The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-05

man stood in the doorway and the COM
mittee stood near the sidewalk while the
conversation was being carried on.
"Where do you think your child
caught the disease?" asked Councilman
Bradford.
From the people next door," replied
Mr.. Tincher The child that had the dis
ease was allowed to play right here by
the fence As soon as my child showed
any signs of sickness l kept her in the
house"
''Do you allow anyone to go into the
house?"
No sir, do not" Mr.. Tincher is one
e of those who know the Importance of 4
strict quarantine. If it had been en-
forced in his locality his child would
probably not be sick now
Next door is the Patterson house where
there have been two cases. The house is
being fumigated today. Mrs Patterson
denied that there had been any careless
ness in enforcing quarantine, and Mr.. Brad
ford questioned her more at length. She
said taat she allowed the children to play
in the yard, but they were never outside.
The JOURNAL has the name OF a lady who
saw the little girl who had the disease
sitting on the sidewalk with her throat
tied up.
At 1155 Lane street the committee
iOuDQ hits. CIdTk, W nose QdURut0I 1oiOu
attended the high school. ''She was taken
sick on Friday" said Mrs. Clark. "Be-
fore the house was quarantined Gertie
Solomon came to see her. Doctor Lind
say told Helen to keep in her room. that
she probably had diphtheria. When
Gertie Solomon came she walked into
the house and asked to see Helen. L
told her that she could not see
her because the doctor thought she
/ H,l l,4l I0lD
up stairs room and Gertie said she
wanted TO see her real bad, and she went
to the head of the stairs and talked to
/ her. She was not in the house five min
utes."
The Solomon girl has been attending
the high school ever since, as told in last
nights JOURNAL. There are two cases
| in the Clark family.
At ]. L. Dunham's house, at $50 West
/ Sixth street, the committee found from
neig h bors that the quarantine had been
| strictly observed.
At the Grandpre home, at Ala Taylor
street, the committee found that
what was printed in the JOURNAL
about the child that died with diph-
iberia was true. The sister of
the sick child attended Harrison
school during her sisters illness. I he
committee also found another thing
looked bad. The house is used as an up
holstering establishment and the filling
for old cOuches and chairs was scattered
over the door in the front room.
At the Bolus residence at 129 Jackson
street. which was quarantined yesterday,
the committee found that Mrs. Bolus is
doing her best to observe the quarantine
regulations. Mrs. Bolus' children at
tended Harrison school until week ago
last Thursday.
Three weeks ago." said she, 81 order
ed our vault and alley cleaned and a
sanitary officer came down and said he
would attend to it. but neither the vault
nor alley has been cleaned"
The committee then went around to
the alley and they found two large piles
of stable refuse and the vault badly in
need Of cleaning
Yrs. Snapp, who lives at 113 West
Second street, has been released from
quarantine She said: My children
who were not sick went to school until
the house was quarantined, but when
the house 1 did not allow
any of the children to go
to school They were allowed to play
in the back yard and sometimes they
would 60 out on the front porch but
always sent them into the yard when |
found them there"
Mrs. Snaps front porch is not over
five feet from the sidewalk.
The committee then dismissed the
noon they continued their investiga-