The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-27
Two Cases Of Smallpox Are
Causing Excitement.
Pupils in Quincy and Branner
Schools Being Vaccinated.
KEPT IN THE DARK.
Health Officers Misleading PeO-
pie About Facts.
More Diphtheria Than Usual
Also Reported.

In spite of the efforts of City Physi-
clan Storrs and some of his assistants
to smother the facts. it is known that
smallpox has again broken out in the
city, and that orders have been issued
that no children shall be allowed to
attend Quincy or Branner schools un-
less they are first vaccinated.
Scores OF children f1ocked to the city
physicians office this morning in re-
Spouse to the order, and were VAGINA
TED. The city pays the expense of vac
cination when the parents of the child
are too poor to pay.
Regardless of the denials of the
health department, there are known to
be two cases of smallpox in the city.
Miss Henderson. who lives with the
avenue, was taken out to the detention
hospital Wednesday with a case Of
smallpox. Miss Henderson is % years
of age.
Edith Blosser, aged years, the
daughter of George Blosser of 112l
North Monroe street, is also sick with
smallpox. This case is Quarantined at
the child'S home.
There is also a case of what DR..
Storrs calls chickenpox at 1241 North
Monroe, in the family of NJ. P. Red
mond. The patient is the son Claud,
aged 8 years.
The first intimation which people had
that smallpox was again in the city
was when about two-thirds of the chill
dren at Quincy and Branner were sent
home Wednesday. They were instruct
ed to get certificates showing that they
had been vaccinated, or else to go and
have the operation performed, and not
to return to school without the docu-
ments to show that they had complied
with the orders of the board. AS a
result of this order, OAty Physician
Storrs office has been running over
full of children all day. Sanitary Ser
geant Pay has been kept busy filling
out certificates for those who have been
VaccinateO. 1t is said that the sup
ply OF vaccine in the city is nearly ex-
hausted, and that work may have TO
be suspended until more arrives.
J. Q. A. Payton of North Topeka
telephoned to the State Journal office
this morning as follows:
Wont the Journal please give US
the truth about this smallpox bust
ness? The morning paper says that
the health officers say there is not
single case of smallpox in town. Ii
that is true, why did they send home
two-thirds of the children at Quincy
school Yesterday, and compel every
pupil to get vaccinated, unless they
had already been? That looks rather
as though there must be some small
pox. They have a card up here on
says Smallpox on it; what does that
mean? The people of Topeka are get
ting tired of this system of misrepre-
senting and concealing the true condi-
want to know the facts in spite of the
city physicians seeming desire to keep
everything under cover.
That is doubtless the sentiment OF
every other parent of boys and girls
who are attending the public schools,
but it is DR.. StOrrS' system to keep
everything under cover as far as pos
sibIe, and suppress all the information
he can. The only way to get rehef is
to change physicians.
The present order for vaccination Is
made to apply to Quincy and Branner
because the two cases of smallpox
which have been found were both IN
the vicinity of these two schools.
There is also an unusual prevalence
of diphtheria and scarlet fever. SO tar
this month, &c cases of dlphtherla ana
IL cases of scarlet fever have neen re
ported. This unusual condition,
amounting almost to an epidemic, is
probably one of the fruits of the
Storrs system" Nearly all the cases
of diphtheria are in the First and Sec
ond wards In order that some idea
may be gained of the location of the
disease, the following list of cases re-
ported since October 10. is taken nom
the records of the health department:
Maggie Brady, 10 years, dlph therla' |
2O9 North Kansas avenue (died).
Harriet Wilson, years, 214 Chan
dler, diphtheria.
Mary Kennedy. 2 years. 42o West
= Archie Vernon, 500 West B. diph-
iberia.
Young q cases) 1918 Lime
street, scarlet fever.
Henry Young, II years, 273 Kellam
Robert Harsefield, years. 12s Van
Buren,, diphtheria.
Elsie Rake, Ala Liberty, diphtheria. |
Frank Palmer, 2 years, 909 Topeka |
avenue, scarlet fever.
Ella Hickerman. 1901 Seward ave-
nue., diphtheria.
Harry Buff, 10 years, 11o5 Madison,
Glenn Maze. years. 927 West Cor
don, diphtheria.
Otto Cummings. years, 139 AFTER
avenue, scarlet fever.
Ed D. Morgan, 10 years, diphtheria
Fay Bennett, 416 Woodlawn, scarlet
fever.
nue., scarlet fever.
Clarence Francis, 1901 High avenue
Rose Carlson. Seabrook. diphtheria
Paul Hatfield, 402 Branner, diph-
iberia,
MISSOURI PACIFIC GALWAY.