The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-02-11


Gus person.
An immediate reply will be appre-
ciated.
Very truly yours,
S. L. LEE, Secretary.
p. s. You may return the enclosure.
s. L. l..
LETTER OF COMPLAINT :.
The enclosed letter referred to In
the above communication. follows:
San Francisco. Calf, Feb. 8. 1922,
State Board of Health.
Carson City. Nevada.
Gentlemen: -
have recently come from Eureka.
Nevada, where a condition exists that
l think should be brought to your at
tention. While / was in Eureka last
Fall, an epidemic of smallpox broke
out and some of the cases were ex-
tremely severe. The disease has
again made itself manifest In the
community and ! am informed that
owing largely to the apparent laxity
and Indifference of the local physic-
ian, the malady has spread to an
alarming degree. My wife and little
boy happen to form a part OF that
community and naturally / do not
desire to see them exposed to unnec-
essary danger of contagion, conse-
quently l am taking this means of
informing you regarding the situa-
tion. From reports that have reached
me. 1t appears that the doctor in,
charge does not realize the RESPONSE
bilities of his position or is incapable
of discharging the duties of his Of
fee. In any event he Is not taking
the proper precautions to prevent the
disease from gaining serious head
way-the schools are still open, like
wise the opera house and other pub
lie places, which needless to say
should not be permitted where a
dangerous malady like smallpox ex-
lists. The physician in question also
represents the local Board of Health
and / can state positively that he has
not fulfilled the requirements of that
Office in the way they should be car
ried out. His duties seem to be more
of a social" than professional ma
ture and altogether / do not believe
he Is competent to handle a critical
situation of the kind outlined above.
am therefore bringing the matter
to your attention for such action as
you may deem advisable under the
and would be pleased
to have you inform me what, If any
thing, is done.
Yours very truly.
(Signed) ]. X. ANDERSON.
52S Kearney St.. S. F.
]. X. Anderson, the above COM
plainant, recently returned to Eu-
reka from Los Angeles and opened
Offices in the old Eureka County Bank
building. He left here about three
weeks ago for San Francisco on
business trip.
DIR. BRENNEN'S REPLY
Eureka, Nevada. Feb. s, 1922
DR.. S. L. Lee. Carson City. Nevada.
Dear Doctor Lee: Het1
I have your letter of Feb. to-
gether with the letter of Mr.. Ander-
son enclosed, and l have carefully
noted the contents of both.
Smallpox has existed In Eureka
in an exceptionally mild form, and II
you will consult your files you wifi
note that in the first part of Decem-
ber sent you the report of three
cases namely w. r. Reynolds. A.
Moore. and Allan Moore. These were
sent in the same envelope containing
the regular monthly report of births
and deaths, and were made on the
cards provided by your Office for that
purpose.
In accordance with your request
for an early report for the month Of
December, sent the birth and death
reports on December 81, and in a sep
arate envelope the following report
of smallpox cases. Richard Harris,
Charles Minoletti, Ok the Chinaman,
and James Morrison.
Duplicate of all the above reports
are on file In my Office. The report
for January goes forward on the same
mail carrying this letter. att~
Mr.. Anderson's assertion that some
OF the cases were extremely severe is
a bare Justification. In the first place
he could not be in position to know
II a case were severe, unless he broke
quarantine, because the cases were
under quarantine, and in the second
place he would not know a case of
smallpox II he saw 1t.
The fact Of the matter Is that the
cases that came under my observa-
tion were so mild, with one exception.
that 1t required very acute dag