New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-20
CHARGE GROSS NEGLECT
Plague Conterrees Severely Censnre
California Officials.

washington Jan 19-Surgeon General Wy
man. Of the Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service and the representatives of the health
authorities Of nineteen States. Indian Territory
and the District Of Columbia met in conference
to-day to consider the subject of bubonic plague
in the United States
The conference at the afternoon session re-
considered the resolution requesting Dr. Gard
ner of California to secure certain assurances
from the Governor of California and the Mayor
of San Francisco relative to the suppression OF
the plague and laid it on the table The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted
The presence Of plague in California is established
Ffrg-The Investigations Of Kellogg. Of the san
Francisco Board Of Health; Ryfkogsl for the Cali
f U9ited States Marine Hospital Service
Secondly the later Investigations Of Pnlsbury
for the State Board Of Health, and by those Of J.
and Giennan for the United States Marine Hospital
ThiTd-By the findings Of Flexner. Barker and
Novy, composing e special committee acting under
FouTth-By the findings Of Independent and disin-
terested nvestgators Supplied with materials from
autopsies made at San Francisco and working n
a FF Bsor PBade ITia ana Ann AEbo7
Filthy the occurrence of a case OF human
manufacture Of Hankine's prophyIactic fluid with
sjT-h-Ev +hs s411oosv records Of ninety cases o.
plague now in the possession Of the United States
Marine Hospital Service and Of the San Francisco
Board Of Health. and published in part in The
Occidental Medical Times, OF san Francisco
The following resolutions also were adopted,
but after considerable discussion:
The present danger to California and TO the
United States lies primarily in The persistence dur
ing nearly three years Of definite indus OF plague
infection IN that part OF San Francisco known
Chinatown; but the gravity Of this circumstance is
greatly increased by the gross neglect Of official
duty by the State Board Of Health Of California
and the Obstructive influence Of the recent Gov
ernor Of California by the failure OF the city gov
of San Francisco to support its City Board
Health, and By the obstacles opposed TO the
operations Of the United States public health ser
vice
The conference will consider the safety Of the
country sufficiently assured soon satisfied
that a competent City Board Of Health OF San
in cooperation with the United States Public
Health Service will proceed under definite, har-
r,ouious and effective laws and ordinances: that
they provided with ample funds and that
they are Jointly and severaIv in th= fire.
Of their lawful powers
The following also vas adopted
The conference expresses its conviction that the
United States Public Health Service has deserved
and it would go far toward the restoration OF
popular confidence if the United States public
health officials admitted 70 the relations
with the State Board Of Health have been
steadily maintained with the City Board Of Health
of San Francisco
Of the city of San Francisco are due 10 Drs John
VI. Williamson Vincent P. Buckley ". B. levitt.
Rudolph ". Baum. Louis Bazett and DR.. Mccurt-
ley, of the City Board Of Health Of San Francisco.
These men possess the unreserve6 confidence Of
the executive health officers Of the country