Delaware gazette and state journal., 1895-12-26
STATE SANITARY STATISTICS
Interesting Reports from the
Three Counties.
CANVASS BY THE HEALTH BOARD
Delaware a Healthy Place of
Residence.
Information Cleaned From Physicians in
All Sections of the Commonwealth Indi-
cate IA Gratifying State of Aiiuirs From
Sanitary Standpoint.

of L. D. Frazer, secretary of the State
Board of Health. in this city, replies
having been received in response to in
quiries made about the middle OF Oc-
tober last:
Centreville. New Castle County-,No
board of health, no undertaken; vsccina-
tion attended to /; drinking water good |;
two cases of consumption, 15of typhoid
and seven Of scarlet fever, and two
deaths during the year previous to the
time of making the reply (October) |;
sanitary condition of the town good.
Reported by DIR. Joseph H.. Chandler,
the only physician.
Henry Vaccination attended
to; good drinking water: 10 cases of
typhoid fever during the year. and
somo malarial fever; good sanitary con-
dition. Reported by DIR. r.. p. Green
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Newark Board of Health composed
of DIR. II. G. NJ. Kollock. Wilbur I.
Wilson, William Cooch, Joseph Caleb
and james A. Wilson, meets every week
when necessary; undertakers, Wesley
B. Hart, G. E. Wilson and j. T. Max
we'll; good drinking water; Drs. J. B.
Butler, @. Henry, Ii. G. M. KolloclS
and 9. NJ. Almond are the town physi-
clans; 81 deaths reported during the
year. Reported by DR.. Ii. G. M. Kol.
loch.
Stanton and Marshalton-No board
of health; vaccination attended TO Z;
good drinking water; DIR. L. ii. Ball
and DIR. Bradley are the physicians in
the neighborhood; six cases of con-
sumption, 12 of typhoid fever, four Of
Il lit.h nF Inf n
three deaths from consumption during
ported by DR.. L. II. Ball.
Newport-No board OF heath, but a
board of town commissioners composed
Of Samuel Kilgore, William Stewart,
David Conlyn, John Scarborough and
franklin Jones; vaccination attended
to; drinking water fairly good; Drs
Booth and Francis L. Springer the
town physicians; sanitary condition
only fairly good. Reported by DIR.
Francis l.. Springer
Christiana-No board of health vac
cination attended to; DR.. B. B.. Peters
the town physician; sanitary condition
good. Reported by DIR. b. lB. Peters
New Castle-No board of health. but
a City Council composed of L. e. Ella
son, j. Pagan. j. Schuhardt. William
Morrison and W. W. Cooper; O. H.
Clewell the undertaken; vaccination
attended to; Drs. II. r. Tybout. d.
Stewart. Jr., j. L. Fisher, W. Kuntz
and j. j. Black, the physicians; sani-
tary condition good. Reported by DR..
j. j. Black.
Hockessin--No board of health Alex.
Guthrie, undertaken: vaccination at
tended to; good drinking water; Tay-
lor S. Mitchell and John Ball, physi.
clans; sanitary condition good. Ro-
ported by DR.. Taylor S. Mitchell
Glasgow--No board of health; Levi
Higgins, undertaken; vaccination not
generally attended to; good drinking
water; Dr. w. II. Skinner the town
physician; six cases of consumption,
10 of typhoid fever, two of diphtheria,
and u of scarlet fever and three deaths
from consumption and one from diph-
iberia during the year; Il few cases OF
intermittent fever during the year.
Reported by Dir. W. I. Skinner.
ST. Georges Board of Health COM
posed of Dr. S. A. Fritts, William M.
Stuckert and several other parties the
names of whom were not reported; DIR.
j. W. Dewitt, Il. G. Pierce, ID. b.
Stewart William King, Daniel Cush
and Joseph Heisel, town commits
sioners; drinking water fair; Drs. j..
w. Dewitt, S. A. Fritts and James
Richardson, the town physicians; sani-
tary condition fair. Reported by DIR.
James Richardson.
Townsend Board of Health com.
posed of DIR. I. A. Enos, d. T.. Hutch
inson, O F. Hubbard Thomas Ma.
loney and Walter E. Hart board meets
as often as necessary; vaccination at
tended to occasionally; some drinking
water good and some bad: DR.. I. A.
Enos the town physician; five cases oi
consumption and two of scarlet fevel
during the year; sanitary condition
fair. Reported by DIR. IT, A. Enos.
Clayton, Kent County Board ol
Health composed of G. q. Harmanson,
W. L. Gooding, Thomas Holiday, w.
L. McFarlanc and George d. Boggs
vaccination is attended to; good drink.
ing water; Drs. j. S. Cobb and G. G..
Harmanson. town physicians; two case'
of typhoid fever last year, but not 4
case of scarlet fever or diphthcria in Il
years; sanitary condition good. Re.
ported by Dir. @. q. Iarmanson.
Board of Health composed ol
John II. Taylor. Elmer Walker and
william II. Cooper; board meets when
ever Il complaint is made; vaccination
attended 10: ilrs. Frank Virden ant
Nillian VI. Cooper thN trwn physi-
cians good SANITARY condition. Re-
p;Nel by !)r Wllilum II. Cnppcr.
Gheswoisi No roafl uT health, but t
board Of town commissioners compoact
OF John Moore Joseph Phillips, Henry
Ford, dui,n })yer ana }. II. Smith
vacciuatp1 a'tS"' ID 10 ranitary con.
dition s.ocd. ''ed hY DR.. John
Nj. Smith, tho Aph '1yeiaan.
MGgno.ia-. M cf health, hut {
hoard of 5cWn w. 4iGhrr' consisting
of William n .us5, William NJ.
Grace. t3amucl ip,nuer lohn J. Connel
and John w. MrIgnt; Yarc nation at
tendtd 10: good driua!n. water; Drs.
S. T., MansAir and II. 4. Nickerson,
! town pbyGicians; twa cases Of scarle
fever during the year: fair sanitary
condition. Reported by DR.. II. a,
Nickerson.
Board OF Health consisting O
II. l.. Knight, John MeGonigal, Dir
Lewis S. Wharton, John Wright, Jamel
Clifton and DIR. p. S. Downes; boart
meets monthly; undertakers, Messrs
Pritchett and Ferguson vaccination
attended to; good drinking water
physicians, Drs. j. II. Wilson, L. II
Bishop, F. S. Davis, P. S. Downs, E.
S. Anderson and Il. o. Clements; sani
tary condition fair, Reported by DIR