The Washington times., 1922-10-05
DENCUEFEVER
THROUGH SOUTH
NOW EPIDEMIC
Public Health Officials Say
However, That Disease Is
Rarely Fatal.
BY International New. Service.

| BY International News Service.
Dengue fever. mosquito-borne dis
ease OF warm climates, has oc.
CURED in so many States through.
out the South as to constitute an
epidemic. IL was stated at head.
quarters Of the Public Health Serv
ice today.
The States OF South Carolina.
Georgia. Florida, and Texas are
the chief sufferers. according to in
complete figures gathered by Fed.
eral health officials.
Surgeon General Hugh 8. Cum.
ming, Of the Public Health Service,
however. minimized the seriousness
Of the epidemic.
1T rarely causes death" he said,
land even in such cases. death 10
usualIy due to complications. such
as heart trouble. and not TO the
disease itself.
/ May Be Expected.
The recent appearance OF the
disease in a number of our South.
ern cities is a thing which may be
expected to occur from year to
year" Cumming explained. "As
yet 1t has not assumed the pro-
portions of a severe epidemic, re-
gardinR II from the standpoint of
the number OF cases. though it Is
! possible and probable that the di.
sease is present in a number Of
places where no cases have been
reported"
Although dengue fever, popular.
| ly known as "breakbone fever"
does not usually have fatal results.
the sufferer Is a mighty sick per
son. Cumming explained. But once
cured. the patient is almost in
variably immune against further
attacks.
No efforts are being made to es.
tablish a quarantine against the d.
sease.
"Dengue Is not disease which
lends itself to quarantine measures,
first, because while causing great
deal OF inconvenience and suffering.
II Is not particularly dangerous to
life, and second. because OF the fact
that the mosquito which transmits
Il is 30 common and so hard to de-
stroy that the expenditure OF time
and Effort involved would. as a rule.
be out OF all proportion TO the good
which might he accomplished y
Cumming explained. "Furthermore,
the epidemic in any one place passes
with lightning.like rapidity. and
when the non-immunes are exhaust.
ed, the disease disappears. Anti
mosquito measures are the only way
OF abating the disease"
Autos Carry Germs
Public health service officials were
inclined TO believe that automobile
tourists might be largely instrumen.
tai in causing the spread OF the di.
case After n subject has been bit
ten by an infected mosquito. an in.
cubation period of three to five
days follows before the diseaCe be.
comes evident, II was explained
| Thus, a non.immune automobile
party might become infected in one
place and be in another mosquito
riden area several hundred miles
away. where mosquitoes biting Them
would cary the infection to the en-
! tire non.immune population.
Dengue resembles the deadly vel
! low fever in some Of its symptoms,
and has been mistaken for II.
Plague at Pensacola.
PENSACOLA, Fla. Oct, Sit is
freely admitted that dengue fever in
epidemic form prevails in this sec.
ton OF Florida In Quincy it is de.
Clared this week that there have
| been fully 1900 cases. In Pensacola
| the number OF cases Is variously Cs.
timated at from 1900 to 1000. but
there have been no deaths, thus tar
| and the treatment accorded seems 10
be generally successful.
With the Copious rains of the past
| twentyfour hours, coupled with an
| accompaniment of very stiff breezes
from the east. the spread Of the
fever IL greatly minimized, accord.
ing to the health department.
Ravages Reduced.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Oct. s.
The Dengue fever epidemic. which
has been raging here for the past
two months. is much improved 10.
day, according to City Health Off.
Ger mcdonnell.
About two weeks ago the ep.
demic had assumed such alarming
proportions that strenuous measures
were instituted by the city health
! department who started a City.wide
campaign to clean up and destroy
| the fever carrying mosquito.
The campaign. aided by cooler
weather met with marked success.
until few days ago, when almost
continuous orains impeded the work
Of the health officers to some ex.
| tent.
Only forty-seven new cases are re-
ported.
Who Has Burning
Sore Feet,Corns
or Bunions?
Here is Wonderful Neps!-
! For many years the callouses on my feet, the
! burning and CornF between ny foes neaTly