The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-06
orpL LES TO THE RESOLUTION.
re HARDY's ANSWER TO LET
III ~pp SENT BY MAYOR MELDRIM.

,,.IatninG His Published Re-
About the Council, the
,,.,,th Omcer DiscIaims InsubOr-
I,a,tion. and Says He Acted as
.,... peopIe's Agent - Made House
,,,to.re outlet Fight In His ca
III, rs Citizen and Not Officially.
+ ~. elf between Health Officer LeHardy
an, city Council has apparently end
mr. IeHardy received official notice
4 rounci1s resolution yesterday, through
-. Medium, and did not delay in an
swenng it,
..I-ndsr resolution of Council" Mayor
,,.,5rm said in his letter, Il am requested
- .dlfess a communication to you, CALL
H., roir attention to certain statements
Il mod TO nave been made by you, as win
n anna f1lly appear on referring to copy
- said resolution and the whereases
2,,srsto. which said resolution and where
uses are herewith communicated to you.
"Tn obedience to said request, now call
vour attention to these statements and ask
8from YOU in writing statement d,
whether or not you have been correctly
ouoed; (2l, as to what you did say; 80,
and as to what you meant"
DR.. LeHardy in his reply denies stenu-
ously almost everything imputed to him
in the Press interview, and asserts most
4positively that no such talk passed be-
tween him and the newspaper man. Dr..
n LaHardYs letter to Mayor Meldrim fol-
lows:
Board of Sanitary Commissioners, Sa-
vannah Ca, Nov. 4, 1857 have the
honor of acknowledging receipt of resoIu-
lions passed by City Council and forward
q ed 10 me, through you, this day. 1 beg to
submit the following reply: l am not re-
3 spousDe for The whims and fancies of re-
pOrers, who are at liberty to take from
n conversation whatever words may suit
Il Their purpose. l have been misrepresent-
Il ed As your health officer l now say that
n have not been nor intend to be, insub-
ordinate or djsrespectful to City Council,
that on the contrary 1 have always tried
to use the material furnished me by you
or by Council to the best advantage; that
have endeavored to extend the scope of
my department and used every oppor-
tunlty afforded me in that direction, and
while many of the requests made were not
granted, l still hope 10 meet with better
success some day. I have stated that I
was taking notes of all this, and these
would appear at the proper time in my
yearly report. 1 fully understand my OBJ
legations to the board of aldermen; also
those l owe to the citizens of Savannah
and its suburbs, who rely on me for pro-
lection l have carried out, as near as
possible, all orders given me by City Coun-
ell and the Board of Sanitary Commits
soners. Being held, de facto, responsible
by the inhabitants of this city for the
safety of themselves and children, I am
expected to prevent the origination of dis
ease here by constant watchfulness and
the enforcement of cleanliness; to prevent
the Introduction of disease from abroad
by enforcing strict quarantine and to
check the spread of conta gious diseases by
disnfection or other MEANS whether the
+ appliances are furnished me therefor or
nOt. As TO the matter CT sewer outlets, l
have to say that, if any communication to
the chairman of drainage had received due
attention, or I had been informed that ac-
lion had been taken thereon by Council, ii
would have been kept out of the public
8prints. But considering the discharge of
Sewage in the rivera danger to the city
hnd its inhabitants, I warned our people,
hat they might protect themselves, not
hs your health officer, but as a physician
and sanitarian. My protest as health Of
lcer was made when the matter was I'M
der discussion by Council, not since AS a
ellzen have the right to protest and
ave exercised that right"