Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-23

somebody makes mOney-the doctors, the
druggists and the undertakers. Many
doctors charge 81 for vaccination, though
81 is the regular fee. There are some,
however, who have had the hardhoud to
charge SO for the petty operation The
chairman of the health committee de-
nounced this severely. The druggists
charge twenty cents per "polnt" to the
public. The wholesale price is much less
than ten cents. In "a city where over
twenty-five thousand vaccinations have
been performed since May the money that
has changed hands must be great. While
the undertakes do great deal of the
work of burial the ordinary carter or
hackman comes in as IA rival. An old
French Canadian fashion of buryug chill
dren is for parent or friend to hire
! buggy, take his seat therein and carry the
| little coffin upon his knees. This is done
| in some cases with childran whose death
has been caused by small pox.
The chairman of the Health Board
himself one of the leading druggists of
Canada, has severely critisized those of
the profession who now come forward and
! ask permission to supervise the small poX
no pitfalls He appears to be in the straight
/ line of duty, for some have acted out
rageously. Men have been sent by them
{ through the streets to the health Office
with the small pox upon them to
embarrass the already overworked Off
Gals. One dOctor-nOt n French Cana
patient She is a young married woman,
II Protestant of responsibility, who resides
I on the fiat above the doctors office, In the
region of large east end factory. What
the Board of Health will do in the case
will be seen, but am informed that some
of the health doctors themselves are fire.
quently humbugged and at other times re-
miss in their duties In II large place,
known once as the Eagle hotel, on College
street, there were tenanted score of
families. y case was reported and re-
moved. The place was flmgated. A
few days afterward II newspaper stated
that several cases existed. DR.. McNeece
went there, inspected the place from eel
; lar to garrett" he said, and reported "nC
cases" But within five days an order was
, granted by the court to close the whole es
. tablisment as pest house and ten on
eleven cases were taken from it. The doc
tor had been plainly hoodwinked and tn,
. patients hidden from him. One searche
, after cases reported having found II DO.
: hidden in II closed up bdurdct or foldn!
sofa bed, while inspecting IA house. II,
had used his nose and thus found the hid
; den plague The OvercrOwding may b
one cause along with vaccination tina
. marks the French Canadians as victims
; \ house in Berri street of five rooms con
; tanned twenty three persons One had tn
| smallpox \ neighbUr, fearful for hi
t own little flock, reported the case on
Thursday. 1t was the following Tuesda
before Il doctor was sent there. He eN
amined the house and reported back to tn
health department mo smallpox"
death had actually occurred on the Sal
n urday previous and the body buried. Tn
law was invoked, evidence produced an
the health department ordered
act. Another death occurred and the
, the house was ordered to he fumigatet
e Alter this so-caled tumigation seve
n persons were taken down with smallpox