New Britain herald., 1924-12-24
EIGHT BURNED TO DEATH AS LONDON TO PARIS ALRPLANE HLLSATCROYDON, ENGLAND
ISOLATION HOSPITAL
 TO CHECK EPIDEMIC
Bristol Will Also Dis tribute Paper Bottles
 10 Milk Dealers
.necLal to The HaraId


 Bristol, Dec. Establishment of an Isolation hospital was decided upon at special meeting of the city council and inc health board last night in order 10 care for scar let fever victims, who cannot be given the proper treatment at home. The two boards gave complete au- thority to Health Officer Joseph ]. Woisard and Mayor John r. Wade last night to buy suitable property,
 When the decision was announced this morning, certain well informed citizens claimed that the meeting last night was entirely unnecessary y as under the provisions of the city charter the mayor and the health officer are given the power 10 act in an emergency in any manner nec- essary.
 Buying of several thousand paper milk bottles to be furnished to the milk dealers free of charge during the epidemic was also decided upon at the special meeting last night. The paper bottles will obyiate fur ther contracts in the using of bottles which have entered afflicted house. holds.
 The story that Miss Mary F, Mul- 1igan, one of the school nurses en- gagged in the follow-up work on the scarlet fever cases. was compelled to walk back from the Fall mountain district when the charity depart ment motor car broke down, was denied by Health Officer Woisard to- day and by Charity Commissioner William r, Smithwick. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the two machines owned by Dr. Woisard have been used with policemen as chauffeurs so that the charity car has not been called upon.
 The question of using the city cars, instead Of the private cars Of the health doctor. was also dis cussed last night but no satisfactory decision was reached.
 The mentioning of the name Of Rufus Norton Of Wolcott, a milk IeaIcr, as the source of the scarlet tsvcr epidemic has done Mir, Norton E great injustice. in the opinion of Dr. Woigar,. The disease has not been traced down to Mir. Norton's milk. his only connection with the matter, having been that he was the dealer distributing milk to some of the homes, where the fever had broken out.
 Principal Henry E. Cottle of the Bristol high school announced today that there will be no dancing after the basketball games until further notice. He also stated that the senior prom will not be held on December 29, the date scheduled, but on some later evening.
 Mayor Wade and Miss Mulligan returned this afternoon from an inspection Of possible isolation hos nital sites. It is said that they re- gard two locations with favor but they will not say where they are.
 Since the fuss over who's who in inc milk infection discussion, Mir Norton has sold his milk route to the E. II. Elton Co. When MT. Nor tons home is relieved from quar- aNtine. as his family became III soon iafter the bulk of cases had been dis covered in this city and not before he intends to produce milk for sale to distributing centers only.
 One new case was reported to ths |nea,th board offices this morning |hringlng the total eases 10 114 tc date with g suspects, With the Iopanfnc of an isolation hospital greater progress in the checking of |the ma'7dv is anticipated.
 ! Mayor Wade and one of the health rursos visited several sites this morning. which Were discussed fol the isolation hospital but uD 10 a Hate hour no report of the decision #oe tho cjtv officials on the location could he learned.