Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-17


 smallpox, still the malady appears 70 be gaining on them and it is likely to keep forging ahead unless some schemei is devised to get people exposed to the danger quarantined. This seems to be very difficult, for many are in hiding and their friends are deceiving the authorities by telling that they have left town. Saturday Officer Ca- hey rounded up five persons in the block at the corner of Washington ave nue and Railroad Hill street and conl- pelled them to return to where they had been living i'll the LaWlor block, which has been quarantined for tEe past few days. Unless this business can be stopped it would be impossible to tell where this thing will end. Prou- ably the board of health will be able to do something in that direction at q meeting Which Is called for tonight at o'clock. It is hard to guard against this. People in the buildings get onto Whatisup before the cases are reported to the authorities and take up a resi- dence in other places. This is very wrong. 1t does not save them from taking the disease, providing they were exposed to it. It simply spreads it among others, so that nobody knows where to look for it. It is a good time Tor people to stop visiting, and no fam fly should feel bashful about telling their friends that they will not be at home to callers until this smallpox scare is over. It may be possible that the health authorities may find it necessary to order a medical inspec- tlon of every house in town, so as ro satisfy themselves that no cases of the disease exists without their knowledge
 Saturday afternoon the health o1ncer was called to the Bernier block. 995 Baldwin street, to see Lottie Grenier, 10 years old, who had been sick for the past week or so. It was found that the child had smallpox, and her self and her mother, who volunteered to go with her. were removed to the isolation hospital shortly after o'clock III the evening. Up to a few days ago there were six families In the build, ing, but when the quarantine was es- abolished there were two empty tene- ments. It was said that the missing ones had gone to Canada, but it seems that this was not so. The parties are i'll town and it is understood that th<y will be returned to the building to-day. When all the occupants are in thcre Will be over forty persons confined there.
 The next case reported was that of Alina Ouilette, years old. who lived with her parents in one of the Curley buildings at 199 River street. Accom- panied by her grandmother. who had been q frequent caller at the McCar- thy block, which is quarantined. the girl was removed to the bospital There are about twenty persons in the building.
 To-day the health officer visited the residence or r. T. Coogan at No 40 washington street and quarantined the building. The patient removed from there is Rosanna Veayette. a re.a- tive of the other people of that name who have been quarantined. The girl is II years old. There are three fam lilies in the house.
 This afternoon Health Officer KiI- martin was called to the residence of Oliver Gauthier, at 199 Charles street. to see MT Gauthier's 7-year-old daugh- ter, Evas who was reported suffering from what is known as black small pox.
 At the present time there are twen- ty-one patients at the isolation hos pital. and these, with the nurses. reu- der it quite a lively place. Health Officer Kilmartin said this afternoon that all the patients are getting along nicely with the exception of Coffey, who is still very sick. He has viru- lent form of the disease. Some of the other cases are mild.
 The work of vaccination is going merrily on and in short time it is thought that all who have faith in in- oculation and many who have not will have submitted to the operation. To- day Dr Maloney vaccinated seventy children sent to him by the board of charities.
 Tracy Bros are hustling with the addition to the isolation hospital and if Is understood that it will be ready for occupancy after today The building of this was wise precaution ana shows that Mayor Kilduff and those who are associated with him in an ef- fort to control the ma1ady. as well as to take proper care of those afflicted with it, are equal to the emergency.
 The schools are soon to close for tie Easter vacation time, and considering the fact that so many cases of small pox are cropping out here and there among children, it might be we'll to order them closed now with the under standing that they will not reopen un- til the scare is over. It might be q hardship upon some people to keep their children at home for any great length of time, but if the occasion calls for it probably no one would find fault. Many would like to take this precau- ton of their own volition, but so long as the schools are open people feel i'll duty bound to send their children there. It looks as if the time had come when isolation. so far as it can be observed. should be practiced by cv- erybody. Those who are stricken with the disease as well as the quarantined parties will receive proper attention from the authorities and it behooves all who have not been exposed to it to give it a wide berth. Meanwhile, lct no one get scared. for all physicians agree that such conduct invites rather than wards off danger.