Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-06
Health Department Has Nothing
to Do With Certificates.
NOW WARWICK RETALlATES
Put, the OTf,c ers or the Isw on ,bs e,,.,.
Sanitary Agents. The Bluff wun.tt;,
Suggestion f, ON Mr.. lslckford. The
Si'unt'un Generally Improved.

The Board Of Health, has nothing 10
20 with the issuing of certificates to
people desiring to leave the cit..
Neither The Board of Heath nor TIN.
Health Office will issue these. ccl,li,i-
Gates
pr +: l.. 1lobson. representing III
State Board Of Health. tno, Ac;in.,
Health officer Samuel w Hnbsan). has
charge OF this phas" OF ih,. s.t,li,io,l
rms pr. +. L. EobSon has required ,bat
all persons desiring u leave the CITY
shall! obtain. either from rri,u1ni,,.,
physicians or from We'll known ana r.,-
ntablc citizens, certificates seitin.,
forth the fac, that the bearers of tn.
certificates !"ave not been exposed t.,
injection or been Within the uunran-
tined section within ten days OF III.
dating Of The certificates.
Ihis DR.. Ell I!olDsul has REQUIRED ,h5,t
followed. and citizens applying to tn.
Health Office are simply wasting
time.
Ihe above is published for ,l,c b.nc-
ut OF the citiz"ns generally ana Ii.
Htaltfl Office III particular.
Inc Health t1ilicc Was hcsicgcd all ,lay
yesterday with people wanting ccrtj-
flctt.s ard the clerk was kent busy
explaining THAT the office ha, nothin.-
whatever to do With it, 1t was fouu
.lnt1cult to rNns,in to these pcopl. that
1he:c We're two Or. IuhSuns her. nav
ing practically nothing to DO with ca,.i,
othcf 50 far as people leaving the cit '
are concerned
This certificate. arrangement; has ,,s,,1
the effect Of rclevin. tic over worked
ca Chesapeake Il Ohio conductors ana
of checking the migration from mis-
city.
yesterday afternoon tic Chcs;,pcak..
ana ONO carried away several huudra |
people. most Of them going TO Rirh.
mond All Of them had certificates;
winch they l'rrscntt, TO Or. i. L. Hon
son at the train
only one certificate was turned, down
sergeant Reynolds, Of ,h, police f,rc,
<'hu thc conductor Of the train :to, !;
ny the platform ana assisted ~.
"octof- lhrrc was no cruw,lins Of the
tram no friction or rush, ana no OK
element,
IL has been stated that some of ,h,.
physicians are charging ful. giyjn:r
esrtiiicatrs. II is mt known whether
tniS IS correct ana there is prai,ahl,
no one 10 due:'~'il a physirian's perfect
iiSiil 70 charge for them. Any re-
i'"N"'iS 'iti-en WHO IS Well known "a n
siVe y certificate ana has as much
rlght to charge as The physicians hay,.
IL he. secs IT.
uehcrally speaking. no one is cx,sc, :
- 70 charge anything. as The service L
hol professional III any sense ,r ~.
"ord. me man desiring. !, rcrlilir,,
- SUPPOSED to 80 to his family uhys; :
Slail. or TO q frrnl ana set Il crrti1irat4
MS IS supposed IL DO mrr,. frinn1;v
sSfNicc ana Il service that will NORM no,
formed unless The man giving me cnrti-
icatc KNOWS that The statement, in 4
- absolutely true II j. probable ,hat
loi'S 't'lllcs out OF fifty there ar. others
"no are better qualified to give. ccrtifi-
Gates than physicians.
20 Ear as charging for certificates :.
concerned it is only :, question of
appcafances. There arc a.wavs plnt, =,
u people on the ai.ri To misc,ns,,,,,.
'hoplVcs ana methods ana il has ak,
'peeh SHOWN that Whatever tho m,,iv,.
or reason it is a dangerous thing ~
"fsc anybpdy anything FOX !, Surci,,
privilege in this emergency.