There are about 40 cases of smallpox in West Hickory and Longview, Chief Lentz reported today, and unless thee is general vaccination in those towns the disease is likely to become epidemic., The officer told of a man down with a virulent case who didn’t believe in vaccination until smallpox hit him, but he has had over members of his family attended to.
Vaccination is the only prevention against the disease, and persons in Hickory, other towns and the county should see physicians and have their arms scratched at once.
Smallpox is a bad thing to have around the house, yard or streets.
(From the Hickory Daily Record, Friday, Jan. 21, 1921)
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