Hutchinson gazette., 1900-06-28
unless II has exceptionally good luck
will not be able TO escape. Baltimore
Smallpox,

Hutchinsln. but NJ last wo were mistaken
And why? II The editor will kindly
grant us II little space we will attempt
TO give few REASONS why smallpox IL
still ramp tnt In this city.
First, W. have no city government.
Well You SAY that Is strange. Yes " is
strange, but not fiction Ns | shall rrove
A government whether national or
municipal Is or consists Of m Individual
or indiyid lAls whose bnsineSs is TO di-
rect and control the business, mora,
and hygie Ne interests OF such II natiol .
That the,e interests are not looked 0t-
tor In an Intelligent manner is evident 10
tho most rAsnll observer, Therefore
there Is no city government, Tar MS the IN
terest OF th city Ia these things Is con-
cerned.
Second, there ia no city board Of
health. Queer isn't itY Hutchinson
With pop llolion Of 10000 people and
no board Of health. What is tho matter
China? China ia all right hut there Is
something dead In hutchinson Ther"
is evidencs Of poor management or no
manOgem NJ all over the city. Cess
pools, ga'bage and all kln0s Of filth
which imperil the livas of hundreds Of
our citi2'us are 10 be found In vi
parts Of tho city and nobody Is respon
slble
Now citizens Of Hutchinson these
things o lght not TO be. We should wake
up 10 on interest for this 10 certainly an
individual matter. We are all alike
subjects to the banefui effects of an M
hygienic community as well as TO tht
ravageS Of the monster small poX,
You ask "whqt Is 70 be done in the
premises? Az consider the smallpox
question Of more vital importance shall
condne my suggestion to that part Of the
subject in hand.
First, there should be oDeor more per-
sons (physicauS) whose duty should be
TO look after the smallpox cases. Ever!
suspect should he watched closely aud
quarantine nj the FIRST appearance Of the
disease. The physicians assigned this
work should be paid reasonable fee fer
his service. As the city is unable or in
disposed to pay this foe it should dc
vplve upon the county commission ore,
Now am aware that this proposition
will not meet the appreciation ofeveYon
and most likely the commissioners them
selves bIt that makes no difference IN tins
case There is no proposition that
would be satisfactory to all,
| don't believe there are dozen citi-
2sns in the city who would question the
propriety Of this action on the part Of the
commissioners. What the people want
is action and not debate.
There is 40 doubt that the commits
sioners as the guardians of the Interests
of the county ought to act in this mat
ter, II only remains TO b. seen wheth-l
our commissioners have the courage and
BUSINESS ability to take this matter up III
once aud net for the beet interest Of the
people. Wa have n county board OF
health consisting Of the commissioners
and county physician, for this reason
many tHint II the comfy physicians
duty to loo after the smallpox plten's
OF the city. This IL true go far as the
county charges are concerned, but it is
manifestly improper to expect him to
care for the entire public. The county
physicians's contract stipulates thut he
care for the county cases in iu'chiusou
and South Hutch inson, Reno township,
poor farm and Jail.
lie recieyes for his service $4C0 per
year. IL is very evident that he can't ar-
ford TO make specially Of smallpox
cases as smallpox being contagious dis
ease is injurious to his private pratice,
beside taking up nearly all his time.
Therefore III is patent that the proper
thing to do is to employ some qualified |
physician to look after the smallpox cases
To do this will require the expenditure
Of some money. IL will certainly be
cheaper to do this az once as IL 10 much |
easier to control in warm weather
During the winter there were about sew
enty cases OF smallpox. 1t has now
drindled to about ten with new ones COZ
stantly developing
IL has been suggested that large per-
cen; Of the cases mentioned have come
in from other localities, but such is not
the case. Every case now reported be-
longs here and contracted the disease
here. Cases now under quarantine are
i've. The last case reported Thursdny
was n colored porter in barber
shop in this city. From foregoing il is
clear that smallpox is still in the city and
unless radical measures are taken to
stamp it out this summer, Hutchinson
will experience an epidemic next winter
hat will put shame to tho ravages of
Asiatic Babonic Plague. CITIZEN.