Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-07
LITTLE ILLNESS Of
CONTAGIOUS NATURE
State Board of Health Finds a
Few Cases of Small Pox but
Not Enough to Cause Any
Alarm-Laboratory Work for
September

The October meeting OF the Vermont
State Board of Health will be held in
Rutland to-day. Dr. G. f. Dalton, secre-
tary of the board went to Rutland yester.
day, accompanied by DR.. d. n. stone. DR.
II. l.. Pache and Dr. w. l.. Aycock, to
present at the meeting his regular report
or contagious diseases in the State during
the past month.
There are n few cases of smallpox in
the State. This disease has been very
rare in Vermont during the last year or
so. There Is not enough of the disease
now to cause any alarm, but it's appear
ance is always a signal for caution. A
woman In Thetford was taken i'll and her
case was diagnosed as smallpox. She said
that she had just come from Worcester.
where they had been having some
chicken-pox. This looked suspicious and
Or. Pache OF the State Board of Health
was sent to Worcester to Investigate He
diagnosed the so-called Chicken pox' as
smallpox, and means were taken to put
the patients under stricter segregation.
No serious trouble is anticipated with
the smallpox. however, as II has spread
very little There is one case in Mount
Holly. 20 only case that appears in the
report given below, because the other
cases mentioned have appeared since the
first of October.
There is very little sickness of con-
taglous nature in the State thus far this
fall. as the following report will show:
Whooping cough, ia cases. the only
cases in Chittenden county being two in
the town of Essex.
Smallpox one case in Mount Holly
German measles, one case in Burlington
and one in North Windsor.
Chicken pox. "a cases in the State: one
case in Burlington. Washington county
has IA cases, the largest of any one
county.
Typhoid fever, q cases, of which six are
In Burlington. Franklin county has sever
cases and Washington county six cases
, The other cases are well scattered
Measles. % cases, one in Essex and one
in Colchester. Rutland county has the
largest number 10 cases.
Scarlet fever, 90 cases. of which six are
in Burlington and one in Essex.
Diphthera. IA cases. Burlington ha.
four; Colchester, one.
Poliomyeltis, one case in Newpor
City and one in Plainfield.
Pneumonia. one case in Moretown.
Mumps. Is cases, we'll scattered.
/ tuberculosis IA cases, two in Burling
ton. one in Milton, and the rest scattered
through Ave counties.
! Syphilis. 20 cases, including seven coun
ties: Chittenden county has II cases. a.
! follows: Burlington. 10: Fort Ethan Allen
one: Underhill, one: Winooski. one; ant
Huntington, one.
Gonorrhea. IS cases, including II coun
ties. Burlington has three cases
! The report OF the State laboratory TO
the month of September shows the fol
! lowing examinations conducted: Diph
4 iberia, 2O5 typhoid fever, 1872: malaria
fever, four: tuberculosis. 123: syphilis 12s
gonorrheal. 60; water. SO; milk, II; mill
chemical examination only, two; food
II; drug, q; medico-legal autopses, five
miscellaneous examinations for tn
courts, IA: one autopsy where no foul pla,
was suspected: miscellaneous examina
tons. 143: total. 95S. The State laborator.
staff reports three days spent inspecting
water supplies; one and one-half days il
court; and one-half day in inspecting.