New Britain herald., 1917-05-22
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home from her school sick, he E lis wrong in his information, for such waa
 not the case. He has evidently heard
 the unfounded story that she contract ed the disease she had from one of her pupils In her school in Remington. There was positively no foundation for this supposition. in fact. as the boy in whose family smallpox existed in Kensington, was not pupil In her school and she does not know tho in- dfvidual.
 As for the paper delivery Of tho last four weeks the silent and efEec-
 tive quarantine which was imposed on us has been off for much longer
 period than that, the house disinfect-
 ed and the rooms. occupied by the
 patients, painted, papered and white washed. All these things were attend ed to without the assistance or advice
 of MT. Webster. Furthermore neigh
 boring. children were not playing with my children on nay premises previous to that time while the quarantine was in operation. Don't think for min- ute, Yellow ttownsmen, that we are 1n- ttrely devoid of honor or would delib- Xpose . whole community to any 1pnfagibus disease. Al . matter of fact, the dissase we, had did not come from Kensington. neither did 1t
 originate here In the family.
 The quarantine we had cost us . matteg of $500 at least. Right here I wish to say that while the public has rfghts, individual members of the body polite ought to have few rights
 aieo The quarantine is placed on a
 family for the purpose of protecting
 t1fa public. from the spread of con-
 tagion, which Is perfectly legitimate,
 but. while the public protects itself 1t
 fails to. provide any means whereby 5 that family. shall be supported while |sifs entire Income is cut of, save the [4uestl lonable one of pleading pauper- isnr The. above condition works no : speaial hardship of this kind to the ritizen whose salary goes on and Whose stocks bonds and bank ac- counts continue to<draw dividends and interest, but 1t does work a material injury to the family whose depend ence@ Is wholly or the daily labor of Fits inmates. I would call the atten- ton of some of our broad minded leg . islators to this fact. If the public ob- tain immunity from the spreading of
 contagious disease It. certainfy. ought to be generous senuhiGh at least to pay living expenses llftaer<those eonditions to the quarantined. E
 Now a word sfSgardi4x. tke health officer of the town. .l19 is7 In ~my opinion receiving . lot of unmerited criticism. Criticism from. people who do not know All the facts which got. i ern decisions on the vaiao aous HaSes as they arise; criticisn which does ab-
 solutely no. good dnd may cause z lot Of harm bx Keeping things worked up to a ~fever f1at. If the kentlemen l who so valiantly champion tho righta l of the pubic were physicians, or through mi4fortune or criminal neg l ligence of their neighbors should con- 1 tract the disease then they would be
 able toslopk at the matter frous other points of view. which mi ikht materially
 temper their criticiam. (
 ..In spite, of MT. webvt4rrs ss stricturSs on pr. Griswoid.s suggested cousa ' of action n to minding ones own btlsi4 1 ness, am still of the opinion ti1at 1 the tosgS would worry along some I how 1s needed that suggestion, I ThSn. s F would think 1t would be AfrelaS{ him not to carry % large \ rorf 0f the towns welfare upon I hisr shoulders. Instances have
 -heen kG66 6hsyther people assumed 4n- I ttlteIy yMnnlaessary burdens.
 :N(0cciis7 7e ilces like tho present are q lrsyel&sfon n one respect They show I who papsessed t,of the milk ol
 hpmsn kindness real charity te < hoss aaEiictsd te say. tlail