
every physician anu health officer in
the state copy Of a pamphle. al
dressed 70 the local health authorities
OF the state Of Illinois giving a warn
ing relative 10 the necee sity Of using
every precaution possible to prevent
smallpox IN their respective c0mmu
mites. A smallpox poster has been
sent 70 every physician in the state,
also 10 every locality from which re.
port OF smallpox has been received.
These posters illustrate he necessity
Of vaccination.
Disease is Spreading.
The state board Of health has Al.
so sent medical inspectors who are ex
perts on the diagnosis OF smallpox.
n all parts Of the state from which
fenues-s have been received and
where there has been a dispute as 10
the diagnosis of the disease to mako
a thorough investigation and render
service TO the local boards of health
IN suppressing the disease. Notwith.
standing these facts. smallpox Is
spreading in Illinois. IN st. Clair coun.
ty within the last three months there
have been something near 800 cases,
Every precaution was used TO prevent
the spread of the disease in this 10.
cality.
Within the next ten days every
newspaper in the state of Illinois viii
have copy of the pretoria! hanger
which Illustrates the necessity of vac
cination. These posters win no oduht
aid the local health authorities in Sc,
curing a more general vaccination
throughout the state
The following is d good definition OF
vaccination: An innoeula'ion. by
scarification. puncture or injection be.
meath the epldermis Of vaccine
which produces with some constitu
tional disturbance a typical vaccine
SesicIe which leaves, after the peck
has healed, its Characteristic scar
Small Pox at East ST. Louis.
DR. ]. A. Egan. secretary Of thu (
state board OF health, yesterday re
ceived notice from East ST. Louis that
she smallpox epidemic there is now
under control. a large number Of cas-.
Is were discovered AT East St Louis
and quarantine was established to