The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13
TWO SHUT TIGHT.
Epidemic of Smallpox Breaks
Out in South Topeka.
Garfield and Van Buren, Schools
Are Closed.
TO BURN ALL BOOKS.
Board of Health VIII Await
Results.
Already Ten Families Placed In
Quarantine.
DR.. Ryder Says That Disease Is
ChickenpOX.

Smallpox in epidemic form has
broken out in Walnut Grove. Ten
cases were quarantined this morning.
A special meeting of the new board Of
health and the new city physician was
called by DR.. w. d. Storrs, the retiring
city physician, at II o'clock this morn
ing. orders We're issued to the board
OF education to close Garfield and Van
Buren, schools Immediately until next
Monday. during which time the build
ings Will be fumigated. All the school
books viii be burned, and the board of
education will be asked to replace
them free of charge to the pupils
Every pupil presenting himself for
school Monday morning will be re-
quired to present a certificate from
some physician stating that he or she
has been recently vaccinated.
There is some prospect that all Of
Walnut Grove and the fair grounds
may be quarantined from the rest Of
the town, but such radical course is
not likely unless the disease seems to
be getting away from the health Of
dcers even to a greater extent than 1t
has already done.
New cases in the following families
are reported from the region in South
Topeka between Kansas avenue and
the fair grounds:
G. E. Thompson. 1900 Van Buren
street.
VIM. Lietzows 1913 Van Buren.
Frank Willis. 1928 Harrison.
j. =. Ogee, 1000 Topeka avenue.
D. S. Hoatsons 121 West Twenty
second street
c. S. CIary. 1913 Kansas avenue.
W. L. Osborne. 400 Kansas avenue.
John Engle, 1907 Kansas avenue
George Stoneking, 1903 Kansas
avenue
Fl. W. NaylOr, I'LL Kansas avenue.
J. c. Rubow. 22OO Kansas avenue.
This is only a partial list of the
cases. New ones are being reported
continually. City Physician Storrs put
I'm most Of the morning riding about
with one of the sanitary policemen
examining suspected cases, and tack
ing up smallpox quarantine cards.
There are three houses in q row at
Seventeenth and Kansas avenue and
one across the street all under quar-
antine- A guard is stationed there.
Most of the cases SO far reported
are children, and it seems that thes
children have been attending school
right along for the past three weeks,
some of them being broken out with
the disease during this time.
This afternoon City Physician Storrs
and the new city physician DR. H. B.
Hogeboom, who will not take office until
next Saturday, will make an examina-
tton Of the Sells circus outfit at the
fair grounds. The people down in Wal
nut Grove think that the smalIpox
started from some of the people who
have come in here to work for the cir
Gus. 1t Will be remembered that lust
about this time last year SMALLPOX broke
out among the circus employees. and
half a dozen of them were put into the
pest house while the circus was allowed
10 go on the road without them The
people IN the infected district think that
fa0 f.ac crz n
take
The only direct evidence which could
he obtained this morning to indicate
that there is smallpox in the circus
crowd was the statement of the people
llNlng at III Madison street who are
quarantlned with smallpox. Some davs
ago q man came to the back door of
lhat mouse and asked for something to
eat he said he was going to work for
the circus. 1t was noticed that his faoa
was somewhat broken out. While he
Wa5 eating, ne was playing with the
niue girl Of the family, and the little
glrl IS now sick with SMALLPOX.
1T is difficult to understand how the
smallpox could have become so prevail
enl IN that part of town without the
knowledge OF the city physician. It an
pears from the statements of rersoIs
living i'm that vicinity that tbare ba9
been smallpox in that part of town for
several weeks. The cases were not seTj
Gus; in some instances, children having
the disease were allowed to so to elIfoI
al through the course of the diseae's
ihis served to spread the infection
broadcast and the probability is that,
tnere viii be dozens of new cases de-
checked 0" D7eii
There seems to be some doubt in 4,e
1ailus OF certain doctors as to whether
Inns Is genuine smallpox or onlv
chlckenpOX There are a few eaeess -
otnef cases, and this would Dat,1ra IN,
4edu 10 tle conclusion that all the cases
are smallpox of more or less mild tvDe
&nudTen who are sick are uo+ oo,,f,la5
to their beds. They are allowed tl ~
about inside the house stand at +19e
open windows and doors. and Othervz-ies
expose themselves.
DIT L. A Ryder. chairman of the
health and sanitation committee of r.
council was called in the Osborn case
and says that the disease is a mild form
OF chlekenbo1. But DR.. Storrs. the citv
physician, ruled that-sit was snallrov
and the house is now carded with tbs4f
disease.
Mr.. Osborne said this morning: ~Our
little girl felt sick at her stomach the
other day and the next morning ebs
was broken out with little pimples. We
decided that the safest plan would he
TO take all the children out of school
We called DR.. Storrs to examine the
case. He came down Wednesday night
and pronounced it smallpox WISHING
to be sure. we called Dr. Ryder. Who IS
not our family physician, and hence
would not be inclined to give us the
best of a decision. Dr. RYDER decided
the case to be a mild form of chicken
pox But we decided to submit to the
city physicians ruling. and let him nut
up whatever kind of q. card he wanted
to-"
The general sentiment of the people