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ties, at a total expense to the board of $212.13, which amount will 
be a charge upon the contingent fund for the suppression of epi¬ 
demic contagious diseases, this use of the fund having been 
promptly approved by the Governor. So far as it is possible to 
judge at this date the results of the work thus far done have been 
successful. 
The text of Dr. Paaren’s report on the Genesee township 
(Whiteside county,) outbreak is herewith submitted. 
Office of State Veterinarian, ) 
Chicago, Ill., April 17th, 1883. ) 
John H. Bauch, M. D., 
Secretary Illinois State Board of Health. 
Dear Sir : — In accordance with the request of the State Board 
of Health, dated April 11th, 1883, that I report to the Board of 
Health of Genesee Township, Whiteside County, Illinois, I have 
the honor to lay before you the following statement, embodying 
the result of my visit to that place :— 
On April 13th, together with Dr. Trumbower, veterinary sur¬ 
geon, of Sterling, Illinois, I left for Coleta, distant about thirteen 
miles from Sterling. I there met in consultation two members of 
the Board of Health of the Township, W. C. Hurless, esq., justice 
of the peace, and S. S. Cobb, esq., clerk of the township ; the 
third member of the said board being absent from Coleta. 
The infected farm of the late Wellington Conaway, distant 
about a mile and a half from Coleta, was visited the same after¬ 
noon. While all the dwellings and outhouses on the farms for 
miles around bear evidence of prosperity and good taste, the dwell¬ 
ing and outhouses of the Conaway farm, long before it was reached, 
were remarkable by a very conspicuous contrast to all the others. 
On one side of the public highway, and about seventy-live feet 
distant from the latter, stands a dwelling, two stories high, and 
covering a space of about 25x60 feet, the length of the building, 
being parallel with the highway. The floor of the building is 
raised about two feet from the surrounding surface, and there is a 
cellar underneath, full of putrid and decaying animal and veget¬ 
able matter, skeletons of hogs, dogs, etc., evidently the accumula¬ 
tions of years. A strong, penetrating, indescribable odor per- 
