Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-03-19
omcial Record Of ToIIock-s small Pox
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Transcript from the records and files d
the office Of the city clerk Of Lancaster. Wis
cOnsin Of 1891 ana Iss2 as far as they refer
to the small pox Of Edward Pollock in 1881
The council consisted of John G.. Clark
mayor; John p. Lewis VIM p. stone. JohI
Street and Herman Buchner. alderman
! Aug. Michaelis was city clerk.
''Nov. p" 1881 Council met all member,
/ present. Mr.. Charles Langridge who hal
been employed by the city council to take
care Of Mr. Ed Pollock. during mis- sickness
with small pox was present and claimed for
the necessary destruction of his clothes he
wore while nursing. Mr.. Pollock and the loss
| thereby accrued the sum of s22 50. As he
had nursed Mr.. Pollock for the space of Is
days he refused TO make out his bin for
/ wages but left the amount to be liked at the
| discretion Of the council"
Alderman Street moved that Mr.. Lang
ridge be allowed $ per day, making $500 for
IS days. and s22 so for the loss Of clothes,
motion. by the calling the ayes and noes.
and all voting aye was carried. and the
amount Of $3.50 allowed.
Moved and seconded that MIR and Mrs.
samuel Harrison be allcsved the sum of So
IN addition TO new clothes received from
John Lewis on account of the city, carried.
Said amount being acompensation for ser
vices as nurses during the sickness of Mr..
Ed Pollock while being confined with small
pox"
Jan 1852 Council met ali members
present
Bill OF John T.. Lewis amount $500 for
goods furnished 10 Mr.. Harrison and Crum-
ner in place Of clothes which they were ne
cessitated TO destroy in nursing Mr.. Ed pol
lock in his sickness with small pox was pre-
scented and allowed"
April s. 1882 Council met ali present ex-
cept Alderman stone. The following claims
Ed. Pollock for services in going to Iowa
in the McLimans case and copying the city
charter S27 90 upon the motion each of the
above claims was allowed BY calling the
the ayes and noes. all members present vot-
ing aye
Moved and seconded that Mr Ed. Pollock
be charged $500 of the expenses accrued
to the city by his sickness with the smallpox
carried
Statement found in clerks hies without
date)
To Edward Pollock for trip down to
Iowa In the case of Mrs. McLimans " city
OF Lancaster
sd DAYS y.oI at = :. per .5 DAY sl2 %
ls5 50this sum due Pollock Tor small pox
Is O0fuuds deposited Ito 50
10 50 $ls7 So
Report Of Richard Meyer. city treasurer.
Lancaster April :. 1882
DIsBUssENENrs
March cash check numb,sre0 Sa7 50
cash check number 81 35 90
cash check number II a3 %
April 10 1892. Council III present except
Moved that Dr. Barber lie allowed SOS. o
for medical attendance during small poX
case of Mr.. Ed. Pollock. "
Extracts from report on hle)
The common council of the city OF Lam
caster submit this report Of the financial
condition of the city, and of its actings and
doings during the past year"
The receipts have been as follows
Received from Ed Pollock towards
small pox disbursements. ....... SIS 90
1881 And the disbursements as follows.
Nov Is. Paid small pox expenses. $40 30
April 3. 1882. Paid Pollock for writ
ing charter and trip to Iowa. $500. S21 90
SMALL Pox,
Last fall the council associated Or Bar
Der with itself as board of health. After
due consideration ii Concluded that Mr..
Pollock could be cared for better in his own
house than IN pest house; that It would be
cheaper, and the disease could there be cir
cumscribed within narrower limits. But we
found It very dif1cult to procure nurses
Nearly everyone who had had the disease
refused absolutely to render assistance at
any price because of the danger of carry
ing the disease into their own families.
communication was opened with many in
Platteville who had acted as nurses or who
il was thought would be free from conta-
gion. but without Success. Finally the re-
qulsite assistance was obtained at home and
as IL turned out, at reasonable rates COM
pared with prices paid in some places. In
obedience to the wish of many and to pre-
we caused To- be burned every article of
clothing worn by the nurses and supplied
them with new. This increased the immu-
nifty and freedom ofof the city from the
spread OF the disease, but il somewhat in
creased the expenses.
The expenses were also increased mater
Tally by retaining in our employment. about
one week longer than il turned out to be me-
cesSary. several nurses. but they were re
tanned advisedly until we knew that there
was no reasonable probability of a spread
OF the diSeaee for il must he remembered
that at least MIR. Bushnell and three men,
bers al Mr.. Pollock's family had been ex-
posed to the disease. The societies of Odd
Fellows and Workmen each contributed
something toward defra5lng the expenses
The total disbursements of the city were
$1,000, The council made no assessment
upon Mr. Pollock His expenses were heavy
his losses in property burned were great.
Sull Mr. Pollock offered to refund 20 the
citv whatever share of its disbursements
might in the estimate Of The ,,itv eouncii III.
deemed reasonable ana just under all the
circumstances of the case, even TO the pay
INK 81 tue last tpAldi nut tS tHc greater. II
not nearly all of our disbursements. were in
adopting and carrying out precautionary
measures 10 prevent the spread OF the dis
ease, the amount 10 be paid by Mr.. Pollock
was hNed at the sum of S75 90 which he paid
into the city treasury.
An of which is respectfully submitted
April 10th 1852
Ry order If the council
STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY or GRANT. -.
CITY or LANCASTER
l August Michaels, clerk Of said city. DO
hereby certify that the the foregoing is a
correct transcript from the records and
files Of said city. MarCh rs, 1895
AUG. MlCHAEIIS. clerk