The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-11
SMALLPOX AT EVANSVILLE.
The Prince George County Sanitary
officials Take Action.

H. C. Mclean the Acting Health Officer
yesterday received a reply from DR.. John
| C. Fulton, Secretary to the Maryland
State Board Of Health. to his letter Of
| enquiry relative to the action by the
| Maryland authorities in connection with
| smallpox cases in Hyattsville and Col
| lege Park, Md. DR.. Fulton wrote that
! there were four cases of smallpox at
! College Park. His letter was dated No
! vember 9, and he said that up to that
| time there had been no action. no official
| care OF the cases. no isolation of SIS
| poets. and no quarantining OF premises
where the disease existed. This is the
only official communication the District
| Health Department has had with the
Maryland State Board of Heal h. and tn 3
Health Department does not regard it as
! encouraging.
. From other sources IL has been learned
by the Health Department that DR.. L. A.
Griffith. physician to the Board OF Health
of Prince George county, was in Hyatts-
vile yesterday and took measures to look
after the smallpox cases. He visited them
all, eight In number. and ordered a strict
quarantine Of all the premises where the
patients are i'll, and, 1t is said, made ar
rangements with local physician to take
care OF the patients. While at Hyattsville
DR.. Griffith stated that in case there were
other attacks he would secure a cottage
at Lakeland and move all the patients
there and have them cared for by skilled
physicians and nurses. DR.. Griffith further
stated that the patients were doing well.
and that he saw no reason why the disease
should not be confined within it's present
limits.
Dr. G. A. Richardson, of Hyattsville. is
acting in conjunction with the State Board
OF Health and in behalf OF Hyattsyille. He
has said that he would take steps inde
pendently of the State Board. If that body
did not take hold of the matter in earnest
and al once.
The District Health Office learned yester-
day that two men in Washington. one an
insurance broker and one employed in one
OF the departments, were residing on the
farm at College Park where four of the
smallpox cases are. and were going back
and forth every day. They were visited
yesterday by inspectors of the Health De-
partment and told that they must remain
at home until the danger from contagion
was passed. They were informed that IL
they were found in the District they would
be taken TO the detention camp TO await
the possible development Of the disease in
their cases. They decided 1t would be best
to remain out of the city for a few days.
While a little anxious over the cut come
of the negligence of the Maryland officials
relative to the presence of the dis ase at
Hyattsville the Health Department is on
the watch, and everything will be done
on this side of the District line to keep
out the disease, even If it becomes nscss-
sary to declare a quarantine against the
infected territory. The inspectors Of the
Health Department are on the track o.
others who reside in College Park and
vicinity, and they also will be warned
that they must not visit the city until
the danger is over. The Health Officer.
while he is authorized by law to stop
all communication between washington
and the infected territory. hesitates to
take that step unless IL is found to be
absolutely necessary. 1t is thought that
with the vigorous action which has now
been taken the malady will be circum-
scribed and finally stamped out without
resort to extreme measures from this end
of the line.