The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-01-10

antine.
Special police officers have beer
employed to enforce quarantine regu
lations
Quarantine Rules.
Quarantine rules have been adopt
ed as follows:
All houses containing smallpox
patients will be quarantined at least
four weeks ana until final fumigation
and discharge
"All persons who have come in con
tact with smallpox patients after the
disease has reached the eruptive
stage will be vaccinated and quaran-
tined until showing evidence of sue.
cessful vaccination and after their
clothing and persons have been fumi-
gated.
"All persons who have been expos
ed to smallpox patients prior to the
eruptive period will be vaccinated and
kept under observation by the police
and sanitary officers.
"Milkmen, grocerymen and all
others are warned not to enter houses
under quarantine. Persons quaran-
tined will come to the doors of their
houses and will announce their wants
to such delivery men or others, who
will remain outside on the street. Milk
and other supplies for such quarantin-
ed houses must be left inside of the
/ gate, to be removed by the inmates
| "All persons are warned ito keep
away from quarantined premises.
"All citizens generally are request
ed to report to the chief of police all
violations of the quarantine regula-
tions of which they have actual
knowledge.
"Any person w1lfully breaking quar-
antine will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
As Regards the Schools.
ut was decided to keep the schools
open. All the school rooms are we'll
ventilated and are disinfected every
evening, in addition to which
smudge heavily charged with carbolic
acid is maintained constantly in each
room.
"The local boards of health have ar
ranged to have three physicians make
an early examination of all teachers,
pupils and all others at the schools.
All found not to have vaccination
scars which, in the opinion of the e.S-
amining doctors, render them immune
will be excluded from the schooi
rooms until furnished by a practicins
physician with a certificate of recent
successful vaccination.
Under the circumstances given
above it was thought better by Doctor
Tuttle and the local health boards to
continue the schools in session than to
turn loose about 1000 children and
permit them to be on the streets.
Further Spread Not Feared.
With the precautions taken it is be-
lieyed that the disease will not spread
beyond the cases already reported, al
though it is possible that additional
ones will be heard of in a few days as
result of the dances given by the
Maverick Hose company and the Sons
of Hermann, about New Years.
ut can be stated in the most posi-
tive manner that the present epidemic
sprang from the Yoeman's dance, and
from no other cause"
The mayor also said that he was en-
deavoring to secure list of all per-
sons who attended the dance of the
Yoemen and he requests that those
who were there send him the names
of persons they saw there.
Efficacy of Vaccination.
The efficacy of vaccination as pre,
Ventive of smallpox apparently has
been fully demonstrated in the pres
ent epidemic. Only one person thus
far taken with the disease had ever
been vaccinated, and that 13 years
ago. In view of this almost indisput.
able proof of the value of vaccination
Mayor Foster earnestly urges all per-
sons to submit to vaccination and to
exercise, as well, every reasonable
sanitary precaution and to see to it
that their premises, houses and per-
sons are kept in a perfect state OF
cleanliness.
What Doctor Armstrong Says.
Doctor Armstrong, the city health II
officer, was interviewed by The Ga
zette relative to the existing cond1-
ion He said that Mayor Foster had
stated the case fully However, he