The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-04-01
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Synopsis OF the Proceedings Of Tive
Meeting Held at jackson Last
Week.

being Drs. Cant, Haralson, Quinn,
Duke, Murray and Hunter.
DIR. Cant was called to the char In
the absence Of President Kiger.
The secretary read communica.
ton from Provincial Boards Of Health
Of the North American States. The
secretary was directed to answer the
communication, setting forth the line
of work OF this board.
DR.. Quinn offered the following res
OutiOn, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, in view OF the fact that
smallpox exists in Alabama, Tennes-
see, North Carolina and Kentucky
that in the Judgment of the State
Board Of Health general vaccination
should be resOrted to by the people Of
this State.
This is one Of the most important
matters that was brought before the
board, in view Of the fact that small
pUx is raging very badly in the States
named. 1t means that everybody In
Mississippi must be vaccinatcd.
DR.. Harralson offered the following
resolution, which was adopted
Resolved, That a bacteriologist be
employed by the secretary to proceed
to Iuka under the direction OF DR..
Cant and l0cate the cause of typhoid
fever prevailing at that place.
The committee appointed to report
on the report Of the Cuban Commits.
sion submitted the following, which
was adopted: .y.et
| We, your committee appointed on
the report of the Cuban Commission,
beg t0 suggest that the report be pub
lished in pamphlet form and that one
copy be sent TO each practicing phySi-
clan in the State, also one to each
county superintendent Of education,
and ten copies to each county health
officer, with request that he give one
to each member of the Board OF Su-
pervisorS. -
Or. Dunn requested that the article
in the Evening Sclmetar Of Thursday,
Dec. l6, 1897, In regard to the state
ment made that a So bill was Il pass
port through the Mississippi Quaran-
tine, which was established last fall, be
read to the board. The article was
read and the following resolution
adopted:
| Whereas, there has been brought to
the attention OF this board an article
published in the Evening Scimetar at
Memphis, tending to reflect on the
Mississippi health authorities, to- wit :
That he knew a S. bill was a passport
through a Mississippi quarantine,
which was established last fall.
Therefore the board deems it their
duty tn investigate the foregoing
charges; resolved that the secretary
be requested to communicate with D..
Sanders and find out what informa
, tion, if any, he had for making the
charges, and report same to this board
at the next meeting.
DR.. Dunn offered a resolution call
my attention that the PascagOula
Commercial Club and Moss Point Mer
chants Association are complaining
that griev0us hardship is Impose
on the ships engaged in commerce at
Pascagoula, in consequence Of long
pilotage and towage from Ship Island
The resolution to tender the dislnfec
ti0n plant at Cat Island to the Jack
son County Board of Health to be
used at the Pascagoula port was
adopted
Secretary requested to communicate
in regard to the sanitary conditions
Of luka and the Iuka Normal Institu-
{ ti0n. "a.
DR.. Dunn moved that DR.. Haralson
continue the supervision Of the quar-
I antine plant of the board and prevent
its destruction. Carried.
DR.. Dunn offered the following res
+ olutions, which was adopted:
Whereas, the controversy between
DR.. Duke and the Jackson County
Board of Health having been brought
before this board, resolved that the
| board heartily endorse DR.. Duke and
, is pleased to know that the whole
affair grew out of misunderstanding
which was satisfactorily explained.
Jackson, Miss, March q, 1898.
The State Board of Health adjourn.
ed at midnight last night, after hold.
ing an important executive session.
President Kiger, who had been de-
talned at home on account OF illness
in his family, came over last evening
and presided at the meeting last
night.
The State board appointed Drs. Fl
| II. llaralS0n, S. r. Dunn and II. NJ
F0lkes inspectors on the Mississippi
coast, and DR., B, f. Duke inspector al
Pascagoula. "a
The following resolution was unani
mOusly adopted:
| Resolved, by the Mississippi State
Board of Health, now in session, Tha
no quarantine legislation should b.
! had at this session of Congress unless
La public health commission can b,
provided for, and request our Senator.
and Representative to oppose an,
measure that takes from the State
their right to manage their own IN
ternal quarantine, the Caffery bill be
ing specially Objectionable.
The action OF the executive commit
tee In fixing the time OF holding tn,
examination Of applicants for licens
for May 10 was approved by the board
Il Drs. Haralson, Gully and Murra,
were selected as delegates to the quar-
antine convention, which is to be hel,
in Atlanta April 12.
II DR.. Haralson rendered his rcsigna
tiOn to the boar4ss 4 member OF tn
executive committee, to take effect a
once. The resignation was accepted
and DR.. H. S5eGully unanimousl,
chosen to I'LL the vacancy.
The cOmmtteeDn rules and regula
: tions were granted until the meeting
April Is, to makereport
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