The First Case Of Smallpox In The City This Year

At last Ann Arbor has fallen in line with its sister cities and has a case of smallpox. The only wonder is that she has been without it so long this winter when it was scattered in so many places throughout the state.

Hiram P. Lamb, of 408 Thompson street, an employee of the Michigan Furniture Co., is down with the smallpox, which is not, however, a virulent case.

The city is without a pest house and Dr. Hinsdale, the health officer, arranged with the University hospital for the use of a pest house they had established. Considerable difficulty was, however, experienced in getting Mr. Lamb removed, as those who usually do this work refused to do it, on the ground that the board of supervisors wouldn't pay for it.

The smallpox epidemic this year seems to be of a rather mild type. This is probably largely due to the great advance medical science has made in caring for it.