Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-03
MEADOW STREET HOUSE GASES
Smallpox, Says the Health Offi-
 cer and Houseis Quarantined

None of the Patients Will Be Removed
 to the Isolation Hospital-Health
 Officer Defines the Difference Be-
 tween variolold and Smallpox-Ihe
 Host of Bills Brings Out Much Talk
 About Fees and Other Things.
 As foreshadowed herein yesterday, the health authorities have discovered several new eases of smallpox at 36 Meadow street. and from the looks cf things now 1t would be wise man who could tell when or where the dis ease will end. There are two large families in the Meadow street building. Their names are Brodeur and Carainal, both highly respected families, and have as cleanly and well arranged places as can be found in the city. One of the patients is convalescent, five gre down with the disease and twelve show all the premonitory symptoms of smallpox. The place was quarantined last night.
 The names of the Brodeur family are as follows: Wilfred, 4 Ernest, 2; Philip, c; Mary, s; Orore, 15; Romeo, H; Laddy, IS; Lucy, 15; Cora, 10; Zeda, 16. The parents are MT and Mrs Cor della Brodeur.
 The names of the Cardinal family are as follows: Dona, IS: Adrian, IF; Emil, 21 Olive, .; Clarinda Hetue, IS; Rosie Heute, 12. The fathers name | is Octave.
 | It is understood that the members | of the two families contracted the dis. case from a child who attended St l Ann's parochial school.
 l Health Officer Kilmartin has photo graphs of several of the patients at the isolation hospital, and look at then | is sufficient to convince anyone that we are grappling with a frightfu malady. Those who have the disease | i'll its mildeSt form are swollen anC covered with sores beyond recognition 1t Is pity that they cannot be seen hy every man and woman in the communi ty and thus put an end to all this silly | talk regarding the nature of the sick ness. The health officer affirms tla all reputable physicians know tina there are three kinds of smallpox, vari ola vera, variola hemorrhagica ant varioloid, and claims that an unpro tected person may contract the sever est ease of continent smallpox from tn, mildest case of varioloid, and on tbi account the authorities feel warranted | in quarantining all cases of the dis ease that come to their notice. no mat ter how mild the form of the diseas, slay be. The doctor said this after noon that owing to the number of per sons stricken with the disease in .h building on Meadow street it had beer decided not to remove any of them several of them have developed small pox. others show symptoms of it, ant all have been exposed.
 People who have been quarantinet are being let out as soon as they ar considered safe. It Is thought that tn quarantine will be lifted from most c the old places during the next fey days. The condition of the Bircie gil in Wards flats, 630 Bank street :. being watched closely.
 The number of bills introduced sine the first of the month and which wer brought on by the smallpox outbreak has given the men who make q bus ness of faultfinding a golden opportun ] lty. Too much money, they say, bu how to avoid it is the question tha puzzles eVefyDody Perhaps the crit cism of Dr Kilmartins bill is nor general than any of the others. A health officer it is claimed thai l. should be paid salary, and not S much each visit And then again if claimed that his price for vaccinatio is too high, and that if he is entitle to make any charge for vaccinatin quarantined people it should be It tn same rate as the medical inspector were paid, 9 cents an arm. and ZIG Sl. Again, it Is said that if there i too much work for the health office
 he should be given an assistant an there is no doubt but what one coul
 be secured from among the man
 reputable physicians in town. Ther are those even who scout the idea C
 smallpox, and say that politics Is q , the bottom of the whole business. l this be so, it is getting to be pretty eS . pensive politics. However. we are i it and the cases arc being handled 2 intelligently as it is possible to do i ; and even if some one does bring a expert to town. he will hardly find any
 thing to find fault with.
 
 FENDER STRUCK HIM.