The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-12
TAR HEEL BRINGS
SMALL P0X HERR
Health Department Finds
Case in Home of Cherry
49,. Street Dressmaker
HUNDREDS OF PERSONS
EXPOSED TO MALADYs
House Will be Guaranteed II
Members of Family Re-
fuse to go to Hos

case of smallpox was found ~
the Richmond health department sun
Gay "a night zoe IL South Cherry street.
ing patent. J, B. Bats, thirty-o,a
years or age. had been In RichmossN
since May 20, having been at his hns.,o
az wallace, N. c.. up to that data.
re mad neen Ill exactly one weet-
ah1s being only twelve days from the
tme tnat he left North Carolina. ~
20 certain that he contracted The
oisease before leaving that State.
for two days preceding the tina
tnat ne was taken Ill, Bats had benr.
woIklhs as motorman for the Virgins
railway and Power Company. ~
smallpox is known to be oontaRfot,n
oeiore the eruption appears. 1t IL noe
unlikely that number of persons
nave been exposed to the case whfln
In an infectious stage.
The patient lives with his brothan.
4. z. Bats. on Cherry street. Mr..
*. T.. Bats is q dressnaaker. ana
states that during the past weak ~
ieast thirty or forty persons have
visited her house. She Is abba 70
give the names and addresses OF only
a Few OF her patrons. This feature
OF the case is occassioninR consider-
able anxiety in the Richmond health
department. as there is no means of
telling how many persons have in this
way been exposed to the disease.
Never Been vaccinated.
A further feature OF the case. which
10 occasioning considerable uneasfness.
10 the fact that not only the patient
himself but also his brother, r. b.
Bats. and the latter's wife and two
children have never been vaccinated.
The length of length that they have
already been exposed to the disease
maks It very probable that one or
more additional members Of the fame
lily will contract the disease.
In commenting on the above case
this morning. DR.. E. c. Levy. chief
health officer, was emphatic IN his
statements regarding the frfenacS
which the State OF North Carolina
constitutes In connection with small
pox- He showed the last weekly re-.
port OF the United States public
health and marine hospital services,
In which It IL shown that out OF Ia
35s cases OF small pox In the entire
United States from January to
May 20. 2.619. or over one-fifth OF
all the cases, were reported from
North Carolina. He further stated
that. with the exception OF ono case
contracted in South Carolina. every
one OF the ten cases Of smallpox In
Richmond this year has either been
contracted In North Carolina or con-
tracted from case coming from that
State and exposing others to thu
disease before the original case was
reported to the health department..
May Be Guaranteed.
Up to noon Monday the other menu.
bers OF the family had not consented
to go to the smallpox hospital. II they
do not consent, 1t will be necessary
to quarantine the house. VaccinAtoT1
will be put to work in the neighbour
hood at once.
DR.. Levy Is especially anxious that
all persons who have in any way been
probably exposed to this case should
at once avail themselves OF tho OPP
portunfty for free vaccination, or
should have their family physician
attend TO the matter.