The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-09
ANOTHER CASE DEVELOPS
Richard Paddon Found Suffering
From Continent Smallpox.
PEST HOUSE is CROWDED
Room for Only Four or Five More
Patients-Two Suspicious Cases Under
5urveillance-Dr. Sheeran Corrects
an Erroneous Impression.

One more case of smallpox was dis
covered yesterday and two suspicious
cases were reported to the authorities.
The two latter were not sufficiently de-
veloped for DR.. Monroe to diagnose
them positively. The victim about
whose case there is no doubt is Rich
ard Paddon, a young man between Is
and 10, who lives with his mother at
140S Gallatin street. The case was re-
ported about noon yesterday, and when
seen by DR.. Monroe was pronounced
continent smallpox. The young mans
mother is said to be immune, but there
are some children in the family who
We're exposed, and the house was ac-
cordingly quarantined and last even
ing the young man was ordered to the
pesthouse. Young Paddon has been
employed at Columbia gardens.
The suspicious cases were Miss Bird
get Mary Cunningham, who lives at
101 Nina street, Centerville, and By
ron Barrett, young man who lives
with his mother and two other children
in the basement of 401 West Copper
street. Dr. Monroe does not think
either case is smallpox, but will watch
them closely for further developments.
ing yesterday evening. The purpose of
the meeting was to appoint an assist
ant to DR.. Alexander to look after the
smallpox cases and the situation was
discussed in all it's phases. 1t was de-
cided to appoint DR. Monroe as DIR.
Alexander's assistant If the matter of
compensation can be agreed upon.
| The subject of quarantining the
| lodging houses where smallpox is found
| was one matter that came in for con-
| sideration. One member of the board
| thought that if the rooms where a case
| developed were to be thoroughly flu
| migated and the contents destroyed
| it would not be necessary to close up
| the whole house under quarantine, but
| DR.. Alexander stated that the gov
| eminent marine system dealing with
| such contagious was to quarantine
everything where a case had made its
| appearance, and the matter was al
| lowed to stand as it is
The matter of feeding people shut
| UP in guaranteed houses was also
| discussed. 1t was stated that the peo-
| pie who are confined are very eXtrav-
| agant in their demands, and as con-
f! sequence their keeping is becoming
| very expensive. 1t was decided to post
| pone any action on this matter until
after the board has a conference with
| the county commissioners
matter of accommodations for small
pox ceases and a place of detention for
cases which, though suspicious and
likely to develop into smallpox, yet do
not warrant commission to the pest
house when first discovered lest they
should prove not to be smallpox: in
which case. taking them in among
smallpox patients and compelling them
to take the disease, would be a great
injustice and little short of crime.
The pesthouse will not accommodate
more than four or five more cases. In
fact, it was full till partition was
torn out yesterday, making room for
four or. five extra beds, and in view
of the steady spread of the disease, it
is already apparent that more room
will have to be made somewhere and
| that very soon Both matters received
| the earnest consideration of the board,
| but no action was taken, as it was
| necessary first to confer with the
| county commissioners on the subject.
| A meeting with the commissioners has
been arranged for to-day, when both
| matters will be taken up and an effort
| made to arrive at some solution of the
| problem.
| The inmates of the Avon block, where
| the case of William Jones developed,
registered a big kick with Sanitary In
/ spector Cronin yesterday. 1t appears
1
and nurse him till he was sent to the
| pest house, and notwiths landing she
| was with her husband after he was
broken out. she insists on associating
with the others in the house. They all
| threaten to go on strike unless Mrs
! Jones was required to keep to, her
| room.
1t is reported that quite a number of
/ young ladies Of Walkerville are badly
| scared through having been exposed by
Gertrude O'Donnell, daughter of At
| torney ODonnell, who was pronounced
| i'll of smallpox Tuesday. II seems that
before it was known Miss O'Donnell
| had smallpox, several of her young
friends called on her and are now
| frightened for fear they will be taken
! also.
The scare is proving a soft thing for
| the doctors. 1t is next to impossible to
/ get physician to attend case, as
they are all up to their ears in the work
| of Vaccinating and the halls of every
block in town where doctors have Of
fees are thronged all day long with
| people waiting their turn. The health
officers of the city and county are prob
| ably the busiest of all, as the number
of persons who apply for free vaccine
ton is so great that they are simply
worked to the limit. DIR. Alexander
vaccinated 152 yesterday and the health
officers of the county We're equally as
busy.
! With reference to the alleged state
ments of some physicians that there is
no smallpox in or about Butte, DR..
Sheeran sent the following communities
ton to the Standard last evening:
"To the Editor Of the Standards:
There is a widespread belief among
the laity that smallpox is not present
in Butte caused by one or more ply
sicians of the town openly asserting
that smallpox does not exist in or
around Butte, nor has it existed for
some time past
This has been a source of great an
noyance to me. making it hard to es-
tablish quarantine on places where
the disease has ragged for six weeks.
On account of this I would not be sur
| prised to see a widespread epidemic of
this disease. / believe that from 1CO to
$50 cases would be a conservative esti-
mate in the next three weeks if the
public in general does not show dis
| position to assist the physicians and