Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-06
SMALLPOX IN CITY; |
QUARANTINE BLOCK
l{eaith Authorities Throw Cor
don Around Square at Goth
and Woodland
n. r. CONDUCTOR IS VICTIM

Hundreds Of persons living in the
block bounded by Fifty ninth and Six
Ncth streets and Woodland and King
sesslng avenues were held in their homes
foday by n Gordon of patrolmen until
'ney We're inoccuated by smallpox vac
cine.
This precaution was taken following
fhe discovery Of Il case of the disease in
house AZ 2111 South Sixtieth street,
Daniel Biting, forty years old, 1
freight conductor employed on the Ba'-
timore and Ohio Railroad the victim.
was moved to tue Philadelphia llospi-
tai for Contagious Diseases. Second
and Lnzerne streets, yesterday.
early this morning u big detail Of
patrolmen from the Sixty fifth street
and Woodland avenue station hoGsc.
headed by Lieutenant BauSwiuc and
re enforced by dctachmcnts from other
block.
The orders were issued by DIR. \. A.
Cairns, chief medical officer Of the
Board OF Health, acting after y con
sultation yesterday afternoon with Dr.
y. Lincoln furbuSh. new director ot
public health. 1t was the first official
action OF Doctor Furbush, who gained
tnternational reputation as a fighter of
the yellow fever and other tropical dis
enses in Panama.
VIII Take Every Precautiou
We will certainly take every pre-
caution against the spreading of the
disease" Doctor Furbush said today.
g The quarantine went into effect be.
fore daylight. shortly after > o'clock
the medical detachment in attendance
began door to door canvass Of the
houses in the block In each the occu-
pants were warned of the rasc of small
n tIo I,tt Of
all submitted TO vaccination. Forty
doctors, under Doctor johnson, did the
5nocculating
few persons protested. vocing their
0isteliet in vaccination as y prevent
I've or the power of the authorities to
compel them to submit to the oper-
alton. These We're warned that they
would be confined to their homes I'M
less they decided to submit
Most Eager to Be Vaccinated
~. A majority of the residents i'll the
fnck were eager to submit to the inocu-
lation as soon as they heard of the proN
unity of the disease. This spirit was
SO general that the work of the doe
tors was made very easy and at Il
o. clock the quarantine was lifted on all
houses except the one in which Bittin
lives.
Persons were allowed to depart for
their work as soon as they were vac
cinated
The residents of the block were arous-
ed when they found themselves in Il
neighborhood shut oft from the world
The patroimen surrounding the block
had arrived with an ample supply of
ropes and the quarautned area was
shut off by this method as we'll as by
the guards. Between the time of their
arrival and when the actual work of
vaccination was begun, the patrolmen
warmed themselves at bontires built on
the streets. Patrolmen accompanied the
doctors in their rounds.
Biting, the man suffering from the
disease. has II home iu Baltimore. The
.Sixtieth street residence is where he
lives in this city. He became i'll there
December %. Smallpox eruptions made
their appearance January |. The board
os-health was notified Immediately and
as soou as all doubt of the nature of
the illness was removed the quarantine
was ordered.