The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-29
STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH.
Semi-Annual Meeting of
That Body Held in
Wilmington To-
day.

, The SENT annual meeting Of the State
|, Board Of health opened In the Clayton
!. House this morning and will be In session
i, during the afternoon.
on typhoid fever and other diseases togeth-
q or with reports Of the sanitary condition
! Of the towns In Delaware.
His report in q conden sed form was
as fo!lows: During August sent to the
, physicians the following letter. To what
oxten does typhoid fsver and maarial
fever. prevail In your town and vicinity.
town good, bad or fair. Please mud o
stamped envelope for reply. !,
Glasgow, Sept, 15.-Dr William .@T,
Skinner reports eight cases OF typhoid
fever plainly depeplent upon unssIl ary
!, conditions polluted well water. But lit
|, Ito malaria a. compared with former
years, There were several cases Of en-
treyo colitis In young children.
Newport and New Castle visited by my
little sickness. Both towns will be taken
care of.
Clayton, September 15.-Dr. G. G. Har-
monson, President OF the local Board of
Health says: We have no typhoid fever
and less malaria than usual. Had an cpl
demic Of insasles In the spring and early
summer and several cases Of diphtbsris
The sanitary condition Of the town 10 very
good.
Smyrna, September 16.-Dr G. DIV
inny, President Of the local Board Of Health
says-Had one case Of typhoid fever the
past year, and that tracsable to bad drink
ing water. Several Co. es Of malaria. Our
Board OF Health has been very active and
the town council has aided us all tho time.
General health good. Town clean and
drinking water excellent.
mi 81
says-We have no board Of health. Two
cases Of typhoid fever. Malaria ia the
prevailing disease here and We have only q
limited number Of cases
Laurel. Sept 1b-Dr. j w. Foaks re-
ports at the present. cline We have very lit
! tle typhoid fever and our community Ia
free from malaria. Sanitary condition of
town no AS good as 1t should 10.
Milton, Sept l6.-Dr. X. b. H. Hopkins
fever in our town. Sanitory condition of
our town is good owing to our local board
OF hsalth.
Delmar, Sept 18-Dr. Robert Ellexood
says: There Ia no typhoid fever In the Dell
aware side Of Delmar. 1t docs not prevail
In this vicinity. Marlaria fsver lie below
the mark of other years. Jaundice pre-.
walls here. the condition OF the town 10
b 'altby.
Lewss. Sept. 16- DIR. II. H. Dodd reports
there has not boon q single case Of typhoid
during the summer. Malaria IA on the de-
crease and the sanitary condition of the
towu IL good.
Hnrrinytown. Sept 10 This town was
visited by myself by request Of numb
of citizens. The sanitary condition of the
town ID not good, the drainage bad-the
land being fiat and very little fall The
town commissioners do not attend TO
cAmDlainto nru PiIau E,r lrar
seen and they reported that typhoid fever
prevailed. 1t was traceable to impure
water and the unsanitary condition Of |
dwellings
Dover. Sep. 22-Dr. T. G. Frai,ne says,
:bere has been very little typhoid foyer in |
Dover and vicinity. The sanitary condi-
Ion Of the town IL very good.
DR.. Joseph H. Chandler. Centrsville,
,ays, there were 10 cases of typhoid fever
at Squirrel Run on the Brandywlne. lost
but one case The disease was eau sed by
water.
Greenwood, Sept. S-Dr. o. ". AM
me- son says, we have had two cases Of ty-
phoid fever. three cases In the country. SOW
III cases Of remittent fever and several Of
,ases Of dysentery.
Ths large bitches that run through the
own will be cleaned yearly.
Middletown. Sept. a6-Dr l. s. VAL
sndigham says-We are free from ty-
,hoid and malaria. The sani,a ry condi-
Ion OF Georgetown Is excellent
Townsend, Sept. % DIR. I. A. Enos re-
,ort. no typhoid and three cases Of mala-
'ial fever.
Seaford. Sept. Sol @. H. Carter
ays: There have been 20 or % cases Of
Uphold fever here this year. The pro per
authorities neglect the condition of tho
own.
Newark, Oct. 6-Dr J. B. Butler re-.
,orts no typhoid or znalaria. The local
3oard OF Health Is trying to get better
ewerage Tor Newark.
Milford, Oct. 11.--Dr George W. Mar.
hall says: Wo had some fever during the
uiEmer and tall. None at present. "Chills
nd fover' arc almost unknown here. All
'ntsances are abated BY the local Board Of
Health as soon as they are reported Our
eople are remarkably healthy at present.
There will he an effort made at the com.
ng session Of the Legislature to have a
'tato law passed. covering the shipment Of
cad bndtes from the s., ate. A report
vas received from down State town that
family had a child that died Of diphtherja,
hey took iJin a trunk to the depot and
riad to have 1t sent on the train. They
'ere refused aud were ordered to bury tho
HID
The Stata Board of Health and the Caro-.
NJ County authorities were instrumental
having nuisanoes removed at Mary
ell.