; SMALLPOX IN
19 COUNTIES OF
STATE REPORTED
Vaccination Urged Travel
ing Public By Health
Authorities
(STATE CAPITAL BUREAU)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 20.—
Nineteen counties of .Alabama have
reported numerous cases of small
pox during the months of December
and January, it was gtaL 1 Wednes
day at the bureau of epidemiology of
the state health department. The bu
reau pointed out that there was no
occasion for alarm over these coses, but
care as to vaccination should be taken,
especially by the traveling public.
Total number of cases reported is 154
of which 57 were white persons. In
January, 1923, a total of 17 cases were
reported to the bureau as compared
with 105 cases reported for the month
just past. In the first two weeks of
the present month 50 cases were re
ported.
The following is the tabulation of
the smallpox cases in the 19 counties
for the months of December, 1923, and
January, 1924:
Autauga, 2S cases, all negroes;
Bibb, 3 cases, one white person and
two negroes; Chambers, G cases, all
negroes; Cherokee, 10 cases, 5 negroes
and 5 white persons; Cleburne, 15
cases, all white persons; Cullman, 1
case, white; Dallas, 10 cases all ne
groes; DeKalb, 1 case, white; Elmore
8 cases, all negroes; Houston, 1 case
white; Jacksou, 2 cases, white; Jef
ferson, 42 cases, 17 white persons am
25 negroes; Lamar, 5 cases, all white
Morgan, 4 cases, all white; Randolph,
1 case, white; Russell, 4 cases, ne
groes ; Sumter, 4 cases, negroes; Tus
caloosa, S cases, 4 white persons and
4 negroes; Walker, 1 case, white.
