The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-16
Portage Lake News.
A Detention Hospital
Needed at Han
cock.
The Residents Are Aroused
,.a Necessity or providing a Place
for Contagious Disease Patients
The Case OF Mr. savage.

The Case OF Mr. savage.
The resi- tents IN the height orhood o
e Marys Hospital became very much
alarm ed vest rday when they learned
,hot II. r. Savage, the travelling man,
had died in the little building in the rear
>, ,be hospital the day before OF diph-
.heria. Mr.. C. A Stringer in particular
4 termined to try and put stop to the
nae OF this building as detention house
,c, .convalescents from contagious
diseases or as pest house. He retained
Attorney A. F. Rees and under his direc-
tions interviewed Health Officer Scallon
and members OF the village council which
is also under the statute the board OF
health. DR. Scallon made the short and
N the point answer that he had had no
other resource but to remove the unfor-
tunate Savage to the house in question,
their being no pest house provided by the
hoard of health and as the moveinvolyed
no danger to any body outside this de-
tached building. Trustee Kerredge upon
being seen by Mr.. Stringer agreed with
him that some remedy should be had for
the state OF affairs existing and remarked
that he himself would not for any money
live next to building used for such
purpose. President Scott being away
from home, Acting President c. A.
Wright was seen and he agreed that a
meeting OF the council should be called To
take action. Mr.. Stringer's purpose yes
terday was to try and get the village
board to act quickly on the matter and
failing in that to appeal to the courts for
an INDUCTION to prevent the use OF the
building in question or any part OF St.
Mary's Hospital being used as a place of
retention for persons exposed to conta-
gious diseases or suffering from such dis
else.
During the recent scourge OF diphtheria
in Hancock the little building in the rear
OF the hospital was used to house people
who had been exposed to the disease and
had been removed from their homes
while the latter were being fumigated.
The residents adjacent to the hospital
were naturally alarmed at this, notwith-
standing the assurance of the health
officer that there was no danger. The
disease died out and the talk died with
it, but the bringing OF a patient
a;o Oh, he ,pNA fhair v,,idof
and the resultant death caused great
alarm, Mr.. Stringer has several children
and Mrs Stringer became greatly fright.
ened, the servant struck and there seemed
likelihood that the family would be
compelled to move out OF their home or
be greatly Inconvenience or worse,
Then it was that Mr.. Stringer determined
on the action he yesterday took.
The affair emphasizes the earnest de-
sire OF Health Officer Scallon that the
village establish IN detached locality q
hospital for contagious diseases. Here
was case OF man taken with diph
liberia in a public house. The health
officer in desire to protect the whole
community removed the patient to thu
only available place. Notwithstanding
apbysician may be convinced that care
being taken there is no danger to sur
rounding residents from the use OF thi'
building on hospital ground he can ap
preciate the fears OF the adjacent iamilt'
and the great dislike they have to hay
ing such place in their midst,
II the village board appreciates the cit
uation and takes proper steps to remed!
it that is all Mr.. Stringer asks and tn
affair will end having brought good on
of evil.