The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-19


Dr. L A Grifth, Health Officer of
Prince George county, Md, has made an
other official visit upon the persons saf-
fering with smallpox at Hyattsviife.
Lakeland, and College Park He reports
no new cases. and states that the sick are
doing well He also states that the dis
ease is OF the mildest type, SO that the
| patients have Bat. except in one case.
been confined to their beds. He reports
five cases, but states that they are away
from the public highway, and he fears no
! further spread OF the disease
Dr. Griffith makes the statement that
! every case Of smallpox in the county for
| the past FIVE years, including the first
| case Of the present outbreak, has been
| traced to the District of Columbia. yet he
says the authorities of the District are
now finding the most fault with the man
agenent of the cases by the Maryland Of
feiais. He says that If they had taken
as good care OF their own sick as they
insist that We shall take of ours there
would have been no cases in Prince
George county,
Acting Health Officer H. c. Mclean was
shown q despatch containing the report
true that some Of the cases of smallpox in
Prince George county had been carried there
from the District but he said the implica-
ton of DR.. Griffith in regard 10 the mat
ter certainly was not based on facts. Mr.
Mclean said that the present outbreak of
smallpox in Hyattsville and vicinity had its
origin from a case il the District last July
but that it was solely on account Of the neg
leet of the Prince George authorizes that
the disease spread and had lasted until the
present time.
Mr.. Mclean stated that a colorsd girl by
the name Of Crowdy was taken i'll with
smallpox in Southwest Washington in the
month Of July A brother Of this girl
living a. Lakeland he said, visited his
sister at time when the disease could be
communicated. This was Rev. Joseph
Crowdy, Of Lakeland, and Mr.. Mclean
stated that on July IS another brother Wis
tied the Lakeland preacher and reported
to the Health Office here that Mr.. Crowdy
had upon his body an eruption similar to
that of his sister. That day, Mr.. Mclean
said official notice was sent 10 Dr.. Fulton.
Health setting forth the facts and warning
him that in the opinion Of the Health Of
fee the man had smallpox
Mr. Mclean said an investigation was
made, an3 the physicians pronounced Rev.
Mr.. CrowIy's ailment ivy poisoning, and
noIhlng was done. Since then TOUR people
visiting y living in the Crowdy house IN
Lakeland have come down with smallpox,
and Mr. Mclean showed letters that had
passed between him and Dr.. Fulton IN
which enquiry was made whether the
Crowdy house at Lakeland had been dis
infected after four cases of smallpox had
been in il or traced TO 1t. Dr. Fulton
answer~was that no such disinfection had
| taken place.
The Acting Health Officer said that they
| had become somewhat alarmed because
practically a pesthouse was being main
| tanned in Lakeland through the neglect OF
the Maryland health authorities. and that
all that could be done from his Office had
| been done to induce the officials over in
the adjacent county 10 act. 1T looks, -
remarked Nj. Mclean. as though the
boosted care of the sick did not extend
to the simple preoaution of fumigating the
houses in which they we're confined so as
to prevent the spread of the disease after
the sick are we'll
The quarantine instituted at the prem
ises 1112 Thirteenth Street northwest,
from which Dr. John NJ Newbern was TAX
en- two weeks ago, was raised last night
at midnight by order of the Health De-
partment-