Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1903 — WILL QUARANTINE CHICKENPOX [ARTICLE]

WILL QUARANTINE CHICKENPOX

lowa State Board of Health Classifies It as a Contagious Disease. Des Moines, lowa, dispatch: The state board of health has issued a sweeping order classifying chickenpox as a contagious disease, and imposing the regular smallpox quarantine on sufferers. The practice of many physitelans diagnosing mild cases of smallpox as chickenpox is responsible for the order.*