The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
HEALTH CODE VIOLATED.

HEALTH CODE VIOLA ED.
The following communication
speaks for ITSELF
Law Offices of Charles Stillwell, Jr.,
Morristown, N. j., May, 1902.
Morris County Chronicle Co.,
Morristown, N. j.
Gentlemen:-
In your paper of the issue Of May
9th, 1902 under the caption "Barbar-
GUS Methods there appears an article
to which the persons therein referred
to take exception as being totally I'M
true.
AS counsel for Mrs. r. W. Grist,
the patient therein referred to, and
Mrs. Louis Horlacker, the proprle-
tress of the institution referred to as
a "sanitarium for consnmptives, l
have been instructed to demand OF
you an immediate retraction of the
libellous statements contained in said
article in as public manner as that
in which they were made.
Yours truly,
CHARLES STILLWELL, Jr.
FIRST let us say that our article is
not Totally untrue. The removal
of the patient from the depot was
effected in the manner descrined and
as the proceedings took place on the
public streets in broad daylight, we
are astonished that a reputable lawyer
like Mr.. Stillwell should attempt to
deny the fact. If the term "barbar-
ous"be objected to, we are quite will
ing to leave that TO the Judgment
of intelligent men.
The Chronicle last week referred to
the fact that patients suffering from
tuberculosis were being brought here
for treatment at the institution. We
can prove from the public records
that at least three such patients have
died here within the last few months.
We said then that the Board of
Health, if it had power should act in
the matter, and il it had not the
Health Code should be amended.
Since the article in the Chronicle was
published the Board of Health has
served a notice on the parties in
charge of the institution, calling their
attention to section % of the Sanitary
Code of the Board of Health of Nor
ristown and demanding compliance
with the same. The article reads as
follows:
mo person or article liable to pro-
pagatea communicable disease shall be
~ hA
limits of Morristown without the
written permit, and under the direo-
tion of the Board of Health thereof i;
and whenever it shall come to the
knowledge of any person that such
person or article has been brought
within such limits he shall imme-
diately give notice thereof to the said
Board of Health. "
We are glad that the Board of
Health has taken such vigorous action
and we are sure that it will be hear
tily supported by our citizens.
AS will be seen by an article from
the State Gazette which we publish
in another column such sanitariums
have wrought serious injury to the
summer resorts in Sullivan County,
New York, so much so that the village
of Liberty some years ago found it
necessary to adopt regulation pro-
hibiting the maintenance of a sani-
tarium for consumptives within the
village limits A copy of this ordin-
ance may be seen at the Chronicle
office.
Morristown cannot afford to have
it's reputation as a summer resort and
as a healthy residential town des-
troyed by the presence of one or more
such institutions carried on for pri-
waite gain.
We understand on good authority
that if the Health Board tolerates
the present institution that at least
one other will be started in another
part of the town at an early date.
No doubt the decided stand taken by
the Health Board will prevent that.