Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-08
SMALL POx RAGING
Nest of It Discovered in The
 Mccarthy Block.
WILL BE SENT TO PEST HOUSE

McCdFLny bullulHS- -COHey W III AiSO
 Be Taken to the Pest Hospital-The
 Health Board is Hustling and May.
 Be Compelled to Quarantine Mum
 Der of Places.
 Waterbury is not going to get rid or the smallpox scare as easily as some people supposed. Last night several cases were discovered i'll the McCarthy block, corner of South Main and Lib erty streets, and six families, includ- ing about forty eight persons, are now quarantined there. Those who have q bad attack of the maIady are Henry Greenwood, carpenter, 2S years old, and William Yeryatt, IS years old. Two children are also down with the disease, and Elmer and Angeino Oulette, adults, are marked as sus- poets. The cases were discovered by Dr Bellemare and Dr Thibault and re- ported to Health Officer Kilmartin, who at once had the place quarantined. All the inmates of the different faIni- lies were vaccinated to-day. The dis ease is said to be d mild form of the sickness. so much so that some Of those who have it are already getting better. These cases are regarded with more apprehension by the. authorities than the one first discovered, because many of the perso1fs exposed worked in the factories and stores, so that tlle danger of spreading was greater than in the case of Diamond, who was an utter stranger and had not visited many places before he was removed to the contagious disease hospital
 The doctors think it would be a wise move for people to get vaccinated, and suggest that the school, officials take steps to have all the teachers and pu- pils inoculated with the virus. It is true that many have a prejudice against vaccination. but inasmuch as it is the only known precaution, people can use, it might be well to take ad- vantage of it. While the disease was confined to one person and the danger spot at the Salvation army shelter. many took little notice of it; but now it would be hard to tell where it is. so that it is a question if those who neg lect to get vaccinated are doing the right thing by themselves. Some of the occupants of the Mccarthy block have not returned there since the scare sa'aI their. whereabouts is not known. | It Iutll tilLlup lS IOnlHtNl IO llidi DuiL of the block put up several years ago. The south end of the building was l built later and has no connection with
 the other except that the side walls are built into each other There are several stores on the ground floor of 1 the big block.
 1 While Health Officer Kilmartin and Dr Frost were vaccinatng the parties l iii the Mccarthy block this morning.
 there was considerable commotion
 about the Salvation Army shelter. Cap
 tain Richardson appeared on the door l step two or three different times and l informed the officers on guard that AIr l Coffey was seriously ill and wanted to | see the doctor. The doctor visited the 1 place as soon as circumstances would
 permit and after examining Coffey. I saw that his worst forebodings had been realized. There was no doubt l but that he had smallpox. This put
 everybody in the building on the anx- l ious seat but they felt somewhat re-
 lieved when they were assured that I Coffey would be removed to the con- tagious disease hospital some time this
 afternoon or tonight. Health Officer l I<ilmartin said this afternoon that eight or nine persons from the tene- ments in the Mccarthy block will also ] be taken to the hospital, bringing the number of patients up to ten or eleven. l He could find no connection with tho
 new cases and the others and the only source of contagion he knew of ins the I block, and there was nothing certain 1 about that, was the presence in "the
 building of a young fellow who came
 here recently from Montreal
 The health authorities are using every precaution to prevent the disease from spreading, but they seem to be handicapped to some extent on account of the persistent efforts of some people
 to make light of the matter and lead the public to believe that we have no smallpox and that consequently it is lnot necessary to resort to precautions ary measures.
 It is thought that few of the chill dren exposed to the disease as well as those who have contracted it attend
 ed the French parochial school. If this be so the building will be closed indefinitely.
 . While nothing is being spared on tho patients or those who have been quar- antined, still the officials are counting up the costs and are satisfied that the
 expenses will be high. Diamonds case was costing the city over $60 a day,
 and with several more added to the l list it is plain that the disease is going
 to cost the city q nice penny. The city will have to maintain every person quar- antined and it is nothing more than
 right that this should be so. If man
 is deprived of making a living for him-
 self and family, those who stand be-
 tween him and the means of furnish-
 ing bread should provide him with . what he needs until he is liberated.