Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-06
PASADENA
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CRITICISE PASADENA'S
CARE OF PESTILENCE
POOR METHOD OF HANDLING
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Victims of Contagious Disease Care
Iessly Treated-No Arrangement
Made for Disposal of Quar-
antine Garbage
spsc,a, to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, July 5.-Taat this city
is decidedly behind the times In its
method of dealing with infectious dis
eases is the opinion Of persons who
have experienced the working OF the
present system.
The municipal pest house is a prlmi-
tive shack in the wilds of the arroyo,
adapted better for some other purposes
Than to house sick people. Not long
900 a man who had contracted an in
fectious disease asked IL he might not
20 there in order to protect his famliy,
Certainly, If you can cook, was the
reply. .4 +,o
city paid no attention to inmates OF tIe
quarantine station, except 10 VS.
them daily and find whether they were
still alive. In dangerous cases. now
ever. this vigilance might be somewhat
increased. - -
When the patient elects to stay at
home he is perhaps no better on since
he lacks the comparative 1reeoUIll
which an unmatched residence at tne
nest house gives. He is confined strict
~ 10 the house of course, but ordinar-
iiy no attempt is made by the munich
nal authorities to give him mucn as
sistance. The present health oHlcer,
DR.. Stanley P. Black. does not take
medical charge of cases himself. al
though his predecessors IN tne oilice
walter F. Eilers of 1913 Villa street,
the only smallpox patient now on the
citys list, asked how he was to dispose
of his garbage while strictly conflned 10
the house, and was advised that ne was
to decide that for himself.
Disposal of Garbage
DR. F. F. Rowland, for several years
city health officer, says; snouIu
think that the city certainly ought 10
nrovjde for the disposal of garbage In
quarantine cases. 1t in itself is a mat
ter affecting the public health"
A man who was quarantined asked
how his little garden could be cared
for and was advised to let II ole.
When the neighborhood milkman re-
fused longer to supply him milk ne ap-
piled to the city for aid. They prom
ised to send him this necessity Tor nj!
diet, and the first supply arrived at
o'clock In the morning, two days later
In one case the inspector showed sur
prising leniency. A cat belonging 10 3
quarantined family had gotten out Of
the house and the neighbors informed
him Of 1t. He told the patient, If that
cat ever gets out of the house again III
kill II. l have authority to kill 1t right
now but will let 1t off this time.
w. e. Stroetzel of SAC West Eightieth
street, Los Angeles, who has had en-
Tightening personal experience of the
methods here, says: TN its treatment
of the dog problem Pasadena seems to
qualify for the veritable City of the
Angels which Los Angeles has never
succeeded in being. But where is the
humane spirit of the town when II
comes to the human racer"
1t is the opinion of all who have beer
subjected to such experiences that the
city should make a larger appropria-
ton, employ more men and deal witt
infectious diseases in a more benevo-
lent, paternal and metropolitan manner
than Is the custom at present.