Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-22
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School Children Now

Under The old Beach residence at 10 Wal nut street was quarantined this after noon by order of Health Officer Kil4 martin, who visited the place after hearing a report from Dr Callaghan. Dr Callaghan said today that there are five persons sick in the house, but that most of them are convalescent.
 At the present time two boys, one ?
 and the other 6, have eruptions of the
 skin, which pr Callaghan declares is nothing worse than chickenpox. He says that the family have been sick for the last three weeks and that he was called in to see them last night. Al though he reported the case this morn ing he does not think that the chil- dren have smallpox. The health of- ficer and Dr Frost examined the pa tients and ordered Chief Egan to quarantine the building. There are two families in the house.
 Mir Trepanier called at Dr Lodges office last night at o'clock and told him the nature of his children's ill.,
 ness. He also stated that pr Thi- bault was the family physician, but
 he was in Hartford assisting ill an oD-
 eration and had recommended Dr
 Lodge Four of the children were ta- ken sick the night before. They had
 pains in the head and in the back and
 were vomiting. One of the children had taken sick two days before and a
 rash had broken out over his body. He was the youngest child and is about 5 years of age. The oldest child is about F years of age. Dr
 Lodge was unable to attend to the
 cases as he had a special case last night. He told Mir Trepanier to call
 around this morning, but he didn't.
 The upper part of the house is occu- pied by young man named Forbes, and his mother. The former was
 working until this noon when he told his employer the circumstances of the case and quit work.
 John Coffey, the smallpox patient, who died at the isolation hospital yes terday afternoon was buried ill Calvary y Officer Kilmartin and Sanitary In spector Moses. The body was placed ill q dramatically sealed casket. which was partially filled with lime, so that there can be no possible danger of contamination from that Source. It took some time to prepare the body for burial and while the work was go- ing on the hospital was about as mel 2nchOIV 1 In see, the patients and nurses being somewhat crestfallen on account of the presence of the grim reaper in the lit tie building and at 1:30 o'clock they wended their way onto the Watertown road thence alone West Main street to North Willow street, to Grove street, and through North square onto Vine street, thence down Cherry street to East Main street and along the latter way to the cemetery, reaching there shortly before 1 o'clock. A grave had been opened and in a short time all that was mortal of John Coffey was lowered into it and the place filled up. It was a rather disagreeable task
 but it had to be performed and those who had charge of it did it in very creditable manner.
 The night was fine and the moon and stars seemed to realize the situation, and shed more light on the scene than ever was noticed there before. It was weird sight and while the officials think that they did it unknown to the world. still it appears that parties look l ed on from a distance and tell of 1t l as the most unusual occurrence of their | lives. Coffey felt that death was turk | ing in his footsteps, and the health | officer was quick to notice this, too, and gave him ample opportunity to prepare | for the world beyond the grave. He was visited by one of the local priests, who gave him the last rites of the church. Of course nobody will ever | learn what he said to the reverend father who miniStered to him. The Hips of the confessor are sealed as tight | Iy in this respect as those of the man whose remains occupies the narrow cell in the cemetery, but it is known that he was rather uncomunicative with others, and said practically noth- ing to the physician and nurse. He was conscious until a few moments before he breathed his last. Coffey twas born in Queens County, Ire Hand. and had brother in this city, Thomas Coffey, who died q short time ago. His widow and children reside on Dublin street. He was unfortunate enough to occupy the same bed with Diamond at the shelter and must have had the disease before he was vaccin- ated. Anyway, the virus did not take" His friends in Waterbury and elsewhere may feel that the fates have been unkind to him, but perhaps it might not be amiss to state that if he had been one of the foremost citi- zens of the community the authorities could not have bestowed more care upon him.
 Health Officer Kilmartin said this morning that all the other patients at the hospital are getting along well, with the exception of Hall and Eva Gauthier, both of whom are very sick. Sanitary Inspector Moses will spend the greater part of tomorrow fumigat- ing the Salvation Army shelter and getting the inmates ready to be dis charged Monday. Some question was raised as to the advisability of liber- ating the inmates of the shelter on ac- count of the fact that twenty-one days have not\ elapsed since Daly was re-. moved frdm there to the isolation hos pital, but Athe health officer is satis- fed that there is no danger from such