The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-20
NO SMALL POX
CAN ENTER HERE
Health Authorities Take Ex-
ira Precautions.
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RAILROADS WILL ASSIST
THE PEOPLE or THE CITY
URGED TO yACCINATE.
COUNTY OFFERED USE OF PlsT HOUSE
The Railroads Asked to Have All Employees
Coming Into the City from Portsmouth
Vaccinated. The City Physician viii
Vaccinate You Free of Charge.

The city board of health met yeSleF-
day afternoon in the mayors office, to
consider the small pox situation in the
seem most advisable ITO prevent break
ing out of the epidemic here.
In calling the board to order DIR. Me
Gee. the superintendent of health stated
that there were now an epidemic of small
box AT both Norfolk and Portsmouth:
also number of cases in Halifax, Gull
ford and Chatham counties. And it had
been advisable, he said, i'll view of this
condition of affairs that some steps be
taken to guard against the disease being
brought here.
Mayor Powell said the spread of the
disease had in many cases been directly
tral.eable to railroad employees. who. in
going from place to place, are especially
liable to contract it and peculiarly fitted
for its spread. He therefore moved,
and the motion was adopted:
..sThat the Seaboard Air Line and
Southern railway be requested to have
vaccinated all their employees be- veen
Portsmouth and Norfolk and Ralei%NF
DIR. James r. Rogers. the Seaboards
local surgeon. who is ALSO a member of
the board of health. said he thought most
Of the Seaboard's employees were already
vaccinated Last week Monroe quaran-
tined against Portsmouth. he said. and
on Sunday the Seaboard issued a bulle-
lin directing all its employees and others
going South to have certificates stating
that they had not been exposed to any
contagious disease.
II ALSO" continued DIR. Rogers, he'd
instructions to yaccinate, where 1T could
be done. Out of about fifty employees
certificates / have examined have
found about twenty un-vaccinated. 1
am sure the road will do all it can IN
this respect TO prevent the spread of the
disease
There was some suggestion as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of quarantining against
Portsmouth. but this was deemed both
too expensive and too difficult of ma n
: tenance.
AS a further precaution the following
resolution. calling on citizens who have
not already done so to be vaccinated,
was adopted:
..Resolved, That the people of the city
be urged to submit to vaccination and
especially the school children, and that
the city furnish the vaccine free for
and the superintendent of health shall
do the vaccination, with the aid of the
city physician"
DIR. MCGEE. the superintendent Of
health and one of the city physicians.
thinks most of the people. probably 20
per cent of them are already vaccinated,
but as vaccination is the only preventive.
the other % per cent. are urged. both
for their own safety and that OF others,
TO be vaccinated.
Health Officer Sale Stated that the
county was DESTROYS, in case of an out
break of small pox, of using the city !
pest house and house of detention. lie
Esd made some calculations as 20 the
price for which the city could afford 70
do this.
Mr.. Sale read his proposition. which
was, in its material points as follows:
That the county pay the city SO a
year for the privilege Of using its pest
house.
That the county pay the city, WHOM
the pest house is open for city use, 50
week for each patient and $50 week
For each suspect.
That when the pest house is open@i
for the county alone it pay all expenses.
That the county pay 81 for conveying
each patient or suspect in thu township
10 and from the pest house, and for each
patient outside the township, $500.
That the county pay for all f,ln.igatinr
and disinfection made necessary by its
patients and pay for all clothing or prop
erty destroyed, and for all clohine o.
erly supplied to its patients when re-
leased.
On hearing the above proposition til
board Of health adopted the following
resolution
Resolved, That it is the sensa of III.
board of health of the city Of Raleigh
that it would be more satisfactory
have control of the small pox patients
of the county in the event of an epi
demic of small pox, and that the saie
board recommend to the board of alder
men to make arrangements to the effect
If satisfactory financial basis can h'
arranged with the county commissioners
and that the Sanitary Inspector sfbnjl
to the board Of aldermen his estimate
for caring for the patients"
The beard of aldermen will take this
matter mp at its next meeting, and sollt
agreement between the county and eli.
authorities in regard to it vii, probably
be reached.