21 December 1921
OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX AT HOADLY, VA.
Heath Department Here Gives Aid to Stricken People
ABOUT 20 CASES
Dr. Foulks and Dr. West Left Today for That Place -- Schools in Hoadly Are Closed
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Twenty or more cases of smallpox are reported at Hoadly, Prince William county, Va., according to a report made to Dr. L. E. Foulks, city health officer and Dr. Foulks accompanied by Dr. W. C. West, the latter city bacteriologist left today for that place to give what assistance they could to the Prince William authorities. A call for help was asked of the local health department. Everything possible will be done to help prevent a spread of the disease. The schools have been closed and there is a general vaccination of residents of that place now in progress, according to reports received here.
Dr. Foulks says the citizens of Alexandria should just now avoid that section because they may become infected. The going of the officials of the city health department to Hoadly is simply from a humanitarian standpoint and they will do everything within their power to prevent a further spread of this dreaded disease.
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