Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-19
STATE HEALTH BOARD
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE PRE-
VENTION OF A CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.
A Special Meeting Held in This City Yesterday
AteraOo1-Seysral Candidates Examined
BY the Beard.

The State Board of Health held a
special meeting yesterday afternoon in
the rooms OF the Board Of Education.
There were present Drs. Ewing, Of
Charleston; Lake, of Bridgeport; Irons,
of Pickaway; Wilson, Of Wheeling;
Carpenter, Of Putnam county; Brock,
Of Morgantown, and Baker, Of Mar
tinsburg.
The candidates for examination were
Thomas Lusan, OF Doddridge county;
r. NJ. Hudnall, of Kanawha, and H. D.
Gilpln, Of Morgan. The assignments Of
branches were as follows: Surgery, L.
D. Wilson; practice Of medicine, f. P.
Carpenter; anatomy and physiology,
Drs. Brock and Baker; obstetrics, DR..
Lake; materia medies and chemistry,
Drs. Ewing and Trout. The appli-
cation OF the Ohio Medical University
for recognition was received, and acted
upon favOrably by the Board.
The following resolutions regarding
cholera were adopted:
WHEREAS, This Board views with deep
est concern the spread Of Asiatic cholera
in the continent OF Europe and recognizing
theimminent danger Of its gaining foot
hold in our own country, and
WHEREAS, The State Board of Health is
charged with authority Of law for the pre-
! servation of public health, therefore
Resolved, That il is the sense of this
/ Board, in the event of cholera becoming
/ epidemic at any OF our Atlantic ports, that
a uniform and thorough inspection service
should be established and carried into eff
I feet In West Virginia
(2D Should tho emergency above re-
/ ferred 70 arise, the Secretary, at his dis
/ erection, is instructed TO place an efficient
inspection officer at all points where trunk
| lines Of railroad transportation, carrying
| immigrants enter the State.
81 IL any passenger, on any such train
show symptoms Of cholera, smallpox, or
typhus fever, such person should be iso-
/ lated as far as possible. The sick person
should be taken TO the nearest emergency
| hospital, or the car containing the person
| infected should be side-tracked in an iso-
lated place, and proper accommodations
provided in the car. In either case the
names Of passengers in the car should be
telegraphed 70 the health authorities at
their respective places of destination.
a. When passengers in car in which
a suspect is found. are transferred, anOth-
er car should, If possible, be provided for
their exclusive use, and they should be
kept under strict surveillance as long as
within the borders Of the State.
(5.l II shall be the duty of the local
Board of Health, in any county in which a
suspect may be summoned from a train, to
take charge Of the same, unless otherwise
provided for by the railroad company, or
other authority competent to deal with
cases Of infectious or contagious disease.
(6.) Railroad companies are requested
70 provide at such places within the State
as the Board OF Health may designate, &C
commodation for those taken sick en- route.
Sucn accommodation 20 be subject to the
inspection and approval Of the State Board
OF Health.
a. 1t is earnestly urged upon all rail-
road companies, in the event of an epidemic
Of cholera, to provide their passenger
coaches with closets specially arranged for
the retention and disinfectiOn Of focal mat
ter.
81 The person and baggage of all sus-
poets must be subjected 10 thorough disin-
lection, after the most improved methods,
and the car in which such suspect is found,
must not be used until il has been thor
oughly disinfected by fumigstion and the
application Of the bi-chloride solution.
II is earnestly desired that he people
throughout the State heartily cooperate
with the State and local boards of health
in their efforts 10 prevent the introduction
and spread OF cholera within our borders,
and 70 this end we would urge upon the
citizens Of the State. the necessity OF TAX
ing measures at once 10 place their premi-
ses in the best sanitary condition.
The report of the Immigrant Inspec-
tor at Harper's Ferry was received and
ordered spread upon the minutes, and a
copy sent 70 the Governor. The resolu-
tions which were adopted will govern
the Board in the event Of cholera be-
coming epidemic ia The United States
The Board then adjourned, to meet in
Charleston July 18th, 1898.