The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-22
M0NTREAL'S SCOURGE.
AN INSPECTION OF THE PLAGUE.
STRICKEN CITY.
in the Fronoh- Canadian Quarters -Ineffi-
cheney OF tho Health Authorltlos and
Negligence OF tho People-Tho
system of InspeOtlOn,

MONTREAL, Oct 81 "A correspondent
walked through the worst portion OF the
Infested district but there was no sign Of
the promised energy Of the health depart
ment plncardlng houses for tho purpose OF
Isolation In Wolf and Montcalm steots
only twelve placaris and seven others near.
ly torn OF were 10 bo seen. Children played
about In troops, many OF Them bearing
marks OF recent smallpox The two streets
above named headed tho list OF deaths, Wolfo
Troot with elghty-siR and Montcalm street
with siKty'two
Not far from No 837 Wolfo
street two mon were driving away
from a door In an ordinary wagon A
little collin Was on the back seat aud several
women stood at the door OF tho house. Ono
them hold IN her arms chill evidently
hreo years Old wrapped In q blanket aud
apparently suffering from smallpox No
placard was on the house A few doors
further down child sat at tho door who
had traces Of tho convaoscont stage upon
him, There was no placard on that house
either, Littlo knots OF womsn golsipod
about the doors as though nothing unusual
was taking place about them, Tho churches
again said masses in tho morning for tho
Ibatament OF tho disease The deaths arc
unofiicially stated 10 bo Gfty.ave, which, II
porrect " live less than on tho same day
last week
II a stranger could reach Montreal In tho
bvening anI sleep without dreaming OF the
articles upon smallpox In tho newspaper hO
might walk down 10 tho business streets Of
Montreal without knowing that there Il an
spidemc horc, unless, indeed, tho smell Of
dislnfectanN In some stores should arouse
Iuspicion, The carbollo acid and limo are
experienced nearly everywhere, But no
traveller can ontor the city without ltnowl.
bdge The n0wsboy on tho train will tell
him all GbOat II llo will doscant on tho
danger and go into details, lie has pocket
dsInf0ctnnlS for sale, aud no makes tho
traveller believe no follow should bO without
ono-only iiftoen cents-and he pokos under
your noD little envelope, about an inch
and half square, which smells OF u drug
factory
DO you soil manyT
"oh, yes tboro 10 quito demand for
them People who travel arc generally
moro soOrol than city folks This l
end 10 DO the fact the more SEQ OF the city
"Pooplo dOu't drive mucbn said my cab
driver "Ihcy are afraid Of us--all along Of
tblm durty Frinoh,n This was my irish cab.
mans ally m route 70 tho Windsor. On
tollng him they were rated m proyorbIally
SlOan, hc eiocuOtodi "Clane, Is IN Dlvil
clono ono yo'll llnd TO dhrIvc YER
Many GitlguB have remained alslnt from
Montreal Somo have TO escape tho con-
IAgion by ooying town, A pos.olllca car
rlor who had child III In bis houc sont tho
locond child 10 fd'nds In tho country Sho
skipped about aud onjoyod herself for a
wo'k Tb'n Bbo developed tho symptoms
and had 10 bo sol0tcd aud uursod through
smallpox Escape Is not onsy whore thcro
" so much pf thr disease, DurIu the oours,
of n triu by jury, u juror had 10 b. DIS
nii,s1d onl new jury sworn because
~ became known that that particular juror
had smallpox In his houso. In another cnsO
postpon mont of n case for 0ltccn days was
tho result Olo witness having smallpox In
his house In still another case judge
called for constable aud had a wiuo.a
shown down stairs out Of the court house
Az Laprairin, people who had smallpox In
tb0ir houses wore shown out Of church. IL
" everywhere almost, and requires tho yigi
hncO OF hotol aud railway m,u 10 kO0p II
from sprmdng, moro than 10 has.
Tho Roman Catholic clergy and sisters
arc working now with much energy lIqd
thOy cOmmpncbl sooner much moro good
would hAvu b'on done Thor task Ia din.
cult The French Canadian people In many
Instances 10 not look upon tho disOnsO az
smallpox, bub thiuk II pnguo of gomO
other kind. French Canadian on being
asked why hD did not got yacoinat,l before
bo won't to DO chorus IN English houses, 70.
tort0l, "rnuro X no use In vacGl mating, II
Will not aly, m' from poison" fradO suf.
fon, OF course But somebody ml tni money
tho dooJorS, tho druggisA onl th' undOr'
0kon Many doctors charge o. Tor vnccin.
alton, though u IA tho regular roN Thoro
hro SOM bnSpyor, who hnvb had tho hardi-
hood 10 ohnrgc o. for the petty operation.
Tho ohulruln u tho health committee do
DounOd hW soyoroly, Tho druggists
charge twooy ccnts por "pont' TO the pub.
lie Tho Sholosalo proo IL much lal than
ton conh In a city whore over twenty-five
thousand vaccinations have boon plrlormod
1inoO May tho money that has changed
hands mu,t Do great Whilo tho undertake.
crs do great dcnl OF tho work OF burial tho
ordinary 1lrbor or hackman conos In ~ a
rival An Ild Frouch Canadian fashion Of
hire buggy tako his Bont thoroin, and
carry tho Ittlo colin upon his kncoA Tblsis
done Ia somo cnscs with Chillrln whose
death has b Wn from smallpox
Tho chairman Of tho hoalh board, himself
ono OF tho leading druggists OF Canadn, hos
severely crltI0lsOd those OF tho proll sion
who now romo forward and ask permission
70 gupory4u tho smallpox hospitals llc op.
pears 10 bo In the straight lluO OF duty, for
somo hlvN aotel outrngoouslY Muu have
boon sent IVY thom through The streets to tho
health 0tloo With tho smallpox out upon
thom ~ emborross tho already over worked
health 0llloiNR Ono doctor mot "A French
Canadian olthor.-is accused OF socrpting q
patont sho Ia young married woman, q
Protestant Of rcspoolabilIty, who resides ON
tho tat above tho doctor's olllco, In tho 70.
giou OF q largo East end factory, What tho
board Of health will do In tho caso will bo
soon, but um informed that somo
Of tho hoalth doctors thomsalvcs arc
frequently humbuggol and NJ othor
times roinIA In their dutiu,. In
largo place known once as the Eiglo hotel
on College slroct thoro wore tcnnntod n
score of families A cnso wns reported and
was removed Tho place wp lumigatcd
A fow days aftorward newspaper stated
that several cnscs existed DR. McNecoo
won't There, inspected the place ",rom cellar
70 garrett he soid, and reported mo cascs. "
But Within 1vo days an oruer was granted
by the court to close the whole establish
mont as pest house and ton or eleven casca
wore takon trom IL The doctor had becn
plainl hooiwlnkoi and the patients hidden
from m 0ueeoarchcr after cases reported
having found boy hidden In n loed up
beurdot or folding solabed whileinsp,ctlng
houso lilo had used his nose aud thus
found che hitdon plague. Tho ovcrcrowding
may bo ono cause along with vaccination
that marks tho French Canadians ~ vic.
TINA = A house In Berri strcot OF i've
rooms contained twenty. persons