Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-03-28
Bellows Falls News
THE SITUATION AT KEENE.
City not Quarantined-B Business, how
ever, Suffering Badly.

The Keene Sentinel takes the TIMES u
| task for saying last week that Mem
was practically quarantined and puSln'''
| at standstill.
The contemporary calls it SehS'''o"
al report. The report was current VIZ
| the streets and on the trains ana was
given force by citizens of keehe' =
Keene business man recently had puS'-
ness engagement in this place. lie was
| in town Friday, but Saturday telephoheo
that he could not come up because oil Vi'e
quarantine. We are glad to learn no"
ever, that the reports are not true.
John E. Allen, Esq, city solicitor
writes the TIMES as follows: 1--WE au-
NIT the existence of scarlet fever put
there has been no public quarantine save
| to have the churches closed over one
Sunday this now having been remoVed)
! and the quarantine has been only upon
families in which the disease is present
The quarantine in these cases isvigorouS-
ly and vigorously enforced; the board OF
health is adopting effective measures 10
prevent general spread of the diseeSe;
the board is acting under the supervision
of the state board, and we feel that it is
now practically under control There
has been no interference with external
! or internal traffic and business"
A subscriber in Keene writes as fol-
lows: 1.-THE scarlet fever situation is bad
enough, in all conscience, but if you ever
heard of the Golden Rule please do
not make our case any worse than it is.
People come and go as usual and we all
are doing the best we can to keep from
spreading the disease. Most of the
cases are on the outskirts of the village,
only few so far being in the village
center. Several of the fatal cases have
been caused by neglect, or rather not
giving up as soon as they ought, and
pneumonia with the disease has proved
fatal. Business is nearly at standstill,
but that is because of peoples love of
gossip and making mountains out of
mole-hills. The newspapers help to
make matters worse. A few facts from
the business men and city authorities
may be of some benefit to people who
would like to know the truth. Had
the time l could tell you many things
concerning this epidemic which might
surprise you little. This I will say: If
&c, hrp,,,rhf hor,a
the war and few more rummage sales
held the public need not be surprised if
all the diseases known come upon it,
Speaking of the fever scourge the Sen
tinel said in recent issue: ''The ex-
tremely contagious nature of the scarlet
fever outbreak in this city has evidently
been source of surprise to citizens of
almost every class, if not to physicians
who are familiar with the ways Of such
epidemics. And there is one marked
feature of the working of this contagion
which the public will do well to note,
and that is the evident manner in which
the fever has been carried from place toI
place by well people who have come in
contact with the infection and carried it
to children and others susceptible thereto.
This result was very apparent among the
early cases not found until they had ex-
listed long time, the effects of which it
is extremely difficult to eradicate. 1T
emphasizes the need of very rigid quar-
antines.'