Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-21

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Dr.. J. r. Hill Of wstefville came % the
city Friday fosenooa 70 coassls With DIR. A.
G. Young. Secretary Of the Ssats Board Of
Health, Pesasding The smallpox outbreak as
sesrspost Al the request Of DR.. Yoans.
DE-. Hill visited seasspors Thsr'day Nd
consulted sifh the local board Of health Of
that place regarding the threaf<ned epidenr
ic. Journal reporter called II the resi-
dence Of DIR. Young Friday, where be found
him in consultation With DIR. Hill. The isE-
ter said be found the local board taking hold
Of the work in earnest With good prospect
Of keeping the contsgion under csutrol. IL
will be remembered that the author
tiles we're somewhat slov in report
ing The 1rst case ~ there Vas = differ
ence of opinion from the diagnosis Of the
case. DIR. E. W. Gould has been chosen
ch ,ifman Of the local boAfd and 10 taking
hold of the matter vigorously As 10
known the man Fowler. mate Of the Lizzie
Lane, 10 dead and Of the 8 other persons
known - have been exposed. three are
down With IL and the other three are isolated
and have Just been vaccinated. The pee
pie Of the place too are showing DISPOSE
ton to assist in the work Of prevention
DR.. Young said that the local officers had
been vaccinating those that came to them
and were supplied with the vaccine virus BY
the State Board. He telegraphed In the
afternoon Of yesterday to the seiectnen to
order general vaccination of all the peo-
pie in the place and expresses confidence
that there will be little Of any further
spread Of the disesse.
Nothing has been heard Of those, if any,
that were exposed on the Steamer Penob-
scot which brought Mate Fowler from
Boston to Sesrsport, and the time for such
persons to be taken i'll with the disease if
they contracted it 10 already past 90 it is
hoped that danger from that quarter has
vanished. Most will RENE mber that the
Penobscot made another trip before it was
ascertained that che had carried q small
pox patient and then she WAS Immediately
disinfected. The Captain, however. says
that being little Suspicious of his sick
passenger he had locked up the state room
in which the patient had secluded himself
during the trip from Boston to Searsport and
had kept it locked. This may account for
there being no outbreak among those who
were passengers during this time. 1t is
barely possible, however. that some one
of them may have been taken ill since with
a mild form resembling chicken-pox As did
those first cases in the Cumberland Mills
outbreak. This State has been in the past
very successful in keeping outside her Dor
ders smallpox contagion and may this
present affair be no exception to the rule.
Certainly Secretary Young has spared no
efforts in the task thrown upon him. I'm
mediateIy on learning of the case he tel
egrAphed every report regarding it and con-
corning the Lizzie Lane on which the ter.
rible disease first appeared. But it
seems that the Boston authorities learn
ing how matters stood sent their
quarantine boat in pursuit Of the Lizzie
Lane, over hauling and bringing her back
before she bad time to leave the harbor.
She was then dsinfected and is now loading
ice at Randolph. Had she escaped the
Boston officer she would have been over
hauled before she could have entered any
Maine port as DR.. Young had the seaport
officials on the watch for her. The State
Board are in readiness to give assistance to
the officials Of Searsport and If necessary
other visits may be made to the town.
The Baptist church last evening was
iIed by the audience in attendance on the
concert in benefit Of Miss Minnie A. Cross.
The program as given in Friday mornings
Journal was rendered in a very pleasing
manner. that did not fail of receiving
proper appreciation by those present. Not
one feature of the entire program deserved
unfavorable criticism and many merited
extended mention. The singing of those
that have been Miss Cross pupils reflected
much credit on their teacher.