Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-10
GET VACCINATED
That is The Admonition Given
 To Waterbury People.
SMALL POx IS SPREADING

and Many Persons Quarantined-
 Pest House Is Now Almost Full
 Provisions for Quarantined People
 Will Hereafter Be Procured at Town
 Store-Inmates of the Shelter"
 Make q Vigorous Protest--New Spe-
 cial Policemen Will Be sworn in To-
 night.
 The smallpox scare is not abating On the contrary, it is on the increase and with very good ground for that state of feeling i'll the community. Since Saturday several new cases have been discovered including Lizzie Gartwaite, q + year old girl who re- sided with her parents ill the lower end of the Lawlor block on South street, and the Clark family on Mill street. 1t seems that the disease reached Mill street on account of men- bers of the Clark family being boarding temporarily in the Mccarthy block. The Clark children were among those removed to the isolation hospital last
 
 ease, but imbued with that love. which none but mothers know aAything about, she volunteered to go with them and take her chances. She said that she'd feel better satisfied with them, no matter how great the risk. Mir Clark and three other men from the shelter, Hall, Flynn and Schofeld, will be removed to the hos pital some time to-day, so that things in the vicinity of the building on the town farm are beginning to get quite lively.
 The authorities are on the alert and are doing all i'll their power to main tain strict quarantine. To do this it has been found necessary to make some temporary additions to the police department and with this end in view notices have been sent to the different applicants for appointment as super numerary officers to appear and be sworn in as special officers at o'clock tonight. As a precaution against contagion at the almshouse the board of charities desires to state that the in- stitution is closed to visitors until fur ther notice. Health Officer Kilmartin has ordered St Ann's parochial school closed indefinitely. It is thought that it would be a step in the right direction to close the Bronson library for the present. Books are regarded as a great source of contagion at time like this, and if it is thought that there should be any danger of the disease spreading in this way it would be well to guard against it.
 Chief Egan reported to T. F. Law Tor. chairman of the board of health. to-day. that the officers doing duty at the Salvation Army shelter had in formed him that one of the inmates said he was forced into the room va cated by Coffey Saturday night and compelled to sleep in the bed he had been using without any change of bed clothing. This caused quite a stir at the shelter last night and the crowd threatened to mutiny if the authori- ties did not make better provision to save them from the malady
 By tonight the isolation hospital will have fifteen patients within it's walls. as follows: Joseph Diamond, Henry Greenwood, John Coffey. Henry and Raymond Clark, and their father, John Clark, Lizzie Garthwaite, William ye- azette, Malvina Veazette, Angeline Ouillette. Dennis Flynn, James Hall. James Schofield. Mary Ann and l.. Veazette.
 The work of feeding the quarantined persons has grown to be such a big job that the authorities have decided to do 1t all from one place, and henceforth all provisions intended for them will be handled at the town store. Mur- murings of discontent have been heard on account of people delivering gro cerles to the shelter in baskets used in their regular trade, but this has been denied. the dealers claiming that any thing they took there they left it at the place. Probably this is true, but the thing has now got to a stage when every possible precaution should be re- sorted to and it is in the hope of con fining the work of feeding them to as few as possible that the work has been transferred to the town store. It is also thought that by purchasing in large quantities at one place provis- ions can be procured cheaper than by dealing with several
 If there be any virtue in vaccination, the Democrat is well provided against the malady. Some of the hands had the operation performed last week. and every other person employed in the of flee with the exception of one man. who survived an attack of the disease some time ago and is considered a safe risk were yaccinated this morning. Yesterday Father Slocum spoke strongly in support of vaccination and had the virus injected into his own arm to-day. Every person should be vac clnated as soon as possible People who have no dread of the disease them selves should do it for the sake of oth- CTS and by this means assist in stamp ing it out. Don't take any stock in those who say they have no faith in it. The best physicians in Waterbury and the world over recommend it, and sta tistics prove that it is wonderful safeguard It is said that some of the physicians are charging a big price for performing the operation. If this be true such persons are taking a mean advantage of those who call upon them. The health board should look into this and name some physician who will yaccinate parties free who are not able to pay. Many who have large families might be deterred from pro | tectinb themselves on account of the cost and 1t looks as if it would be q good Investment to spend a few dol I lars for vaccination among those who have no means of their own.
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