The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-10-26

Large Number of Dogs Bitten
and May Develop Disease in
Next Few Days.

Fifteen people i'm Marietta are
now under treatment from bites of
rabid dogs during the past two weeks.
In the past few days a number of
dogs have been found with positive
Infection Of rabies On last Sun
day dog developed rabies on Cher
okee biting number of dogs in the
settlement before it was caught and
carried to Atlanta for examination
oy the State Board of Health. The
deg was found with a. positive in
lection of rabies and all the dogs
bitten by it will develop the disease
within nine to fourteen days.
The situation became so alarming
that a special meeting OF the citv
council was called Wednesday night
and an ordinance passed making it
a fine for owners to allow dogs to
run loose on the streets of Marietta
without a muzzle. The police were
instructed to catch all dogs found
loose on the streets without a muz-
zle, to locate the owners if possible
and to make a case against the per-
son responsible for dog being on
the streets without muzzle. Dogs
caught will be impounded for %
hours and if not called fer by the
owners will be Immediately killed.
Owners will have to pay to recover
dogs thus impounded and immedi-
ately provide muzzles for them.
Statistics gained from the State
Board of Health show that rabies
are increasing in Cobb county to an
alarming extent and the number of
persons bitten by rabid dogs has more
than doubled for the same number
of months last year. In 1921 there
were II positive cases of rabies in
Cobb county, with % people taking
treatent for bites.
In 1922 up to October 81, there
were 16 positive cases with So peo-
pie taking streatment for bites.
The Pasteur treatment is furnish
ed by the State Board of Health free
to any doctor making application
for it. The commercial price of the
treatment is $500 plus the Doctors
fee for giving it. Up to the pres
ent time Cobb county has used 81 300
Of Pasteur treatment for rabies.
Council Sends Out Notices.
The mayor and council had notices
printed and sent out to people of
Marietta Thursday morning notify
ing them Of the ordinance passed
Wednesday night and asking the CO.
operation of owners of dogs to stop
the spread of the disease among dogs
in Marietta.
The Ordinance.
Be it enacted by the mayor and
council of the City of Marietta, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority
aforesaid, that from and after the
passage of this ordinance, it shall be
unlawful or any person or persons
to keep any dog within the corporate
limias Of the City of Marietta, except
in the following manner: Every per-
son owning dog or dogs having
them in their possession within the
limits of said city, shall procure muz-
zle for such dog or dogs and have the
same placed upon each dog before
they shall be allowed or permitted
to run at large upon the streets of
said city, and no person who is the
owner of dog or dogs shall permit
or allow his or her dog or dogs upon
the streets of the city without a
muzzle, and for violation of this
ordinance or any part thereof, the
dog shall be impounded by the mar
shall or other arresting officers for
not less than "a hours, and unless
called for within said time, the dog
dog so impounded shall be killed,
and the owner Of any dog who
permits or allows his or her dog or
dogs upon the streets without the
said muzzle shall be subject to fine
not exceeding $4,000, or impris-
onment or labor On the streets not
exceeding so days.
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