Evening journal., 1916-04-28
SMALLPOX PATIENT
CREATES NEAR PANIC
Walks Into City Building,
Sending Clerks Scurry-
ing for Protection
OFFICERS NOW ARE
UNDER QUARANTINE

Employees Of the City departments 4.
with Offices in the City Building. Sixth !
and King streets. were almost
thrown into q panic this morning
when william Murray. colored, who
had been working for Charles Herman.
a farmer, near Hares Corner. walked
into the Office of Frank Toner. city
registry clerk. on the first floor. and
asked to see Or. d. V. Myers, city
physician. Murray said he was in.
and the family he worked for had
sent him here to see the physician.
Que look was enough to satisfy Mr..
Toner that Murray was a smallpox
victim.
The patient wa. taken by Milk In-
spcctor Ulrich 10 the bench outside the
Office OF Dr. Myers, ON the third floor of
the building. and told to wait there
while Mn Toner notified the clerical
forces IN the Office, that a smallpox pa
tient was in the building. In the mean
time other employees on hearing of the
case refused to enter and when Secre-
tary Bowers. of the Health Board, ar
rived. he ordered all the offices in the
building closed. The doors were locked
and Health Officers Watson and koar-
nev at once fumigated the entire build
ing Meanwhile Murray was hurried TO
the Fornhurst emergency hospital.
Officials OF the Street and Sewer
Department promptly appealed to City
Auditor White for Office space i'm his
suite Of offices and this was granted.
Secretary Bowers. Of the Board Of
Health. took a desk in the Office OF
City Treasurer Highfeld. but the
doors OF this Office were kept barred
to prevent any other smallpox sus-
poets entering the office.
Following the closing OF the city
building Secretary Bowers, Of the
Board Of Health, issued the following
statement:
Because smallpox patient walked
into the Office Of City Physician Myers
this morning the Board of Health will
close that Office temporarily.
Any person desiring the services OF
the city physician should telephone 10
The Board OF Health. which will send
DR.. Myers TO the place where his ser,
fices arc required.
Prior to the removal of Murray TO
the emergency hospital Or. Myers
learned from the patient that until
about three weeks ago he lived at No
sos West Second street, this city
Since going TO work for Herman. Muir
ray said he lived at the farm house
but this morning when told to come
NH.s H. NsaHN g.
come, not having any home.
The discovery of the case this morn
inn makes the seventeenth ease report
ed here since the outbreak of the dis
case. The otncr cases reported are
James Frazer. No. 6l3 Christana street
Isaac Townsend, No. SIG East SiNtl
street; William Henderson. No. 40
Lafayette street; John Saunders. Nc
III Washington street; a. .doore, y,
so French street; Mary Nickerson. Ber
tina Wilson. William Brady, Georg
Nickerson. baby -..,Nerson, Alic
Wilson. all of the "ilumdred House NJ
2iu East Sixteenth street: john lhoma'
No gl0 Walnut street; Matilda Andel
son, No. 2lj Orange street; Payntc
No OF French street; Charles White
No 1903 Pennsylvania avenue; Sara
Hazelton. Joseph Frazer No. 6l3 Chris
tiana street. These are all colorcd Th
only white person to contract the dis
ease is the Neeginson boy. living o
Nawasct avenue.
Tn speaking Of the present outbreal
Secretary Bowers said he believes TN
disease was brought here from Vii
ginia Mr. Bowers added that it wa
a wonder more cases OF the diseas
have not sprung up. I'm his inspectio
he said that evidence. not only Of NJ
glect. but also of deliberate violatio
OF natures laws. as well as materii
evidence OF absence OF self-respect o
the part Of dwellers in many house
were found i'm Klund street. where IN
rooms. yards and cellars were foun
TO be cholSed with filth. Similar cond
tions were found in East Third stree
East Fifth street. Walnut street. mort
OF Ninth. the Happy Valley" sectio
OF the Seventh ward: parts OF th
Eleventh ward: the lower end Of III
Twelfth ward; parts of the Mint
ward; the section lying between Frol
and Second and Washington an
Madison streets: Orange street fC
nearly its entire length and oth'
parts Of the eastern end OF the Sc
enth ward. as well as the upper end
the Sixth ward
This condition of affairs has deve
oped. i'm Mr.. Bowers opinion, becaus
Of lack of inspection facilities on III
part of the Board of Health. II ha
only four executive officers. who al
the boards inspectors and It is impoi
sible to watch these things, esp'
cially when the officers have 10 eI
force quarantine regulations. AT pre-
ent the board has additional help @
quarantine, but this is only temporar