Archive Record
Metadata
Object ID |
974.61 |
Title |
Records of the Board of Health of Washington |
Date |
2/19/1831- 4/4/1831 |
Scope & Content |
Booklet recording meetings and actions in response to 1831 small pox epidemic in the village of Woodville in the north part of Washington. Outlines area to be quarantined, with names of property owners. Mentions Comings' Forge & Adam's Forge. Also menton of creating a small pox isolation house. Excerpt from Washington CT Board of Health Book - 1831 Small Pox Outbreak: "Ordered - That proper signals be posted up, at or near Comings Forge, at the foot of Mount Tom bridge, at or near the point where Warren line crosses the road leading from Adams Iron Works, to Warren, at the intersection of the road leading from Clark Hatch's and the New Milford and Litchfield Turnpike, and at the gate on said Turnpike near Joseph Whittlesey and that all persons now dwelling and residing within the families of Alva Dains, Hiram R. Comings, Samuel H. Weston, Christopher Palmer, Widow Lessey, David Green, Allyn W. Abbott, Mrs. Comings, Barna Abbott, and Mr. Barley shall not depart out of the same for the space of thirty days, without the special permission of the health committee and that all persons be prohibited from passing into said families or either of them during said period without the special license and permission of said health committee under the penalty of the law in such case provided. - - Feb. 19, 1831" |
Search Terms |
quarantine Illness Small Pox |
Object Name |
Journal |