Daily Republican., 1883-05-10
larclessness Of small. pOx Cases.

disease now than at any other period o
its struggling existence IN our city
though there is really an increase Of
cases. The late increase is mostly con-
fined to one of the outlying suburbs OF
the city and to one or two localities
within the city. Webbtown, sometimes
called Silver Brook, located Oh the
Lancaster pike opposite the new Cathe-
dral Cemetery, seems to be particularly
afflicted, and even there it is confined
principally 10 two or three coorcd fami-
lies. In Btowntown, the extreme
western lifult Of the city, Is another To-
cali,y where the disease has made s.me
headway, and in the vicinity of
Eleventh and Pine streets there has
been all increase in cases. Whatever
the city to prevent the spread of the
disease, such vigilance seems not to
have extended to the two rural suburbs
mentioned. The vaccine physicians
have confined their work mostly to
GENITAL or more densely populated por
tions CT the city, and as it is about ten
days or two weeks since one of the
principal officials of the Board of Health
An Off ;ial for whom the Board is in
no way Responsible, was shamefuily
intoxicated and in an unfit condition to
perform his duties and through which
jnebriety u bad case of smallpox was
permitted to exist in either Decatur or
Greeley street, We forget which, We
now no doubt have the increase of
cases at Eleventh and Pine streets. At
that time a bad case had been reported
but instead of having the patient re
,uoved to the hospital promptly, he was
permitted to remain, and others III the
family ran on in the streetand mingled
with the wOrkmen as they returned to
and from the shops, What more than
"a terrible increase in cases can be eX-
pected when such garing iuctiiciencics
exist
Another case Of cruel neglect Is re-
ported, which is enough to harrow the
soul of the most callous. In Eleventh
street, between Pine and Spruce,
Cojored family OF some tive or
more persons were taken down some
days ago with the dreaded disease 1t
is said that the physician who had
been called refused last week to
attend the cases any longer one OF
the iumates,a boy, died on Sunday, but
through the negligence of somebody the
corpse was permitted to lay in the
house until last Monday afternoon,
when at last the old rickety small pox
wagon, disgrace at a.. times, pun in
au appearance, and whoever had charg,
Of the uusigntIy concern, brought with
hiu Il box into which il was intended
to crush and ram it, some manner the
remains of the poor dead boy, But
here comes the most disgusting and
lnhumau part Of the Transaction, and
if our readers are in possession of
tLO,e .inStinCtS of humanity thai max,
one person feel for the Woes and mis-
fortunes Of another, they will not only
BE aroused u a righteous anger hu'
they vii. blush for shame that Uul
county authorities exhibit 80 much ca
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feeling for the dead even thou gh til,
case wis " uurnin' but Il little dead
Niger" quoting them in thDil
own hruta. and diorespocrtuI vrrnr,
cuar.
IN thi, cast the box was found t. h,
TOO short by several inches, bur >>i.
ne body WI, ram nmed into it, ~ far ;n
tcaHId be, and when nothing NOR,
rOu.d hr done the head was lrtt hang
ing ONT, a sheet was thrown over i
and the whole was carried 0ut an,
placed in the "dead wagon Th"r
the lid Of the box WAS brought o;d au'
placed as well As it could DE on top o.
the rorp>e and III that condition it Is be-
licvcd the body was inferred IN pOtt"r>
field But this recital Of horrors j, no
all. 4 living man wa, also hroUIA
oG Of. tu" slime hOu>c and piarru it
III" n.d wagon bl tine SIDE Of tine ura,
iu SAY" auoOUn Trip, and tine living wa
Irtt AT ia. lo-pl'a.
I.lfal- oy.r IA Wilmington /
I.I. IUr So. o',Dtat" tpdrlw I'll" p,tur
rMra,. .uuY IT uoW Is. hlI it L.. sal,
'.lJ, 1u- u. urrd Iuurr from th. rncc,
tt starvation rnau from the ~maII-po
pYague Ior-, Da.', ha,, been guh,.
cd from ry, ,, ..ur,,"> ANA are no, dl,tor
,rj nor uy,..ur,d. IhrN t"",, pa,'. q
fur centre YU i uhrs'Dmu/rd and ~yl
,l.d cor.uury W III ,u'h rarr.c,
ur,,. hes .lu We expect any tuIug e..
iuau 'D-,r .gr -mHI-p"X IurrraS o.
Ne uar, .u| been particular II AylU
ruchaur Wruu any particular rcr,"
for we .,I.ll Know where tine hau
brpug. Tine County, We b"Jlcvc, III
ruc removing Of patients 10 III" Conn
lI1sp.rl.. and also the inferIu"nr Of Il
dead ina cases where the relatives a
r.o rouriO have it done tIcm,rIvr,
It. T. the County "" b2ncN" thai h
fH. OF ru kcty "dead wagon Y
~uud ugg ,tthat the city a,thorit
fg On" kind of an ambulance" th
wiJ' uo appear ,uri q shocking sigh
AMI which p",,o--c, som" degree
comfort, HYd abo>ra which will
'ou, security against spreading II