El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-30
NOT MANY CASES
Of SMALLPOX
IN CITY
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are FOUR cases outside but adjoining
! the city which are not under control
F.! Of the city board of health and ore
being cared for by the county author
tiles.
We wish to assure the people that
there is no occasion for real alarm
and that with their cooperation and
/ help especially as regards vaccination
| and revaccination the scare will soon
be q thing of the past.
In order to refute the renort that
persons have been taken from cer-
tain schools and stores we deem If
wise and proper to give the public the
exact locations in which ali cases of
smallpox have existed since January
1, 1911:
During the month of January. 1911
the following cases of smallpox have
occurred in the city:
Rafaela Cobos, residence outsida
city; died at hospital
Harry Grant, residence 40 Texas
street; died at hospital
Mrs. H. F. Grant, 41O Texas street
died at hospital
Mrs. Drury, 1924 Myrtle avenue: in
hospital.
n. A Ballinger. Court House rooms:
died at hospital.
G. A. Jeter. Ysleta; died at hospital
Mrs. D. Johnson, 81 Roosevelt ave-
nue.; died at hospital
Cruz Sepulvida, 1921 South Santo To
street; in city hospital
Miss T. Pearson, S13 North Oregon
street; died at hospital.
hospital :"
pital.
T. E. Johnson, ST Roosevelt avenue:
in hospital
Mrs. F. NJ Reynolds, SIT Roosevelt
avenue; in hospital
j. H Singleton. sos North Ell Paso
Addie Harvey, corner Manzana and
Estrella; in hospital
w r. lilies, 1922 Durango street; in
hospital
Ed Rutherfcrd. soS octavia street: in
hospital
John Higgins. 1916 wyoming street:
in hospital.
Irene Frick. 915 Olive street; in hos
Miguel Lusano. residence out of city;
in hospital
Miss H. Holland. 551 cehada street
The condition Of those IN the hospital
is as follows:
There are at present 10 cases in the
hospital. OF these four are severely
sick. two are mild and seven convaI-
escing-two cases were discharged
Saturday.
OF the seven cases who died six had
never been vaccinated and the seventh
had not been successfully vaccinated
OF the IS cases at present in the hos
pital II had never been vaccinated:
one had not been vaccinated in 81
years and the other in seven years
According to the hospital records $50
eases have occurred during the last
y years and there has never been
death of any person who had been sue
cessfully vaccinated
Nothing in medicine has been better
proved than that successful vaccfna-
lions protect from smallpox, as our
local records verify and no unbiased
person Of ordinary intelligence who
VIII Investigate its claims will deny
this.
It has saved millions and will con-
tinue to do so, despite the attacks of
few misguided, unreasonable persons /
It is not claimed for vaccination that I
one successful vaccination will pro-
tect for life although it does as a rule. !
hence. since there are exceptions we
would urgently recommend that all /
persons who have not had a successful !
vaccination in the past five years to |
And should anyone suspect that he /
or she has been recently exposed such /
persons should be repeatedly revacci- !
mated until it takes, or until 10 days /
have elapsed since the day of expo !
sure.
Also it is not true as believed by /
many that if one vaccination does not 4
take, such a person is Immune. for I
such is not the case. for persons who i
have not had a successful vaccination I
should keep on trying until it is sue I
cessful. The great danger in life and i
the serious Disagreement resulting /
If recovery does take place !
in smallpox so far outweighs the slight /
risk and discomfort attendant upon |
vaccination that no one should hesitate
one moment in having II done
In the 18th century before the dis !
covery of vaccination one-tenth of the /
deaths were due TO smallpox, so that i
during that century alone 60 millions
of people persisted from this disease.
We feel that there is no fear of any
serious danger from smallpox at pres
ent and that there never will be If the /
public will only cooperate with the
by presenting themselves
for vaccination as often as is necessary
until such vaccination is successful
The present form of the disease is
very severe and the mortality has been
greater than it has been during any
previous period. For those who are
unable to pay for vaccination a physi-
clan is in attendance at the city hall
from a. IN. to D. m. daily.
All children in the city schools must
present a certificate showing success
full vaccination within the past five
years, be revaccinated or will be ex-
cluded from the schools.
j. I. Hewitt, Mayor
s. G. Witherspoon,
J. F. Rawlings,
w. II. Anderson,