The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-24
Several Cases Of Smallpox
Found at Kenosha County
Village on THURSDAY.
STEVENS KEEPS CLOSE WATCH


lage west of the city has all kinds of
excitement today and many people are
barring their arms for the vaccine point
and others are being placed in strict
quarantine. Probably a half a dozen
cases of the disease in light form now
exist in the village and it is probable
. that a considerable number of people
have been exposed to the disease. Dr.
John j. McShane of the Kenosha
health board, was the first person to
be let in on the secret. DR.. f. E..
Stevens, health officer of Bristol, called
DR.. McShane by telephone or Thurs
day afternoon and notified him that he
had number of suspicious cases in the
village. Dr.. McShane hurried to Bris-
tol and the two physicians made an ex-
animation which convinced them that
the patients were suffering from
smallpox.
For some time Bristol children have
been suffering from chickenpox and for
this reason the physicians in the neigh
borhood were in doubt when the
disease was found among several Of
the adults of the village. DR.. Stevens
took prompt measures to prevent the
spread of the disease and promptly
quarantined for smallpox all suspicious
cases and started in to vaccinate every
one who had been exposed to the
disease The school in the village was
closed this morning and it will be
kept closed until all danger of con-
tagion is over.
"There is no necessity to declare a
quarantine against the village of Bris-
tol at this time, " said Health Officer
McShane this morning. CDR. Stevens
is one of the most careful men that
have ever known in handling contagious
| diseases and he is giving his personal
attention to every quarantine that has
been established in the village The
people of Bristol are submitting to
vaccination without murmur. The
cases which we found in the village
were of the mildest of types. 1t is just
possible that the disease was brought
along the line of the western division
of the North Western. / found that
Bristol people have been visiting at
Hebron and other villages in that
| neighborhood and smallpox had been
discovered in these villages. None of
the patients are seriously i'll and some
of them have all but recovered from
the disease. [ found no evidence at
Bristol to warrant the belief that the
cases there had their origin at Zion
| City or from any one who had been in
Zion City. While the smallpox is a
| little nearer to Kenosha there is no
reason for people to become hysterical.
1t is always safe to be vaccinated and
now IS an excellent time. If yon can t
| do any better get vaccinated as a
Christmas present to yourself and to
| your family This vaccination business
is one of the real problems in the
"safety first campaign.
People in the village of Bristol are
good deal wrought UP over the APP
| pearance of the disease in the village.
but it is probable that the most of
them will show good sense and that the
epidemic will be cleaned up without
any serious trouble Oh. McShane has
assured DR.. Stevens that the city of
Kenosha will cooperate with him in
every way possible to present the
spread of the disease and he has been
assured cooperation from all the sur
rounding towns.