The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-23
Forest Rangers Report on
Diphtheria Epidemic Dis.
closes Situation Declared to
Be Terribly Menacing.
|sC0URGE SEEMS TO
BE GAINING GROUND
Malignant and Fatal Case in
Tijeras and County Author
tiles Are Urged to Vigorous
Action.

That the ending Of tho dlptheria
cases in the Yrlfarfi district with thol
death 81 the fourth and last victim
there the day before yesterday freed
only one section OF several In thel
mountains from the epidemic was
disclosed by a report made by Rangerl
W. +. Sehoenberg. of TiJeras. 10 SUI
p%crvisor James r. Mullen. OF the Man
ano forest. Conditions In general In
the mountains, instead OF having
been %hcttered. are worse. Increased
fear Of a general spread Of the dis
ease throughout the mountain dis
trlcts Is felt. and Supervisor MulielI
and Ranger schoenberg declare that
immediate n sweeping action by the
county authorities is called for.
The reports received by County
Health officer Charles Armijo were
10 the effect that the caacs conferred
about Yrisnrri which lies ten miles
this side OF chilli. He found four
cases there-throe In one house and
another at 20 ranch al e distance from
tho settlement. An four victims
died and. having fumlgatcd in the
usual manner. Armijo returned TO
town with the understanding that no
more eases Of tho disease were ln the
mountains.
Fuller reports nan came 90 Armiio
have been gathered by Ranger Scho-
enberg. and the conditions disclosed
by his report "a the Manzano office
today are worse than was Thought az
any previous stage. ~Schoeubcrg re-
ports at first hand o. " cases IN
Sabine o. town six miles this sd OF
Yrisarri. three cases In Juan Tomas
a settlement IN the Sabine %coultry.
ard one case in Tijerns. The latter
| victim. Juan Analin. died last week.
He lived near -Schocnbcrg. and the
| latter says that there is no qucsti1r
but that II WIS black dlpthcrin ~ th'
most malignant type that carried hin
OF.
From Chilli s%thocnhorg has n re.
port hat thorc are two cases. hut 10
has not confirmed Il.
The mnncr in which tho diseas'
has reared its head To- different set
Elements indicates hat q IS insidu.
ously spreading Owe tho mountain
district and demands swift ACTON h'
the COUNTY authorities.
Thc Mnuaauo forest service official
are stirred because. knowing co1di
lions in the districts as they do. thel
fear O. further spread OF the dis
ense. There are twenty-five nth
towns 10 the affected region an more
or less linked By neighhorly intcr
course. ald tho situation, Forrest Su.
pervisor Mullen said today. was ful
Of the most sinister menace
The conditions found On tho noun
! tain towns makes the disease IL dead
~ The native people. know
ing little 81 medical treatment an'
, less OF sanitary precautions. are helm
+ loss in the face OF dipthcria. IN IN
: absence ~ medical aid they do iittl'
but 81 or huus around the houso an'
wait FOR tho victim 20 die. Tho.
habit Of hanging about a house 90
sickness ls onc ~ the peculiarly dan.
ecrous feature Of the situation.
There la % feeling that tfc connt'
authorltlrr failed 90 meet tho situa
tion when they sent Heath omcor A.
milo alone into the mountains. The
county doctor should have been sent
20 ls declared. and until be Dr. Gle.
patched 20 tho scene IL D. Inserted
and Organized and systcmatizod 90.
lack re- made 1n the epidemic thor'
cam De DO hone of checking th'
spread % fho arourge.
County school Superintendent Ala
naaio MouturJ said this afternoon
that ne WAS aware that the situation