Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-02-11
STRINGENT MEASURES
Taken by Board of Health to
Stamp Out Small
POX.
THE BRANCH NORMAL COLLEGE
QUARANTINED BY THE
BOARD.
Prof. Corbin to Be Guaranteed and
Fined for lnfracton of the
Law.
GENERAL VACCINATION ORDER

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president, the board of health met
this morning at the city hall.
The meeting was called On account
of the discovery that there were two
we'll developed cases of smallpox at
the Branch Normal college, the state
institution for the negroes, located in
the western suburbs Of the city.
The meeting was called to order by
the president, Dr. Jordan. and the
minutes of the last meeting were reat!
and approved
Dir. Jordan addressed the boa1d
briefly stating that the meeting hal
been called to consider a grave dan
ger which now existed in the city
from smallpox. He stated that two
cases of we'll defined smallpox were
reported to him last Saturday. Both
appeared to have developed about four
days before. He notified the city ply
sician, Dr.. Carruthers, who corrobor-
ated the report, and vaccinated about
twenty other pupils who lived in the
dormitory. A quarantine was then es-
tablished upon the dormitory.
It was his understanding that some
of the pupils had skipped out, and
were probably in private families OF
the city as servants. He stated that
if such be true that the safety of the
city was menaced Many of the pupils
of that institution live on the prem
ises of the private families of the city
He thought that the situation was so
serious as to demand the immediate
attention of the board and invited dis
cussion from the various members.
1t was stated during the progress of
the discussion that the authorities
had ordered the principal, j. c. Corbin,
and his family not to leave the prem
ises. This, it was stated, he had
agreed to do, but contrary to his
agreement he and his family had
moved out from the dormitory to
residence on West Sixth avenue oc-
cupied by a negro family of the name
of Freeman
Chief Craig was present and he
stated that two colored teachers in
the public schools of the city lived at
the Freeman house and there was
great danger of Corbin's spreading
the disease in that manner. Should
the teachers of the public schools be-
come inoculated with the disease
from Corbin it might be spread broad.
cast in the city.
Dr. Hankinson thought that Corbin's
disobedience of the law and his in
structions should be penalized, and
made an example. He thought that
Corbin and his family should be
brought back to the dormitory and
made to stay there.
Considerable time was occupied in
making resolutions and amendments
to same, but nothing was decided
upon until later.
Mr.. Simon Bloom displayed some
feeling against the city in the matter
Of looking after the smallpox situa-
ton. He stated that the law was
plain on the slbiect. He did not think
that the city had given the board suf-
ficient assistance.
1t was proposed to close the school
by some of the board but President
Jordan and a majority of the board
did not favor the idea. 1t would have
the effect, DR.. Jordan thought, of
scattering the students all over town.
He thought that quarantine of the
dormitory with compulsory vaccina-
ton for the pupils would be the most
effective manner of safeguarding the
CITY,
After considerable discussion a mo
tion was adopted to move all cases
now at the Branch Normal college to
the pest house and that all people who
are now in the dormitory and school
shall be yaccinated and cuarantined