The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-16

Wylie Court northeast. There he met seY-
cral friends. and from this source the
Health Office has traced more than thirty
cases through the Brents, Browns. and
Others. Hamilton lived nj Halls Station,
Md. and his visit to his cousin, as the
Health Officer expressed IL, left behind Tar
reaching consequences
Another source Of many cases was the
outbreak of the malady in two houses on
the New Cut Road Several cases have de-
veloped in persons who visited the sick in
one or the other of these houses.
Dr. Woodward said that there had been
no general recourse to vaccination, ana ne
did not think there would be- Nhlle
there has been a good many cases, the dis
ease, he said, had not spread widely. lie
| could see no possible cause Of alarm in
I present conditions, and the fact that II has
| not gone beyond the limits of certain we'll
/ defined centres of contagion, he thought,
ought to assure everybody that the trouble
! Is being efficiently dealt with.
In speaking of compulsory vaccination.
| Dr. Woodward stated that 1t had been re-
| sorted to in the past and would be again,
! whenever 1t should be thought necessary.
/ The course TO be pursued. he said, was for
| the Health Department to call the atten-
! ton of the Commissioners to the belief OF
/ the office that general vaccination was
I necessary in the interests OF the pubic
| health. The Commissioners then have the
| authority. he explained, 10 order compul-
| sorry house-to-house vaccination by gen.
!
| DR. Woodward stated that he believed
| the publication of the facts relating to
| all cases reported to his office had a
| beneficial effect. He is OF the opinion that
/ such publication in the papers warns peo-
! pie away from the infected localities. and
| in that way prevents the spread Of the
/ disease. DR. Woodward is thoroughly op-
I posed to the exploitation of sensational
| para graphs calculated to brighten the
| timid but he believes the people of Wash
/ inGton who read the newspapers should
| be informed every time a case Of small
! roS IL reported to him. Concealment OF
! the plain facts he regards a serious fault
! OF public administration.
! DIR. Woodward stated that there We're
I probably some cases OF the disease which
/ are not reported 10 the Health Office The
! disease Is Of such a mild tyne that a
| physician is not summoned, and those
! who have IT wander about and expose
others. In this way the Health Office
accounts Tor some OF the cases they are
unable TO trace.
George II. Harries, commanding the
! militia of the District OF Columbia las
written TO the Commissioners requesting
an expression OF opinion be solicited from
the Comptroller OF the Treasury concern
ing the following proposition:
Can the National Guard Of the Dis
! trict Of Columbia purchase coal out OF the
! appropriation for cleaning and repairing
uniforms. arms. and equipments. ana con
tingent expenses under the head Of
militia Of the District OF Columbian
The reasons which prompt the forcgo-
| Ing request arc stated as follows:
THE commanding officer of the Naval
| Battalion OF the District Of Columbia Ma
! ticnal Guard has submitted a requisitian
for fifteen tons of coal for use on board
! the United States steamship Fern and
! informs me that the coal supply Is nearly
| exhausted. He further states that in or
| der 10 properly care for the ship and the
! large amount Of Government property