The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-04-12
SMALL POX IN PATH VALLEY.
Disease Spreading from Mt. Union. Great
Care Should be Exercised.

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From the fact that smallpox is
getting dangerously near to this
county, it behooves our people to
use every precautlon possible,
and If a case makes it's appear
ance, to establish at once a close
quarantine, and see to it that no
public gatherings be allowed un.
til the danger is passed.
On account of a difference of
opinion among local physicians as
to the real character of the dis.
ease, and the fear of affecting bus
mess interests, the disease has
been allowed to spread until now
it requires the power of the State
Board to bring it under control.
Many persons from the upper
end of Franklin as well as from
our own county have been en-
ployed at Mt. Union, and have es-
capped the quarantine there and
returned to their homes. In this
way the disease has been scatter
ed.
Anyone who has been exposed
to the disease in any way, should
be very careful about attending
public gatherings for some time.
From Mondays Public Opln-
ion, Chambersburg, we clip the
following, which shows the con-
ditlon existing in the northern
part of Franklin county. The
opinion says:
ION Thursday of last week,
DR.. H. X. Bonbrake, this place,
Pennsylvania health officer for
Franklin county, was called to
Fannettsburg by DR.. Swami, the
Fannettsburg physician, to ex-
anime several cases which the
latter thought were smallpox.
DR.. Bonbrake was very certain
in his diagnosis and declared the
patients to be suffering from
smallpox and he posted warning
cards and ordered all infested
houses rigidly quarantined.
"The people near the small
poX cases are all greatly
concerned and demand careful
watch over the cases. The ma
jority of persons who are i'll have
light cases and many of them de-
clare that they are suffering from
chlckenpoX or Cuban itch and
several of them have refused to
abide by the quarantine regula-
tlons. On Tuesday Health Off
Ger Bonbrake will arm guards
and post them at advan tageous
places In order to check the
spread of the disease. The state
law compels guards to shoot per-
sons who break quarantine. On
Saturday 1t was reported that
there were at least a dozen cases
of the dread disease in the north
ert part of the county and that
six of the cases were quarantln-
ed.
"After the departure of the
health officer on Thursday even
ing a number Of additional cases
had developed with people who
had come over from Huntingdon
county. DR.. Swami has worked
night and day and is deserving of
great commentator. He is max
ing it a rule to vacclnate as rapid
ly as possible.
"The Fannett epidemic is di-
rectly traceable to the epidemic
at Mount Union, Huntingdon
county, which town has been
quarantined for several weeks.
Mount Union was supposed to
have been quarantined and as far
as railroad traffic goes the quar-
antine has been effective. No
mails have been gong from or in
to the town and no trains have
stopped for several weeks. The
highways into town, however,
have not been strictly guarded
and dozens of wCrkmen, employ
ed IN the Mount Union factories
and residing in Franklin, Fdlton
and Juniata counties, have com g
and gone unmolested. These
people have infected the entire
country surrounding Mount I'M
ION and the state health authori.
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