The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-06
Lafayette's Explanation to the Public.

| viz PARISH vi bdl eve W 9ttdFdudtlue
the town OF Lafayette, Judge Pugh, OF
the 18th judicial district, appointed
Tuesday, Sept. rs, 1905, a commission
of six physicians to investigate the
health conditions of the town of La
fayette. The report of this commits.
sion was submitted to the court Thurs
day, Sept. %, and upon the showing
the court felt entirely justified in grant
ing the relief prayed for by the citi-
zens of Lafayette, by ordering the
raising of the quarantine.
REPORT OF MEDICAL COMMISSION.
Lafayette, La, Sept. q, .05.
To the Hon. Philip S. Pugh, Judge
18th Judicial District Court in and for
Lafayette parish, La:
Your committee appointed for the
purpose of ascertaining the sanitary
condition of the town of Lafayette and
especially with reference to the exist.
ance or non-existance of yellow fever,
beg leave to report
That the committee was called to-
gether and organized by the selection
of DR.. Geo. DeLaureal, president of
the parish board of health, as chair
man and DR.. +. J. Mayer, as secre-
tary.
On motion of the secretary the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That in order to facilitate
the work Of the committee on investi-
cation of the health condition of the
town of Lafayette, every practitioner
of medicine, every minister of the
gospel or any other person or persons
who may, in any manner, throw light
upon the sanitary and health condi-
ton of the town, be summoned before
this board and required to testify un-
der oath, as to any knowledge of the
eXistance of any contagious or infec-
tious disease within the corporate linn
its of the town.
Under this resolution the following
persons were examined under oath by
Hon. Ed G. VOORHEES,, clerk of court:
Rev. F. Z. Rogers, of the Presby-
terrain church, Rev. J. |. Kendrick, of
the Baptist church, Rev. Geo. w.
Lands, pastor of Coll NJ. E. church,
Rev. T. j. James, pastor Good Hope
Col. Baptist church, Rev. H. w.
Welsh, pastor Free Town Col. M. E.
church and the following druggists:
Geo. Doucet, D. V. Gardebled, Lucius
Prudhomme, Clifton l. Young and
the following citizens: Albert Liable,
L. Hirsch, Abraham Hirsch, Hon.
andre M. Martin, ex clerk of court,
Isaac Bendel, Chas. Martin, who one
and all testified that they knew of no
cases of yellow fever, or suspicious
cases within the corporate limits of
the town, nor of any cases whatever,
unattended by any physician.
The following physicians of the town,
after being duly sworn, testified as
follows:
Drs. T. B. Hopkins, A. r. Trahan,
J. D. Trahan, F. r. Tolson, A. Gladu,
John Tolson, L. O. Clark, Geo. Bah
cock, r. D. VOORHEES,, j. L. Duhart,
reported no case of yellow fever, nor
any suspicious cases in their practice.
DR.. G. A. Martin reported no cases of
yellow fever, but asked the commit
tee to examine case of fever under
his care. The committee made an ex.
animation of this case and the con-
senses OF opinion of the majority was
that it was case of typhoid fever.
Your committee finds the sanitary
condition of the town unusually good
and remarkably free of mosquitoes,
the premises of all cases, suspicious
or otherwise, that have occurred in
the past, have been fumigated, water
containers oiled and screened and
cutters and bitches throughout the
town oiled. Your committee further
begs leave to report that in view of
the sanitary condition herein set forth,
it is entirely unnecessary at this time
to further surround the town with
sanitary guard.
ReSDectfully Suhmittod