Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-10-07
Board of Health Meetings.


gathering in reports from the subsidiary
boards preparatory to making the report
Although of such intimate importance there
were only two districts which made regular
reports-the fourth and eighth.
Mr.. Hallowell stated that during the sum-
mer he had made visits to several of the vii
lagos of the county and delivered addresses
upon the subject of the public health. He
stated that these meetings had been well at
tended and the results highly satisfactory.
A resolution was passed thanking Mr.. II.
for his efforts and requesting that he con-
tinue the same.
Mr.. Prettyman moved that the President
and Secretary be instructed to issue quar-
terly addresses to the people through the
county press. The motion was carried after
which Mr.. Hallowell and Dr. Stonestreet
were reelected respectively President and
Secretary.
The following are the local reports which
were submitted:
Friday, Sept. 30th, 1881.
The Board of Health of Rockville dis
trict, of Montgomery county, met at the
Court House in Rockville
On motion, James b. Henderson, Esq,
was elected President of the Board, and E.
b. Prettyman, Secretary.
On motion of DIR. @. J. Maddox, the Sec
rotary was directed to call attention of the
Commissioners of Rockville to the want of
drainage of Middle Alley and the stagnation
of water and refuse matter therein near its in
tersection with Bridge street, and to request
that they remedy the same.
On motion of DR.. G. J. Maddox, the Sec
rotary was requested to request the Com
missioners Of Rockville to pass an Ordi- |
nance prohibiting privy sinks in said town,
as deleterious TO health by poisoning the
wells of the town and otherwise.
On motion of DIR. +. Il. Stonestreet, it is
recommended to the citizens of Rockville |
to substitute for privy sinks boxes to be re-
moved, emptied and contents covered with
lime at stated periods, and to be deoderiZed |
by the constant use of dry clay or coal
ashes.
On motion of DR.. Edward Anderson, it |
was resolved to hold a meeting of this Board
on the first Saturday of every month, at 10
o'clock, at the Court House, commencing
on November next, and that all citizens Of
this town or district having knowledge of
any cause Of disease or nuisance ere hereby
requested to attend such meetings and com
municate such knowledge to the Board.
On motion of DR.. 9. J. Maddox, Hon.
VIM. Veirs Bouic was elected a member of
this Board.
On motion of Dr. Z. L. Stonestreet, Dr.
f. Howard was elected n member of this
Board.
On motion, the Secretary was directed to
cause to be published the proceedings of this
meeting in the town papers, provided they
can he SO published without cost
II was reported by the medical members
of this Board that there is no epidemic pre-
vailing in this Election District, and that
the general health of this town and district
is as good or better than is usual at this
time of the year.
On motion, the Board adjourned until the
first Saturday of November, at 10 o'clock,
A. NJ, sharp. E. b. PRETTYMAN,
Secretary.
A meet ing of the Subsidiary Board of
Health of the Eighth District, convened by
President II. G, Hdilowcll, was held on Fri
day at theinfflce of Dr. VIM. f. Magruder, at
Mrchanicsvile, present H. G. HallOwcll, w.
ii. Farquhar DIR. W. +. Magruder and j. 5.
Martin. Rev. DIR. Hutton, being indsposed,
regretted his being compelled to be absent
Proceedings OF the last meeting of the
Board, held Goth of May, were read and APP
proved.
The President then reported having had
his attention called at the first appearance
of the epidemic that prevailed in and about
Laytonsvlle this summer. He had called |
the attention of the medical fraternity, and |
also the laity, to thorough investigation of
the causes, local or otherwise. He had also |
drawn the people together and lectured them |
on the organization, purposes and working |
Of the State Board Of Health and that Of the I
local county boards their connection with |
sanitary influences amongst families and |
communities their objects of local and gen
eral good 10 the health of families and viii |
lagos, towns and cities and the public gen
orally.
Meetings in this district were held it |
Brookeville and Sharp Street and addresses |
delivered, which We're received with appar- |
ent great interest.
The rules for the local Board of Health
having been read it was reported that in this |
district they had been generally complied |
with.
The following report was then made by |
DIR. VIM. E. Magruder:
Mr.. W., a farmer, had quantity of marsh |
mud, the accumulations Of several years,
containing an abundance of vegetable mat |
ter and the washings from fields above
hauled during rainy hot weather and spread |
on fields, east of his residence, at the time |
whilst east winds prevailed, blowing di- |
rectly over this matter into his bed room /
window. Mr.. w. was attacked with illness |
developing malarial fever, in a few days |
afterwards attributed 10 this cause. One of |
had been no such case before on the farm. |
The subject matter-did the people feel in |
terested in the working OF the Board-was |
freely ventilated and unanimously conceded |
that, as community, this district did mani |
fest such a marked interest, more particu- |
tarly since our President has 50 well and |
pointedly brought the subject known to |
them in his addresses II was therefore de- |
termined to continue the meetings of this |
Subsidiary Board of Health of the Eighth |
District On motion of Mr.. VIM. II. Far
quhar, seconded by DIR. Magruder, the Board |
adjourned. j. 5. MARTIN,
Secretary.
| must add, scarcely week passes, but, |
that some one, particularly those who heard |
our Presidents addresses, calls on me for |
information or advice AZ 10 what subject |
would be pertinent, TO call their attention. |
| have also been called on by Mr.. VIM. |
Mobley, us spokesman, for several residents |
Of Laytonsvile, asking of the county local |
Board of Health an interested inquiry, in
regard " tho immense growth Of roots of
the "Alanthus" in LaytonSville filling 50
much ground in and around their wellsY
Do they not injure the water and cause Of
necessity deleterious effect on the health Of
those that use it, J. s. NJ.
It was learned in regard 10 the Tenth or
oTtdb llSIlCt tiidL botH
more prevalent along the river this year than |
ever before. owing 10 the hot season. DIR. |
Maddox stated that he was informed that at |
one store in that vicinity an once Of quinine
had been sold daily.
DR.. Anderson stated that he had been
called in upon several cases Of typhoid fever
and in all cases traced the disease W impure
water He recommended that all wells which |
had been exhausted by pumping should be
dug deeper in August or September.
Mr.. Halowell gave the details Of the state |
Of affairs at Laytonsyille where there had
been such serious sickness. He said that |
undoubtedly the sickness proceeded from
several wells which had grown into disease |
and which were filled with all manner Of
impurities. IN addition 10 this he noted the
Alanthus tree,
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