The Portland daily press., 1899-02-14
Much Feeling in Waterville Over
Small Fox.
PHYSICIANS REFUSED TO CREDIT
PRESENCE OF DISEASE.
Work of Freeing the city from the
Disease Now Thoroughly Organized
"a Private Hospital secured Action
by xNatcrvIIle aeleetmen.

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| by waterville seiectmen.
waterviiie, February IA special
meeting OF the board of health was held
this afternoon when it was voted TO In
struct the physicians OF Waterville TO re-
port every case Of an eruptive disease to
Health Officer DIR. +. G. Thnyer, at once,
any physician nealecting to do so to he
prosecuted to tho full extent of the law.
which is "a fine OF 5000 for each ofJense
II was voted to dlrec; DIR. L. q. Bunker
as quarantine officer and small pox ply
sician to investigate every reported case
and report to the health officer. Every
suspect will be quarantined until 1t is
determined what the case may be and
II found to be the small pox will be
treated accordingly.
Attn special meeting OF the Colby fac
ulty 1t was voted to take two week &
recess when it is expected that all small
pox patients will be fully isolated from
DANCE: and fumigstion of residences
taken place. A like action was taken at
Coburp institute. These recesses will take
the place OF those usually occurring In The
spring. The students are leaving by
every train.
The municipal officers have ordered the
cancellation of all entertainments and
gatherings of a public nature. The pub
lie schools are closed by order of the
school board.
The city farm has been taken by the
board of health for quarantine hospital
and all known cases are TO be at once
moved there though 1t will probably take
somewhat over aeweek to determine all
the suspects of small pox. The city
authorities are negotiating for and will
probably secure before morning the old
city hospital of Boutele avenue, for the
paupers of the city to occupy. Those of
the city invited TO the Governors recep-
ton at Augusta will be requested to de-
cline the invitation owing to existing
circumstances
Within the past "a hours seven suspect
cases have been reported and are being
Investigated. The officials have discoy
cred that a man had left the bushey
house on Tioonio street, where u man by
the name of Morin is quarnntined and
gone to Fairfield to board with family.
He was reported as suspect case and
Is quarantinea at Fairfield with the
family he visited.
1t is probable that the citiz ms of Water
Vile have never been so highly incensed
as over this small pox epidemic, which
majority of the physicians had lead
them to believe did not exist
DIR. f. c. Thayer rightiu'ly diagnosed
the first case presented TO him, but other
physicians differed with him, and the true
nature of the disease has not until re-
Gently been accepted 10y the public. The
instant the public became aware of the
conditions, so leading citizens met ana
! demanded vigorous measures for stamp
! ing out the small pox, which is now
known to have existed for five weeks.
his action, hacked by the state board of
health, has caused the above results.
Dr. 1hayer informed tho Associated
Press that the work of freeing the city
from the dreaded di.ease is 7ow thorough
" organized and he. believes it will be but
u short time before the danger will be
past