CLARK (Mrs) regarding diphtheria - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Elwood, June 22, 1892—To my dear friends and relatives in Waynetown and vicinity—Seeing in the Elwood Call, copied from The Crawfordsville Journal that I carried the terrible disease of diphtheria there, I wish to say that if I did, it was through innocence, not for the world I have come it I had not felt sure myself and children were free from any contagion, and there were children both here and at Crawfordsville who played with mine repeatedly before I went to Waynetown and did not take it. Besides I had the advice and council of my physicians, who are considered the best we have and are the Board of Health here, and I enclose certificates from them.                                        Mrs. Hiram H. Clark                               Elwood, Ind., June 20, ’92

This is to certify that Mrs. Hiram Clark did not leave this city on the 6th day of May, 1892, until she had used most rigid means of disinfecting all clothes and that herself and children were clear of all contagious disease.                                  T. O. Armfield, M. D.

Office of Doctor Henry Crawfordsville, Ind., June 25, ‘92This certified that I examined the children of Mrs. Hiram Clark during their late visit in the city; that they remained in the city ten days or two weeks before going to Waynetown. That during their stay their clothing was changed and washed three times. That children with whom the Clark children played remained free from infection; that they took no soiled clothing with them to Waynetown. With a knowledge of these facts and as I found no symptoms of diphtheria, I gave my opinion there was no danger of infection.  F. Henry, M. D.