Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-26
SMALLPOX PATIENTS
TAKEN 70 QUARANTINE
r.-.. Murphy Volunteered Service
and Wil Get $50.
orgrR REPORTS ALARMING.
prmor, Of Additional Cases Prove
= n,loupded Many Persons Rush
TO Get Vacciasled.

r....r the Anne Arundel county
....,,4s .ags prompt action yester-
rayngoa f1r be removal Of the
.ms''g. patients and the
..t. DO tse state quarantine
.sl asar Baltimore city, and
rrsraulon ia being taken in
~ ~ direction 90 prevent further
.5of thr ma.ady, the wonder is
..s.s3 TO many quarters that there
,srrg.lsmic IT Eastport, where
ttree vel. developed cases were
HeyeTe1
a.rd preyaiI. is based upon the fact
t.,fbs Two col0red men and the
81, months old baby had been
F,,,.1 with the disease for several
4r. before knowledge Of its exist
-. reached thc medical authorities,
.rf there is 40 telling how many
a,.sns visited the houses where
.,rep,s were confined during the
arrod
Rlt as far as possible, the author
49,, secured the names of all the
,syror. residing in both Of the
t,g.es. as wr'. as those who visited
,ts prrmisrs ln the last few days.
These. thirteen in number. were
r1sad on the list as contact" cases,
srl together with The three patients
\, hands were sent to the Quaran-
tns hospital late yesterday after
noon.
Greater alarm was created this
manng by the persistent reports
iba. two or more additional cases
aib.rn found at Eastplrt, another
At Germantown, and still another
Hchf IN Annapolis Only one of
these rumors however, had any sem
baase of foundation as a result of
,be Investigations Immediately made
BIZ the county and city medical Off
aaIs This was in connection with the
ease reported 20 exist at Germantown.
A colored man named Chambers,
living on the Spa road. is the person
reported as afflicted with the dis
ease This man was Immediately
sought by Dr. Walton Hopkins, the
County Health Officer. who had him
conveyed 20 the Emergency hospital
fora borough examination and dag
sosis This was made by DR.. Hop
Sins and Or. C. w. II. Rohrer, OF the
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
q The State Department of Health.
The negro had an eruption on his
face that greatly resemhled small
goy.but the conclusion reached by the
physicians was that the trouble was
iss result OF simple blood rash, and
Chambers was therefore discharged
The best and qdickt st way to get
,5e three negroes affected TO the
quarantine hospital furnished
Anoiiy problem 20 the county author
tes for a while after they had
been apprised of tn situation. 70
2a,ey them thither by water was
regarded as the most logical course
70 pursue. At first no one could
Re found who would undertake the
.asA. for fear Of themselves becom-
ls infected by the disease. Later
a1'rs at $500. $3.50 and $500 were
aAde to The County Commissioners
.ai finally the Board received an offer
'"n Nh. James Murphy, we'll
M.0a Resident Of Eastport who owhs
az auxiliary saipjack with a carrying
,sPa'Iiy of forty passe 1gers to make
TIE trip for Sl5O.
d was question of haste. so the
,,.2hm.sslouers contracted with Mr..
a-'ahy The three patients and the
'a.''een contact cases were there
.a'a Y conveyed TO the boat and Mr..
@.E9ay mad. the trip to quarantine
a,s % the afternoon.
.ae existence Of smallpox in Balti-
-3fe city ana ether ssrtions of the