Evening journal., 1914-07-28
MANY Indignant
over LAXITY IN
SMALLPOX Case
contlnned From Flrst Pare.

Continued From First Page.
Frantz was out of the city, and he
left word at the Office about the case.
Dr. Gilbert had TO leave the city on
Sunday morning
shortly after Dr. Briggs and Or. FL
bert lett Conway's Hotel, it is alleged,
persons were admitted into the BAR
not far away from the room in which
the stricken proprietor lay with small
pox. and it is alleged that drinks were
served to many persons. Others loiter-
ed about the porch unmindful OF the
gravity and danger Of the case within.
On Sunday morning Mrs. Conway and
her children went to church. while her
husband was III at home. With all this
danger Of the spread Of the contagion;
no quarantine had been placed against
the house. because DR. Frantz, Of the
state Board OF Health, had not been To-
Gated, and the case had not been reported
to the Wilmington Board Of Health BY
Dr Ebert, because the case was OUT
1 side the cit limits.
/ Just how long that startling condition
! al affaiis wopld have been permitted
/ to 90 on lad not Mrs Charles Copeland
Of Christians hundred, reported her sus-
picions 10 Or. Adair and to Secretary
/ Ellison Of the local Board Of Health IS
not known. Size had heard Of the ex-
istence Of the smallpox case through a
servant. and thought it time that the
authorities were acting DIR. Adair and
Mr.. Ellison Immediately made an in.
vestipation. and had Conway removed
10 the emergency hospital at Farnhurst
within two hours. end they also estab'
llished a quarantine at the hotel.
Surprised at what they had learned
about persons entering and leaving
the saloon shortly after Dr. Elbert
and DR. Briggs had left the place, Dr.
Adair and Secretary Ellison deter
mined to take strict measures to
check a spread OF the disease, and the
crusade Of vaccination by the city
vaccine physicians was determined
len. The physicians will try to trace
everybody who was near the hotel
and will vaccinate all persons who
came in contact with or near those
Who visited tile hotel Conway be-
came III on Thursday but attended
10 his duties about the hotel until
Saturday. when he became serious. i
Is believed he contracted the disease
al the Buttonwoods. near New Castle
where he visited recently, and where
several colored residents We're
stricken with the disease a few weeks
ago. That there are cases Of small
pox in houses at the Buttonwoods
that the health authorities do moi
know OF was the opinion expressed
by man today.
The local Board OF Health dis
eussed the Rising Sun situation al
its meeting yesterday afternoon
and determined to continue the
Wholesale vaccinations as precau-
tion to safeguard the health OF resi-
dents Of Wilmington. The Board de
clded to vaccinate those persons whe
attended church during the services
, Mrs Conway and her children az
tended on Sunday morning as
further precaution
Announcement was made that ~
j. Harvey Spruance was called out =
, the Conway residence on Sunda.
: morning to look at Conway ana z
diognose his case. The family evident
lv was reluctant 10 accept lue PRIV
ious diagnosis of smallpox by tw'
physicians. DR. Spruance on his re
turn notified the Wilmington Board o
: Health Of Conways case, but com
| plant already had been received from
Mrs, Copeland and Or. Adair an'
2 Secretary Ellison had started thei
action.
The failure to get the state Board Q
Health in motion to take up the Con
way case because Of the absence of ID
Frantz. the secretary. from the city, ha
caused some persons TO suggest that th
State Board should have hcadquarel
with somebody in charge at all times
this city. to take command Of cas-
such as that which developed on Satn
day night. It was pointed out that III
Ger the present system the state Boar
of Health seems 20 have stopped bus
ness with the absence Of the secretar
and it is contended that there shou
be some more adequate system, whercl
the State Board authority could be j
voked even II DR. Frantz or other Q
fcers or members Of the board should
away.