New Britain herald., 1924-05-12
Sir Cases Of fSmallpox in Family Liuing on Maple St., Plainuille;
 School Children to Be Moculated
Health Officer Bull to Open Free Clinic - Use New
 Britain Isolation Hospital Refused
lapeclal to The lIetalal

| Plainville, May 19. --- SiN cascs of
 smallpox have been discovered in | Plainyille, the cases all being in the 1 family Of Michael Bosco on Maple
 street. Those infested with the disease
 are six children ranging in age from five to 19 years old. Symptoms of the
 disease were discovered by a local l physician yesterday when inc was called in to attend one Of the family
 and representative Of the state
 health department visited the home
 this morning and pronounced inc
 cases as positive cases Of smallpox.
 Dr. J. N. Bull, Plainville health or.
 ficer, has quarantined the house, and
 has issued orders for the vaccination
 Of all school children between the ages Of five and IF years and has
 urged every resident Of Plainyille to
 be vaccinated without delay. For
 this purpose, a free vaccination cgnic will be opened in the grammar school on Broad street tomorrow morning between Q and II o'clock and will be held again in the afternoon from 2 to o'clock.
 Dr. Bull started out this morning to trace all contacts with tho cases and intends to place strict uuafantines on all persons who have come fin con tact with persons in the family.
 The six children affected with the disease arc: Josephine, age 1g years, an empioye or Peck Spring Co: James. age 17 years. employed at the grocery store Of Eastwood and lroran; Louise, age fl years. Carmine. age Ig years. and Theresa, age 10 years. pn- pills in the Piainville grammar school and John, five years old. the youngest ip the family.
 II is understood that John. has had the disease for the past two weeks but no diagnosis Of the case as small pox has been made. He was attend- cd by 2 doctor from New Britain. but he did not report the ease as small pox..
 A local doctor was called into the i home during inc past week to attend 1 another member of inc family who ! had taken sick. but up 10 yesterday. i there were no appearances Of small . pox. Yesterday, however. inc case developed and the local physician mo- tified Dr. Bull immediately and he communicated with the state health department with the result that inc SIX children were examined and all n ere found 10 bc affected with the disease.
 Because of The fact that the disease has been in the various stages Of de- selopment for the pasi two weeks people everywhere in Piaintftie have tome into contact with #. All traces ,f tbese contacts Are being fnyesti- 4 Eutrd by Dr. Bui and fhe first dis 'overy was that Josephine. who is em- 1loyed at inc Peek Spring Co. had worked during inc progress of the 'iseasn. Dr. Bni communicated with he officials CT ths concern and stated hat ail empiovcs would have to be sccinated.
 Then James. who had worked as the .roccry store of Eastwood and Foran. gas taken sirk and b0ih proprietors f the store called at the home yes erday fo tisit hita. The result of this irect contact has been that both Mir | sorau and Mir Easi v-ood have been 1 uaran'ined at their respective homes or three weeks Dr. Bull has also rdered al the children in ( hn schools } be vaceirated within Inc next fwo |