The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-10-30

The health department of Clifton is
face to face with siege of smallpox
and typhoid fever, the situation es-
pecially as regards smallpox reaching
such stages that TO-DAY, Friday, the
department secured the residence
known as the Whipple place in Wards
canyon to be used as a house of con-
tagion. and all cases of smallpox will
Immediately be carried there that
the contagious spread, now becoming
so alarming, be checked. The
records of the city health department
today show that eighteen persons are
suffering of smallpox, an alarming in
crease over the lone case of only a
few weeks ago. And typhoid fever Is
rampant in Clifton, sixteen cases
today, Friday, being reported by
the city health department.
At this writing of all the cases only
one death has yet resulted,
that being the sad case of DIR. Calan-
tine, who died Wednesday, October
20. The cases of malady are found
in all portions of Clifton, on the
East Side, in Hills Addition, the
most thickly settled residence portion
of the town, in North Clifton, and
there are only ten cases not convaI-
escent. Four of the. cases are among
the school children of the town, al
though none of these cases were de-
veloped while the children were at
school, and for that reason no radical
fears are entertained by the parents
of those children not yet affected OF
all the cases, eighteen in number, four
are Americans, one is a negro, and
the others are Mexicans, among whom
the original case developed Only
three of the cases are characterized
by the health department as necessari-
ly serious, and the disease is not of
all extraordinarily violent type. The
health department reports that en-
deavors have been made to closely
quarantine all cases as soon as dis
covered, and nine guards were employ
ed for this purpose at the time of the
removal of patients to the Wards
canyon detention house.
Vaccination is advised by the physi-
clans, they holding that all persons
who have never been vaccinated, and
all persons who have not been vac
cinated within seven years immedi-
ately take the prevention treatment
The unusual demand of persons wish
ing the treatment caused the rapid
depletion of the entire stock in Clifton
of the vaccine matter, at noon Fri
day, and treatment was suspended I'M
til the afternoon train brought in a
large supply, when treatment was
again resumed, with the result that
the physicians of the hospitals of the
A. C.. and Shannon Copper companies
within few hours after the arrival
of the train had given the treatment
to more than one hundred persons, in
addition to the many treated by City
Health Physician Burtch.
Reports that the city schools would
suspend next Monday because of con-
tagion are unfounded, School Clerk
w. E. Mitchell stating that the action
of the school board in this respect
will be guided by the advice of the
city health department, and this de-
partment as yet does not consider that
the situation is sufficiently alarming to
justify that decision.
AS before stated, the physicians Of
the city advise that vaccination be
administered, and that in addition per-
sons take the serum preventing ty-
phoid fever, as this disease is so pre-
valent that all care should be exer-
cised in its restraint. Boiling all
drinking water is also advised regard
ing typhoid fever.