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Show 1 Who Mais That Pesthoose Necessary? Beyond any question Bait Lake needs a well-&ulpped well-&ulpped eruptive hospital, but the costliest and frrjt complete pesthouse in the world will not stop ' tie spread of smallpox in this city. The agitation ntfaror of appropriating funds for the construction of pesthouse, which was started in the City Council Coun-cil by Mr. Daveler, is unquestionably a movement in J .tie right direction, but we cannot hope to stamp out smallpox so long as we deprive the health officer of the use of the only effective weapon which may be used in a campaign against this most repulsive of diseases. Borne of our learned and scientific Coun-eilraen Coun-eilraen are discovering a trifle late that the Health department is an important branch of the city government. gov-ernment. Who made a pesthouse necessary in Bait 1 like City any way?, Who is responsible for the fleMUlan bill, which was passed in the interest of the smallpox germ? Did not some of these medical experts in the Council indorse that measure which played into the hands of smallpox? Have not their fiends and followers strenuously opposed vaccination vaccina-tion when the disease was epidemic? Did they not ' succeed in passing an anti-vaccination law which v crippled the Health department and placed the peo-1 peo-1 pie at the mercy of the disease? But now that these professional anti-vaccinationists have aided in Spreading smallpox, until there are eighty cases in ' quarantine, it is entirely consistent in them to advocate ad-vocate the erection of a modern eruptive, hospital. Let them prepare a pesthouse for the victims of j their folly! But the people have the right to protest against these walking .bacteria preserves. If we ijuijd this pesthouse, are these anti-vaccinationists to act as cappers for this institution? Are they to continue to promote the smallpox industry by spreading the disease? If they are, let's draw up a contract so we will know where we stand! In the meantime these anti-vaccination statesmen who are qcorinff the health officers ought to go out on a ranch, hunt gophers and bark to the wind. The very thought of such scientific experts discussing health treasures calls for disinfectants. |