High Point, March 8—Smallpox is spreading over the city at a rapid rate and while the disease has not yet reached the proportions of an epidemic, it presents cause for quick action on the part of city and health officials.
Dr. S.S. Coe, city physician, sounded a warning to the people today. Along with the statement, he explained that he does not have accurate knowledge of how many cases of smallpox there are in the city at this time. The reason for this, he explains, lies in the fact that physicians are not required by North Carolina to report smallpox to the authorities.
Dr. Coe said that unless the proper precautions are taken, smallpox is liable to become an epidemic of dangerous magnitude.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, March 9, 1926
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