Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-12
ANOTHER CASE OF SMALLPOX TO-DAY
An Inmate of the Waysde inn Found Walking the Streets With the DseaseA Number of the Recent Lodgers There Still at Large-RadicaI Measures Being Taken Regard to Libraries Clubs and Other Public paces-Boys Club Closed, Also
 Circulating Department
 of the Library.

as the danger of catching smallpox from him was concerned. He didn't have the disease then, hasn't it now, nor has anybody been stricken with It on the floor he lives on. He is quar- antined because he happened to be i'll the building where parties had the sickness. Mir Miller works for the Waterbury Buckle Go and appeared to be in the best of health and spirits
 Just as the reporter was turning away from having q chat with Miller, some one shouted to him from the story above. 1t was Tom Deeley. one of Uncle Sam's popular letter carriers. He said everybody in the building so far as he knew was getting along nice ly. There are thirteen persons in the Deeley tenement, but none of them had the disease. They are detained for the same reason as some others, simply be- cause they were there when the sick ness was reported.
 So many parents have expressed themselves as unwilling to have their children, who are pupils of the public schools, vaccinated, and thus comply with the order issued by Superintend. ent Tinker, acting upon instructions from Mayor I<ilduff, Health Office Kilmartin and the board of health that every pupil of the public schools should be yaccinated on or before Thursday of this week or shall leave school, that a Democrat reporter asked Superintendent Tinker today what will be done with the pupils who are not, vaccinated. ."rhey will have to stay home,' was the superintendent's reply. How longy' was the next query. q cannot tell,' Superintend- ent Tinker replied ''The order which I received did not state how long the pupils shall stay home Some of the parents who are opposed to having their children vaccinated think that the smallpox scare will blow over in two weeks and then their children may return to school. But they may be mistaken Are not parents who refuse to have their children vaccin- ated and thus keep them home from school, liable to be arrested?" The reply was that the board of educa- ton had the power to compel children to be vaccinated. If a vote to this purport is passed by the board of ed- ucation, then parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated and keep them away from school are liable to arrest. T shall see Mayor KilduH to-day and ask him about the advisa- bility of calling special meeting of the board of education to consider this subject It is an important one. Twenty or thirty per cent of the pu- pills may refuse to be vaccinated and their absence from school would be IL considerable setback to the schools 7
 The circulating department of the Bronson library has been closed for the present by order of Mayor Kildufr. The order does not apply to the read- ing and reference rooms, which will ba open as usual. The library will. how ever, be open for the return of books for the remainder of the week. No fines will be hnposed if they are not returned at once.
 It was reported last night that some of the quarantined parties had escaped through skylight space in the roof of the building. The officer on duty fold a reporter this morning that there was no truth in it.
 hevin Drury, one of the lodgers at the Wayside Inn, but who was out when the place was quarantined. sur rendered himself as soon as he heard or it. Kevin said that he would much prefer to face the music and take his chances rather than remain away and endanger the public This is q view or the case which is highly commenda- ble.
 Ihere appears to be some trouble in the schools on account of certificates issued by homeopathic physicians stat ing that those who have them have been vaccinated homeopathicallv. which means the use of pills and other medicines i'll that line. The city pby- slclan or none of the other regular phy- slcians recognize any kind of vaccina- tion except by inoculation.
 There has only been one visit paid to the pest house by Catholic clergy man. and that was several days ago and by one of the priests in the parish m which the pest house is situated. All rumors and stories about priests going up there daily are witbort foundation
 Mayor Kilduff desires to state that there is absolutely no danger of n spread or the disease on account of the presence about town of Sanitary Inspector Moses. Before the inspec- tor left the isolation hospital this morning he was thoroughly fumi- gated and got complete change of SAOt2'Ahs5s LNtH lIc COlldr DuTtOn ne had on when he left town was missing when he returned
 Superintendent Tinker sent to every doctor in town to-day blank certificates to be given to school children when vaccinated. It is necessary for every pupil to have one of these certificates. Any doctor that did not receive them or who may want more can get them at the office of the school clerk.
 Apparently the smallpox scare has had one good effect at all events. Us- ually about noon there are three or four in the police station sleeping off the effects of intoxicants, but for the past few days there have been none. Evidently the scare is keeping some men sober.
 If the smallpox scare continues much longer it is probable that the authorities will order all places of amusement and the several houses of worship closed for a time and take steps to have the trolley cars and pulp lie vehicles fumigated daily.
 All the boarders and employees of the Exchange place hotel were vaccinated to-day. x@ a s ~A