Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1911 — INDIANA CASE OF LEPROSY [ARTICLE]

INDIANA CASE OF LEPROSY

Victim of the Malady Indianapolis Colored Woman Sixty Years Old. Indianapolis, Dec. 29. —What is declared to be a well developed case of leprosy has been discovered in this city and the health board has called a meeting to decide wb al action shall be taken. The victim of the malady is Mrs. Lavina Blackw*»ll, colored, aged sixty. Three other persons, two women and a child, make their home with the patient. Guards have been stationed about the house and a strict quarantine established. The case has been pronounced leprosy by the bacteriologist of the state. Few physicians of Indianapolis have had experience with leprosy and outside help probably will be callqd.-