Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-05-19
TEN CASES


health officers Of the two cities have
put in force the disease will be confined
ana stamped out within the present
limits.
DIR. \. g. Young. secretary of the
State Board Of Health. visited the To-
GalIty, Saturday, and made IA thorough
examination Of the patients and pro-
nuunced the disease smallpox. In con-
ver3ation with a Journal reporter, last
evening, DR.. Young said that there was
not The slightest doubt as To the nature
Of the disease. When asked as To what
he thought Of the situation, he stated
that he considered it very serious, as
there was no knowing how many had
been exposed to the disease.
Every precaution possible is being
taken to prevent the spread of the dis
case. The old postoftice is being fitted
up for a pest house, ana here the pa
tients will BE- taken. The disease has
been found to exist in five dwelling
houses and also the big boarding house.
These places have all been Quarantihed
and q strong guard placed around T.
prevent any of the inmates from skip
ping out.
There are now II eases under Surveil-
lance. DR.. II. A. MilIiken of HalloWelL
was in the city, Sunday afternoon, and
made the above statement. lie further
said that the worst case on the line was
that of Alexander Mcleod, who has the
disease in partly confluent form. The
| man has been taken to the pest house.
Mcleod is an employee Of the Hallowell
Granite Co.. and has been boarding
with a family named Gipson. The house
has been quarantincd.
1t has been stated that Il number Of
Italians employed on tho electric road
had been living at the boarding house
where one of the victims of the disease
was living, but such is not the case.
! At the boarding house in question there
are Is French Canadians from this city,
who may have been exposed, but pre-
cautions have been taken in their case
which it is hoped will avert danger Of
bringing the disease to this city from
| that source.
The matter was reported to DR.. A. II.
| Sturtevant Of the local board OF health.
! and he at once took measures to pre-
| vent them from returning to the city.
| Saturday night, and placed the matter
| in the hands of the HallOWell board.
| with the instructions that the men be
vaccinated at once ana kept by them
selves until all danger from contagiOn
| should be past, in accordance with
| which DR.. Millkeu performed the work
and contracted for a boarding place
| for the men during the interval There
| are five French Canadians who have
| come to this city, but DR.. Sturtevant
has their names and has placed the
matter in the hands of the police, and
the men will be returned to HallOWell
| when found.
| Dr. MilIiken also vaccinated 40 Span
| iaris. Sunday. These men are employed
at the quarries, but live in Manchester.
and the work was done at the towns
| expense. Some of the men Vaccinated.
| Saturday. objected strenuously, and the
doctor was obliged to can in the ser
vices of a police officer before the work
could proceed. There are very few Ital-
| ianS living near the quarries.
| This morning, Sanitary Inspector f.
r. Bean will go to the nuarries with the
| necessary apparatus. where, with the
| assistance of the Hallowell authorities.
| he will thoroughly disinfect the board
ing house and the Gipson house, after
which the quarantine will be removed
| from these two places.
| City Marshal Church has sworn in a
| number of special officers for guard
| duty in the infected districts, and every
house from which a red flag floats will
he closely watched.