The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-03-09
Smallpox Developing in all Parts
Of the County and Kenosha
Officials are Anxious
NO SUSPICIOUS CASES HERE
Every Precaution is Being Taken to
Prevent the INTRODUCTION of the Dis
ease IntoThis City. Quarantine
Against Town of Bristol
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The sudden outbreak of smalInov
IN the town of Bristol has caused a
decided feeling of .uneasiness AMONG
the people of Kenosha as it is feared
that with the wholesale exposures
throughout the county it cannot be
long before the disease makes IFS an
pearance in this city. The health Of
hcers and the city officials are makine
preparations to cope with the dread
disease If it breaks out here and the
vigilance of the doctors in watching
suspicious cases has been redoub1ed.
Nowhere is there any disposition
ma infested to conceal the seriousness
OF the situation or take any unneces-
sary chance and it is hoped that the
very general precautions taken by all
the people will prevent the disease
gaining any footho1d in the city.
The air has been rife with run1ors
of cases of the disease in the CITY ali
day but when each one was run down
It proved to have no foundation. One
OF the doctors discovered a case of the
disease on the Talcott place about a
mile northwest of the city and that is
the nearest it has yet come to the CITY.
The patient is sister of john Rom
paskey the first victim of the disease
IN Bristol and she undoubtedly con-
tracted the disease from him.
James E. Spencer, who is the health
officer of the town, has ordered the,
Ialcott place quarantined, and as it
was discovered that the teacher had
been exposed the school was closed.
On hearing of the outbreak Monday
Superintendent Zimmers went to the
High school and closely questioned all
the pupils from the county. Those
who could possibly have been exposed
were sent out of the school immedi-
ately and all the others were told to
get vaccinated at once.
In the evening Superintendent zim-
mers and Health Officer DR.. ]. r. East
man held consultation and decided
to be on the safe side and a quaren-
tine was declared against Bristol pupils
tor a week. Word was sent to the
town and none of the Bristol pupils
came in today.
Miss Adamson, teacher of the
Third grade in the Weiskopf school,
was given leave of absence for two
weeks it having been discovered that
she had been exposed to the disease.
At the College of Commerce Princi-
pal Otis L. Trenary has taken similar
precautions and the only pupil in the
school from Bristol has been told to
remain away for few days.
At the library the most extraordin-
airy precautions are being taken to
prevent the spread of the smallpox
Though the circulation of books.
Hundreds of books are in circulation
IN the infected districts and the hold
ers of these books will be ordered to
hold them and not return them to the
library for a time at least. Mrs.
Barnes, the librarian, is checking up
the list of outstanding books in the
county this afternoon and the holders
OF them will be warned by postal card
not to send them in until further no.
tice. The books that have come in
from the vicinity of Bristol within
the last day or two have been hunted
out and burned.
\ Four more cases developed since
yesterday in the vicinity of Bristol,
making fourteen in all. All of the
sick are doing well, and DR.. Stevens
reports that there is no reason at
present to fear fatal outcome in any
| of the cases. Father Heller has
very severe attack but his condition
is not regarded as dangerous.
About the only ray Of comfort in the
situation is the fact that the warm
weather will check the progress of
the disease and it is very fortunate
thing that the outbreak did not come
earlier in the winter.