Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-01
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Formal quarantine Established. Gordon
Around sIl. CITY.

Around I'll. CITY.
At . o'clock the Board Of Health held
Il special meeting at the courthouse for
the purpose of taking formal and Off
cial action covering the eXiEcncics of
the situation. There were present in
addition TO the members of the board,
the mayor, Quarantine officer 1IobSon,
Il number of councilmen including Mi.
Powell, and the committee of the Bus
mess Mems Association. MIR. Il. G.
Hickford, as chairman of this commit
tee, addressed the board earnestly and
impressively- not only on the necessity
of quarantining from without, but Of
cleaning up the city generally, cspc-
cially the streets and baclkyards. Mr.
Bickford was authorized to draft Il res
oluton cmbodying the committees
ideas. with which the board conceded,
for presentation to the council. He
was also requested to draft an ordi-
nance covering the points to be en-
bodied in the resolution, for passage at
the special meeting of the council TO
be held later on in the day.
The board then adopted the following
set of resolutions:
Whereas. yellow fever having APP
pearcd at Soldiers Home, ten miles dis
tant
BE it resolved by the Board of
Health Of the city of Newport News,
that strict quarantine be established
against Hampton. Soldiers Home, Nor
NAL School. Phoebus, Fort Monroe and
The counties Of Elizabeth City and
Warwick.
That the tender Of the Police De-
partment Of the city by the police COM
missioners to the Board of Health for
the purpose of maintaining said quar-
antine under the direction and super
vision of the Board of Health or it's Of
ficers. be accepted.
The chief of police is hereby author
lied to establish sufficient guard at the
following points and to patrol intervcn-
ing points, viz:
Ivy Farm.
"Salter's Creek
County road at Salter's Creek
&C. & Q. Railway as far as junction,
thence to Briarncld road and James
river, and then
&C. & o. tug to Point Breeze and Sal
ter's Creek
The president of the Board of Health
is authorized to notify the c. & o.
railway company and electric railway
company of this innovations also the
health officers of the districts auaran-
tined. lie shall also further inform the
cities quarantining Newport News Of
the action taken by this board and de-
mand free pratique.''
The exact number of mon needed to
guard the quarantine line was not fixed
1T being understood that the President
of the board would ride over the line
and determine as far as possible the
requisite number.
The amount to ask the council to ap-
propriate Immediately for emergency
was fixed at $4,000
a resolution was adopted permitting
pilots now tied up in Hampton, but de-
string to come to Newport News for the
purpose of taking out ships, to come
on the understanding that thcy could
not return to Hampton.
The board decided that It would he
necessary to issue permits to several
milk men residing in the northern sec
ton removed from Elizabeth CITY coun-
ty to send milk into the city. it being
realized that it was absolutely impos-
slble to do without it, 1t was also de-
cidcd to permit those Newport News
people now tied up in Hampton and at
'nuckroe TO come home. If they would
come at once. These Hampton people
with business here desiring to remain in
Newport News, come within this cate
cory. Ihey must yet get here before
noon today.
A request was received from thn
mana cement OF the Soldiers Home ask
ing the board to be as lenicnt as poss,-
pie in the quarantine so far as it cf-
Iects the provisioning Of the Home
lhcy fear shortage of food supplies
there. In this event provision train
VIII be sent down under the supervjs
ion of the health authorities.
The Board Of Health is virtually in