The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-27
ONE new CASE IS Guaranteed
William Englehardt, Residing on North
west Main Street, Broken Out with
Disease Before Physicians Discovered
His Condition.

Kenosha health officials are busily
engaged in a new war against the pos
sible spread of small pox in Kenosha
and physicians in the city are working
over time to vaccinate people who have
come into contact with the two latest
victims Of the disease in Kenosha. Fol
lowing the quarantine of the home Of
Jacob Saftig where Eugene Saftig is
i'll with the disease the health commits
sioner on Monday quarantined the home
Of William Englehardt, an employee Of
the Wisconsin Gas & Electric company.
The young man resides at 365 North
west Main street and he was at work
for the company on Monday morning
before the facts in regard to the case
became known to the health depart
ment. An examination revealed the
fact that his illness was decidedly sus-
picious. Englehardt was more surprised
than the officials and he declared to
them that had he any idea that he
might possibly be suffering from small
pox he would have taken every pos
sible precaution. Within an hour aft
er the case had been discovered, DIR.
Frank Lansdowne had vaccinated every
person in the offices Of the company.
who had worked with Englehardt and
other physicians were sent out to vac
cinate people in every house where the
young man had been in the last few
days. All of his personal friends were
ordered to bare their arms this morning,
and everything possible is being done
to prevent any possible spread Of con-
tagion Englehardt was not very i'll
with the disease and he had not called
a physician. The finding of the case
was by the merest luck.
In the meantime Dir. McShane work
ed until nearly two CLOCK this morn
ing running down other cases reported
as suspicious but no new quaran-
tines were established as a result Of his
search.
cit is hard to tell just where the
cases may be found, = said DIR. Me
Shane, this morning. '1There is a lot
of chicken pox scattered about the city
and some of these cases may prove to
be small pox in a light form. We are
Investigating every possible case. This
small pox usually comes from the north
woods and it is significant that it is
developing with the return of the deer
hunters.
Many Of these hunters go into the
woods and sleep in the lumber shacks
and while this theory may be little
far fetched it is possible that the
germs of the disease have been brought
to Kenosha in this manner. As yet we
have not discovered any case among
the children Of the city schools and we
are hopeful that the general vaccina-
tion of last spring will prevent such
cases developing even if the children
are exposed. We are impressing on all
people in any way connected with the
victims of the disease the necessity of
vaccination. Some of them have OBJ
jected strenuously but we are hopeful
that these people will recognize the
duty they owe to their families and to
their friends and seek immunity from
vaccination. | do not think that in the
Saftig case the vaccination was per-
feet one. In fact there was no sign of
pit on the young man IS ARM
DR.. McShane followed a couple Of
young men out into the country yester-
day and vaccinated them after he had
learned that they had been associated
with victims of the disease.
The health officials are agreed that
there is no reason for the town being
alarmed, but all are insisting on the ne
cessity of vaccination.
DR.. Thompson, who was in charge of
the Saftig case insists that he has not
been correctly quoted in regard to the
case. He stated, that he saw the con-
dition of young Saftig and notified the
health department and that he quite
agreed with the other physicians that
the young man was suffering from
light attack of small pox. Nearly all
of the men employed at the offices of
the American Brass company were vac
cinated against the disease on Monday
afternoon.
The controversy over the work done