Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-11

chances are that all will recover. Dla- mond will soon be better and a few of the others have already reached the turning point. Health Officer Xiii martin said to-day that the case re- ported yesterday from Wards Flats did not prove to be genuine. The man had q suspicious looking rash on his face, but there was nothing dan- gerous about it. He said that if cases should become so numerous that all could not be accommodated in the one building suitable quarters will be provided for them i'll one of the houses near the present hospital. The pa tients, he said, are all receiving proper care and with such precautions as are being used, aided by this kind of weather, he hopes to see the disease stamped out ill q shorts time.
 Mayor Kilduff desires to call atten- tion to the necessity of doctors giving children whom they vaccinate a cer- tificate which can be shown by them in the schools instead of asking them to be examined, for the school otfic- ials are not taking anybody's word, and he does not think it right that those who have complied with the or der should be called upon to bare their arms to prove it. He considers it the duty of the doctors to furnish them with other evidence and says that people should insist upon it. Mayor Kilduff, Superintendent Doran of the board of charities and every body else about the city hall have lots to do these times and probably 1t ought to be said that all appear to be attending strictly to business. Chair man Lawlor of the board of health has no sympathy with physicians who have put up prices for vaccination. He is of the opinion that the city phy- sician should vaccinate all children whose parents are too poor to pay. ''Some of us" he said, ''are doing considerable work and are getting no compensation, but anyone who was not willing to perform such labors as might turn up during his appointment should have taken that into considera- tion before he accepted the position. 1 have no fault to find about what I'm doing. though it is far more than 1 eX- pected it would be, and 1 see no re;l- son why men who are getting paid should grumble if they happen to be called upon to perform service which
 
 they were in the harness. If q man
 has more to do than he can reach then 1t is all right to help him out but until he can show that he IS over
 worked I think he is in duty bound to
 attend to all cases that properly be long to him."
 The teachers and pupils of the public schools are being vaccinated and while the work is progressing favorably still it is thought that before the job Is com pleted there will be some trouble be- tween the school officials and the health authorities. Both are operating under the provisions of state laws. One compels children to attend school and the other gives the health board authority to take such measures as it may deem necessary at such times as this to prevent the spread of disease. and they have concluded that all chil- dren not yaccinated by Thursday will have to remain away from school. tt is thought that they cannot enforce this order. Education is compulsory, but it is optional with people whether they will be vaccinated or not so that it looks as if the board of education would down the health board in q tus- sle of this kind. Many take the ground that the city physician should attend to all cases where people are too poor to pay, but the physician himself does not take that view of the matter and has so notified the board of charities. It is said that the doctors have got together on the vaccination and fixed the price so that no regular physician can afford to run the risk of doing the job under the fee agreed upon. Some of the doctors are also reported as making q big fight against the health officer or town physician vaccinating persons without charge. This has stirred up a bad feeling and prompted many to refuse to have the operation performed. People look at this ques- tion from verious standpoints. Some think that the health officer and the town physician should be obliged to vaccinate as many persons as they can reach every day and keep it up until every man, woman and child in the community who Is not able to pay has been inoculated. Dr Hayes is city physician, but of course when he was elected nobody thought much about the smallpox scare. Opinions appear 1 to be divided as to whether he shouli l De dSkeu lO tdCLlltttC l1lC pooA VI HUI. Dr Kilmartin is caring for fifteen smallpox patients and constantly irl- yestigating suspicious cases reported | to him as well as keeping an eye to the uuarantined people, so that he has his hands full without anything else. | Who'll do it then? Why if the men
 chosen to work for the city cannot
 reach it, others should be called in It was said to-day that the health ! board was thinking of employing one physician i'll each of the several wards for a couple of days and endeavor to get all who are not able to pay, to call upon them. It appears that the
 doctors have got together and don't want to do that. If that be so the l board of health may find it necessary to call in a few NJ. D's. from outside.
 It is question that ought to be settled
 right off and let as many as possible
 be vaccinated while the scare is on.
 There was clash between some o1 the members of the courts of Forest l CTS and the court physicians. The members thought the doctors ought tC yaccinate them without charge, bnl I the doctors didn't see 1t that way
 They claim that they are employed te l attend to cases of sickness or acci- | dent. not to do anything calculated tt ward off disease. That would bt working against their. own business land this is something no man should
 ha aynactod fo do