Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-06
TWO SMALLPOX GASES
Reported 70 Health Officer tuesday
Patients Are Charles Ressn and
Elijah Dyer.

Tuesday two more cases Of smallpox
were reported to the city health Off
Ger, DIR. W. p. S. Heating. The patients
are Charles Regain, aged II, and Elijah
Dyer, aged 81. The first case was re-
ported to the health officer bv DR..
owen O'Neiu and the second by DR.. F.
E. Wilcox. The Regain case was re-
ported at II O'clock Tuesday forenoon
and the other about noon. DR.. Keat-
ing attended TO the Regain case im.ue-
dlateIy. The young man is a son of
timothy Regain, who is employed by
John G. Bill, and he had the disease
when young man, and therefore was
not Guaranteed, but his clothes were
disinfected and he was permitted to go.
The mother and a sister, Miss Mary,
are under quarantine. The family lives
at ~ Union street in a two tenement
house owned by the John Hickey es-
tate and occupied by the families Of
Mr. Regain and William A. Costello.
The Regain family resides in the lower
tenement. The Costello family. com
prising Mr.. and Mrs. Costello. two
children and an aunt. are not to be
quarantined. James J. Richmond has
been assigned to act as police officer
for the day shift
Elijah Dyer, the man whose case was
| reported to the authorities about noon
| lives at 1925 Main street with his
mother, in a four tenement house. The
| Dyers occupy the apartments on the
| lower east side of the house. Albert
| COutu family live over the Dyers,
| and on the other side of the house re-
| side the families of Paul Coutu and
jeremiah DemarchL There are sew
en- children In the house william
| Grady has been assigned as police Of
| fcer for the day shift.
/ Mrs. Chappell, q sister OF Elijah
Dyer, who called at the house Of her
mother and brother Monday, had her
/ house at 1880 Main street, fumigated
| Tuesday by Health Officer Heating.
! The origin Of the disease is still a
mystery. Young Regain is employed by
( J. O'Sullivan, and works out Of doors
most Of the time at his trade of a car
/ penter. Dyer has been employed in
| the dyeing department at the local
! plant of the American Thread COM
pany. but had not been working for
about three weeks. The city health
officer stated Tuesday afternoon that
the breaking out Of the disease in the
city, as it has, was quite battling. The
Vachon girl, who was first stricken.
had not been working for some time
before she contracted the disease in
some unknown manner. The Regain
case has no connection with the Va
chon one, and the last reported case is
mere than mile away from either Of
| the others.
Mayor D. P Dunn and Chief z. II
Richmond were on hand Tuesday al
both houses to see that all require
ments Of the law were properly com
piled with The mayor first consider
ed the ACCESSIBILITY of calling a specia
meeting Of the board of aldermen tC
discuss the situation, but later stated
that unless other cases appeared hi
would wait until the regular meeting o.
the board, next Monday evening.
City Health Officer Heating reported
the two additional cases to First Sc
lectman Robert r. Mitchell. who or.
dered Dr. Heating to go ahead anC
look out for the cases. It is believed
that it is better and cheaper to keel
the cases as they are, rather than t.
} isolate them. Or. Heating was in com
munication with the state board o
health Tuesday afternoon relative t.
the situation in Willimantic. and wa
told he was entirely justified in tn,
precautions taken.