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Show I Hunreds ople Have Been Exposed, Including the Children of ivo Public Schools Disease in Its Worst Form Breaks Out Public Funeral Held in a Homo Where Family Was Afflicted With Smallpox Board of ! - Health Alarmed. i . t . ,. . I Tlio Ogden Clty.l36arl of Heallh met !n specinl scssloin this morning to consider what further steps were necessary to protect the public from a serious cxposuro to smallpox. It appears that a virulent enso of smallpox small-pox developed at the home of David Lnwson, 3G1 Thlrty-second street. Ogden. Og-den. Sevorai of the children and Mm. Lawson took the disease and thought It was chlckeupox. Finally tho moth- thi 2Ld S 1C BUnrised 16 see the mother down with chlckenpox ihi't a,tor10l child was horn, dvin5 d,?ni?r1Should be cnUcd- nut a public I funeral was held, and after the funer- irJ,55 0r Doctor Pldcock was called Vnii e immediately pronounced the 1 li f, 8lck w,th n of tho worst rf- arrilctons of smallpox that-has been ! seen In Ogdonxin several years, 'and N he notified tho Board of Health. Public Funeral Held.' When the members of the Health fioard heard of the public funeral and tnat the house was packed on tho occasion of tho funeral, there was a hustling of Inspectors to tho Southern I j part of "the city to get the names or I the families in attendanco at" the j funeral, and during tho last six days tho health authorltioa have used every , j-.-nuiiuu jiussiuie io prevent mo spread of tho disease. AIL those ex- posed at the funeral wero required to I take an antiseptic bath, and to disln- j feet their clothing. Board of Health's Appeal. The Board of Health, at today's . meeting, adopted resolutions callfng upon the people residing in the south . rn part of the city to watch their I neighbors and to report the least , signs of symptoms of sickness to the Board of Health, as a means of checking check-ing the spread of smallpox. It further has developed that a hoy, who was down with the disease, attended the Pingreo school and that ! a girl wh6 had not yet broken out with smallpox, has been attending the "Washington school while tho mother and other members of tho family havo had smallpox for a number num-ber of days. Only the prqmpt and united, action of the public and tho school authorl- 1 ties can prevent an epidemic of small pox in Ogden. Tho smallpox 'case is a very bad ono and the public cannot i bo too careful in advising tho Board of Health -nt- the least -sign-or' symp- torn of tsicl:ness. - ' Schools Ordered, DiGinfectcd.'. The Board of Health has directed the disinfection of both the Plngree and Washington schools. The bbard further makes a request upon all those who attended the-pub-11c funeral to have themselves' and their family vaccinated at once. The Board of Kalth views tho siluatlbu with alarm. , J- The Jaw'requires that even chicken-pox chicken-pox shall bo reported to the Board of Health and why people will permit cases" of chlckenpox lo go Unreported I nnd thus take chances on spreading a inorc dangorons disease Is sonic-thing sonic-thing the Board. cannot fathom. Many of those who attended -tho funeral of the dead baby refuse to admit ad-mit It. In order -to .chock tho disease, dis-ease, the Board of "Health finds it necessary to call, on the neighbors and the whole south half of the city to watch each 'other and to report to tho sanitary inspector at the City Hall any signs or symptoms of disease. Parties "who furnish Information will bo fully' protected In regard to their names' being used 4r disclosed What the Board 'of Health wants Is to stamp out the disease, and they are willing In be communicated with In a confl-r confl-r rn f !nl wav. Watch for symptoms. Tho sanation is so sericus that the board f.:rthor asks the physicians of the city and tho school board to take prompt and energetic action and to give prompt and proper warning at the first slu'of danger. If any o'thc children of tho Pingreo or Washington schools break out within with-in ihe next twelve days, it will ho ncr-essifry ncr-essifry to suspend school at 'both places. The Board of Health further recommends recom-mends that all the children going to both the Plngree and tho Washington schools bo vaccinated at once. There should be plenty of pure vaccine virus In the oity. Parents cannot be too careful In this case. Fear Spread of Disease. The Board of Health fear the result of this awful cxnosuro at a public funeral fu-neral where several embers of the family were lying sick with the dreaded dread-ed disease in its worst form. As the houso was packed to it fullest' extent at tho funeral, nothing but a miracle can save the spread of this disease. A'galn the Board of Health asks for help from ecrylody to stop the spread of smallpox. |