The first case of smallpox in Richmond since last October was found yesterday when physicians diagnosed the ailment of Thomas Clarke, thirty-seven years old, a negro boarding at 70 North Fifth Street. The man, who had never been vaccinated, is suffering from a very marked case of the disease. Chief Health Officer Levy said last night.

Clarke is a first-man employed by the Southern Railway Company running between Richmond and Danville. He was first taken sick Sunday, but the nature of his ailment was not ascertained until yesterday, and he was removed to the smallpox hospital. There were two other persons in the house who were considered by the health officers susceptible to the disease, and they were vaccinated and quarantined.

This is the fifth case of smallpox in the last two years we have had from railroad men who come in contact with many people on their runs, said Dr. Levy last night, "and we strongly urge all the railroads, and commercial establishments to require that their workmen be vaccinated. It is only in this way that we can fight the contagion, as the men travel so much that they are far greater risks than the average person. The railroads especially should require their men to be vaccinated.

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