Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-10

cry wires Surgeon General Wyman, of
the Marine Hospital Service, to-day
from the Soldiers Home. at Hampton,
Va, as follows:
mo change. Everything favorable.
Nearly all in tents that can be moved.
Disinfection OF buildings being pushed
along by Surgeon Nontigdorf.'
No new cases and no deaths to-day;
the few remaining sick are getting;
along nicely; no suspects in the Home
or Phoebus
The above is the Intelligence received
from the Soldiers Home last night.
Nothing could be more gratifying or
encouraging. Ii shows. as this paper
mas previously intimated, that the pco-
PIE at first became necdlessiy alarmed.
Il considerable number hurrying away
to points of imaginary safety. Truth to
tell. they We're as safe AZ their homes
as they would be elsewhere. Even the
timid and frightened are now returning
to Norfolk, Portsmouth. berkeley. New
port News, Old Point and Hampton.
BOARD or HEALTH
The Board OF Health held It's usual
daily meeting Yesterday and decided TO
invite transportation men engaged in
traffic between this port and Newport
News and Old Point Ia a conference ut
, o'clock this morning, ut which the
details of the proposed modification OF
me quarantine against the last men-
toned points. proposed 60 he made Sat
urday. Will be discussed. and no douot
arranged. This modification contem-
plates the admission into Norfolk OF
through passengers. local passengers
equipped with clean bills of health. and
such freight as il may be deemed adj
Visabie TO admit. The Norfolk Board
"a 4 !, ID. To-,
modification along these lines.
Quarantine officer Hone and the
Portsmouth and Berkeley Boards Of
Health were notified that 1t was ready
to discuss with them the modification
proposed.
a REPLY TO CENsUREs.
DIR. j. J. Mccormick, secretary of the
board. yesterday sent the following re-
ply To Il letter from DR. w. II. Ward
health officer at Plymouth. y. c., and
received through Mr.. VI. l.. King, gem
eral manager of the Norfolk and South
crn railroad:
MIR. NJ. Il. King. General Manager of
the Norfolk and Southern Railroad:
Dear Sir-Your letter with letters
from DR.. Ward, health officer of Ply
mouth. y. c., was received this morn
ing. IN regard to The smallpox situn-
ton of the past winter. | would in
form YOU that on the 20th day of Sep
TENDER. 1898. the first case of SMALLPOX
was reported To the Board of Health.
The following notice was ordered pub
lishcd in the daily papers OF that date:
The Board of Health notifies the
public that Il case of smallpox has been
discovered on Pulaski street The pa
tent was Immediately removed to the
pesthousc and the house disnfected
general vaccination is advised. By
order Board of Health'
he Marine HuGnitDl cart-ica y,.n- nf
fcially notified or that ease and n daily
report was made through the winter Ia
the Surgeon General Of the Marine
!losnital Service and these reports were
puhl shed in the public health reports.
which are mailed Ia every city in the
United STATES once u week
I'm regard to the yellow fever scare
II case had occurred in Norfolk the
BOARD Of Health would have adopted
the Same policy. as il is tho belief Of the
hoard thar perfec; knowledge of the
situation ms regards epidemic diseases
IS iar safer for the ciiy's welfare than
leaving ii to fertile imagination.
1T gives The Board of Health pleasure
10 inform You that since The inception
OF the yellow fever scare not one sus-
piciouS case Of sickness has been re-
ported to the board for Investigation.
THE Iionrd Of Health docs not know
upon what information Dr. Ward bases
his statement that it had not boon en-
tirely frank ut all times rs TO the con.
dition of the citv's health
y. J. ArCORMCK.
"Sccrctarv."
SUPPLIED WITH PROVISIONS.
Newport News. Va. Aug. 9.-IIanlp-
ton and PhOebuS have been supplied
with provisions and the Soldiers Home
has a sufficient supnly on hand 10 last
until the raising of the quarantine