Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-19
Victims to be Sent to the
Coast for Pasteur
Treatment
KILL 2 MORE DOGS
Health Officials Point
with Alarm to
Danger

For the second time in as many
this city after it had bitten several
people, showed positive symptoms
Of rabies upon examination at the
state labatOrv at Berkeley, accord
ing to telegram received this
morning by the local health author
tiles. The dog was killed on the
east side Monday afternoon by Off
Ger y. G. Deaton of the local police
department., after several people, in-
Guiding q number of children, had
been bitten.
Chief Of Police Barker stated this
morning that he hopes this second
proof from the state laboratory
that there are dogs here suffering
from rabies, will enable local dog
owners to understand the serious
ness of the situation and induce
them to cooperate with the health
authorities and the police, by see
ing to it that their dogs are either
muzzled or tied up.
Comments from several citizens
that it seems a shame to muzzle the
dogs, prompted the chief to remark,
1T is either the dogs or the the
kiddies who have to suffer, and
while it may be inconvenient for
the former to have to be muZzled,
we believe it is better than having
some youngster suffer terrible
death.
Sent to L. A.
DR., F. a. Burger, city health
doctor, stated that the people on the
east side who were bitten by the
dog Monday afternoon, before it
was killed are to be sent to Los Az
geles for treatment. In most cases
the people were unable to afford
the Pasteur treatment themselves,
and as it was impossible to have
the serum shipped here, they will be
sent to Los Angeles and receive the
treatment free Of charge.
Or. Burger said that there were
two more dogs killed on the east
side yesterday, which unluestion,
ably were afflicted with the rabies
and in all probability they must
have bitten other dogs before they
were killed. He too backed up
Chief Barker's statement that ths
people of FL Centre must not wait
until some one dies horrible death
before taking the situation as SER
ious. S.s.#
Makes Explanation 4
To the statements of the chief .f
police and DR.. Burger, DR.. j. e.
House, county health officer, added
the following:
ION account of the fact that two
more dogs were killed in FL Centfo
yesterday that showed all positive
signs of rabies, it seems necessary
to make some explanation to tho
public that we may have their co
operation in keeping the dogs tied
or having them vaccinated.
There are now known to have
been bitten by rabid dog five peo-
pie who must take the Pasteur
treatment or face certain death Ii
they contract rabies. The death
rate in human rabies is 100 per cent.
''There is no treatment when
once the disease is contracted. The
time elapsing between the bite aud
the first show of symptoms varies
in the human from l2 to 80 days,
the average time being 40 days
rarely earlier than eight days nor
later than one year.
Immune for 10 Months
I'm dogs the time between tho
bite and symptoms varies from two
to eight weeks. The Pasteur treat.
ment immuni2es the human for an
average of Is months. The vaccine
for the dog immunizes him for
about Ia months.
1t viii be our intention TO al
low dogs vaeeinated freedom after
about 10 days, which is the length
of time it takes the vaccine to act.
II am making this statement in
The Press in order that the people
may help us to protect them, their
children and their stock from what
may prove to be a serious situa.
tion - H