Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-07

that Inc uOctOrB were BpFeAolnB cou
tagions through neglect and indiffer-
ence; that they went from one house
with contagion to another without 1t
to spread 1t; that several physicians
were doing this; That they went from
scarlet fever to diphtheria, and vice
versa and everywhere without disin-
feciing themselves. DR.. Turrell re-
quested Mr.. Casey to state on specific
case where any doctor had done so.
Mr.. Casey retorted that DR.. Turrell
had done so. tina; he had seen him
go in house where there was con-
tagion and come out before he had
time to perform the disinfecting abln-
ton. DR.. Tnrrell responded that he
did not think Mr. Casey knew what he
had done while in the house. Mr..
Casey said others had accused DR..
Turrell of such carclessness, when
the doctor replied tiat he was ready
to fight Mr.. Casey or his informant
on the Issue.
Rivers then said he believed in
standing by the health officer In his
efforts to suppress contagion in Du-
range Ca city of schools, inviting ev-
crybody to come to school-Ed.) in
stead of criticislng him. etc. and that
the council should furnish needed IA
|-cilities for carrying out the work.
MIR. Casey and DIR. Turrell had an
Ithcr tilt, and Mayor Mcconnell pro
,eeded to roast the health officer, the
health committe and doctors, saying
hat through neglect and Indifference
contagious which the city mad under
| taken In the start to suppress had
| gained and spread; he wanted to get
II he root of the evil; that so far as
the relief of the needy people under
stress of quarantine was concerned,
that If the council could not deem 1t
wise to provide for them he would try
| 10 do 1t himsef. but ne must demand
1 more effective effort suppress such
| diseases.
Rivers said the police department
! would take care of the quarantine
The mayor then asked Marshal Wick
line If he would take care Of 1t, when
the marshal replied that he had al
ready done all that had been done to
look after the quarantine but when
he found much Of such work to do he
had had to get somebody to work in
his place on the streets.
| o. p. Frary of the school board ol
District No was present and the
mayor, anticipating his mission, call
ed on him for his statement. Mr.
Frary said that at the last meeting o
the school board the matter of con
tagions had been taken up and tha
In studying the laws governing tbs
situation the board had found that /
was practically at the mercy Of th'
city council and dependent upon tina
body for protection; that he had beei
sent to the council to urge relief, bu
hat since he mad heard the discus
sion of the council he was satisfied
their power to suppress contagious
Mr.. Frary continued In some furthe
detail with reference to the helpless
ness of the schools to protect them
selves under the present conditions
Mr.. Frary concluded with saying tina
the school board had purchased tn,
same equipment for fumigation which
the city had just procured, and sal,
that 1t would be the policy OF tn,
board to fumigate school premises al
best they could and to destroy all tex
and other books which under the pres
ent system must be interchanged be
tween the sick and well homes. DIR
| Tan al oil fnr - "
sick children had coughed mucuoul
tr'p could not be disinfected ant
sllild be burned.
=. Turrell again claimed the foo
:. sad he did not allow children u
rc 20 school for two weeks after the,
. re out Of quarantine. He said ther,
mad been two deaths from contagious
ana that from one of these fifteen peo
pie had been exposed and that the,
were under quarantine.
(Dr. Turrell told the truth about peo
pie hiding contagious and his word.
about this and the two weeks over
time. cheating children out of theil
schooling, will burn themselves int
Durango's memory and suggest tn,
need OF more effective protection tc
those who try to protect tnemselve.
and their neighbors.-Ed,)
Mr.. West suggested that Marsha
Wickline knew the situation bettel
than any member of the council anc
was better equipped to direct and han
die it tnan anybody else: he had con
iidence in the marshal and believed
he should be delegated to handle II
and be given power to employ help re
quired.
The sanitary discussion had closec
and another quite interesting subject
was presented by Mr.. West. report
ing for the printing committee. The
alderman had Il mild roast for tn.
council, and. serving this In small por
lions so II would go round, said he
guessed they were up against ii; that
the Telegraph bid for advertising ap
peared not to have been accompanied ID
by the customary bond. and that the
other papers refusing to carry out a
contract for which no bond had been
given, it might appear that the work
would be open for bids. He mentioned