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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
3
Miss Lillian Norton, a nurse at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover New Hampshire, fell from the porte cochere roof yesterday afternoon and is at the point of death. The incident occurred as Dartmouth students were being cared for at the hospital.
Four young nurses fell from a porte cochere railing during a break as the railing gave way. One nurse remained in critical condition with possible internal injuries and a broken back, while three others had less severe injuries. Miss Mary Hope suffered a scalp wound and Miss Pearl Chase and Miss May Richardson were bruised.
The A F March Company at 19 Congress Street begins dismantling its offices. Officers were told to stay only if they could pay rent. With a bank deficit around 3000 dollars and irregularities, they closed the offices. No word on A F March, the missing broker.
City veterinary and inspector of animals in Cambridge enforce a strict quarantine on dogs, aiming to curb rabies spread. The program requires monitoring and health checks for all canines within city limits.
City and town officials in eastern Massachusetts implement strict rabies measures after 50 people were bitten by dogs in three months. Cambridge restricts all dogs for 90 days, with Belmont Waltham Gloucester Rockport Sterling and Dedham tightening quarantines and precautions.
Dr. Lester H. Howard seeks a renewal of Wakefield’s 30 day quarantine amid four new dog bite cases in Worcester Whitinsville and Cambridge. In Cambridge three residents plan Pasteur treatment after exposure to a rabid dog. A dog in Whitinsville shot for suspected rabies is examined and four collies quarantined locally.
A dog refused food and water, frothing at the mouth, was shot by Officer Frank A. Cross after it showed signs of rabies. The State Board of Health reports 12 people undergoing Pasteur treatment for rabies bites, with eight more treated privately. Since August 1914 about 80 cases have been treated by the board, with two deaths and roughly 200 cases in two years.
Since December 1 1914 there have been positive rabies cases in 68 municipalities. The year total to date is 135, compared with 149 at the same point last year, though 75 cases now under observation may raise this year’s total.
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