“Alice Wymer, a smallpox nurse from Ironton, ame down to the city this week, but as soon as her presence in town was known, she was sent back there by order of the Board of Health.”
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Certificate of Vaccination Necessary to Land a Job in Portsmouth
“The ice is broken. Pressure that has been brought to bear by manufacturers is giving the health authorities clear sailing in enforcing vaccination throughout the city.” “Many of the leading industries of the city were represented at the meeting held at the Commercial club parlors, Tuesday evening. Mayor Milstead presided, Continue Reading
A Fiend Inoculated for a Diabolical Purpose.
“Theodore Stimel, hailing from Ironton, was found by Dr. Davidson, last Tuesday, lying on the cmmonds, in a high stage of fever, and was removed to the hospital yard, where a small house was erected for his especial occupancy. Later it was ascertained that Stimel had the smallpox, and was Continue Reading
Vaccinated Them All
There is much alarm still on the West Side over the spread of smallpox. Meaning to prevent the disease from setting back his work, Manager Wellman of the new stone works ordered all men to be vaccinated at once, under the alternative of dismissal. The entire force of forty men, Continue Reading