Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-04
PROMPT ACTION.
TAKEN BY THE CITY BOARD OF HEALTH
LAST EVENING.
No Passengers or Frsigh; viii bs Allowed t
Land Here from Infected POints-Ths
Health Officer Empowered to
Appoint Inspectors

The City Beard Of Health, which is
also the Council Committee on Health,
met last evening, at the City Hall, with
Health Officer Spragg and County Ply
stefan Wilson, to consider the outbreak
of smallpox down the river, and take
such action as might be deemed essen
tial to properly protect the interests Of
the people Of Wheeling. DR.. Spragg,
DR.. Wilson, and DR.. Campbell, the lat
ter President Of the Board, all made
statements of the situation, as they I'M
derstood it, and letters and kilograms
we're read, throwing light upon the sub
iect. One telegram, addressed TO DR..
Wilson, was from DR.. B. Ii. Hoyt, which
said:
Smallpox at Pomeroy and Mason City,
sure. Likely to spread"
Another telegram was from DR.. n. D..
Baker, OF Martinsburg, Secretary of the
State Board of Health, which said:
Smallpox outbreak at Mason City.
Well in hand. Measures taken to prevent
spread of disease. HOyt to visit Mason
City"
A letter was also submitted from DR..
II. b. Stout, Health Officer Of Parkers-
burg, which said, among other things,
that there was no small poX at Parkers-
burg, and that the nearest cases were
at Letart, thirty miles away. He had
taken measures to prevent the disease
being introduced by passengers, and
had communicated with President
Thompson, Of the Ohio River road, who
had promised to cooperate.
There was long conference over the
matter, and it was agreed unanimously
that il would be proper to take such
other action as would ensure protection
TO the citizens of Wheeling. The follow
ing resolutions were then drawn up and
passed.
'Rssolusd, That the Health Officer be in
structed 10 notify the officers OF all steam
boats coming from points below the city,
and the officers of the Ohio River Railroad
Company that until further notice no pas
sengerS or freight from Mason City, Park
ersburg, or other points or places where
small pox may exist, shall be permitted TO
land or to be put off, within the limits OF
the city OF Wheeling, unless "a certificate
from the local health authorities at such
points be produced, showing that such pas
sengers or freight have not been exposed
TO infection from such disease"
Resolutions were also passed, instruct
ing the Health Officer TO employ inspec-
tors TO enforce this order, and TO pay
such inspectors at the usual rate allow
ed for ordinary inspection. The reso-
luton as to passengers and freight was
ordered published in the city news
papers.
1t was announced yesterday that the
Ohio River Railroad officials had in
structed train officials not to permit
passengers to board the trains at the
infected points. Chief OF Police Nc
Nichol has also instructed his deputies
to keep an eye on trains and boats, and
to cooperate with the health author
tiles.
Information from down the river
Yesterday, received in this city, was TO
the effect that there were five cases in
Mason City. one at Douglass, three at
Gallipolis, and twenty-six at Pomeroy.
Three cases were also reported at Pitts
burg.