Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-02
STATES SMALLPOX
CASES PREVALENT
FIFTEEN HAVE DREADED d.
sEAsE IN ROCK ISLAND Ac-
coRoiso TO PHYSICIAN.
D.. = ~ Mueller Publishes Tests Of
Hif< and Cream % Local Deal
ers-Wha; Figures Show.

That there are Is cases OF smallpox
within the city limits Of Rock Island.
the results % the frst milk test 20 be
made public for some time past. and
TIE regular resume OF disease inves-
tEations. are features IN the regular
monthly report % Dr.. a y. Mueller.
city health physician
says DR. Mueller regarding small
poEs
smallpox Ga again prevalent In the
tr-citles. fifteen cases being report
80 in January Nine Of these we're In
tN1 families. and all could have been
prevented BY prompt vaccination and
rsvacciuatiou a. the health depart
meut advised Ia the December report.
During the last ten days i've small
poE patients have been waking about
fae business district. fully broken out
and not knowing their condition. thus
exposing many people Wherever
these cases have been traced we have
promptly fumieated. and the exposed
persons vaccinated- ANY unvacciu-
ated person IS source Of danger 20
others.
"It takes about Is days TO develop
t1iE dreadful disease IN the system.
Teen begin symptoms like 1agrippe. a
severe headache. pain IN the back and
stomach and high fever. After four
or Eve days the eruption appears. first
a small raised shOt-like spot later
turning yellow and then drying up.
Anyone having such symptoms should
under no circumstances 90 out OF
doors. but remain az home and call a
Physician.
Urges VaSci nation.
~Chickenpox IS most commonly con
founded with smallpox. therefore do
not trust q ueiEhbOr 10 prove 90 but
call physician and make sure OF the /
diagnosis The seriousness OF small I
pox may be emphasized By the results /
that follow some times such as per
s0uaI Disagreement. death. Assesses. /
bedsOrea. blindncss. deafness. joint d. /
sease. heart disease. insanity. paralys- I
fs. and pneumonia. The remarkable .
results OF vaccination and revaccina- I
ton has been shown tn Germany 4
where a compulsory vaccination law 4
has been I'm effect since 1875. This re- I
guircs that every child must be vac
c.nated before the expiration o. tine .
drEt year % life. unless some physi-
eat disability exists. iu this event vac
ciuatiou is performed one year later
Every pupi o. n public and private
school must be vacrfnatcd between 4
tbc ages % n and 10 years Later on \
entering the army vaccination e. re-
peatcd- Thus there has been no ep.- I
demics 81 smallpox Ga that country
WHAT few cases occur are introduced
bF the foreigners but the disease can
End no f1othoid In fac no lmarpoz 4.
hospitals have TO be maintained. and
che majority OF physicians never see
q case True vaccination repeated I'M
tLI q no longer takes. always prevents
smallpox Nothing else does. Properly .
done on a clean arm and keps clean
and uubrokeu afterwards. never viii
make a serious sore. nor cause any
BAD after effects.
Milk Tests.
DuriuG the month Or. Muelier made
b very extensive test Of milk and :
-rsam sold b. dealers IN the city. the
'acteai product taken for analysis. be-
nE secured from the delivery wagons
"a each case the percentage % but
Ter Fat t. shown. the legal amount tn
.he milk being . per cent and To the
-ream - per cent The results fol