The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04

report of this commission was submitted to the Court
Thursday, Sept. 28, 1905, and upon the showing
made the Court felt entirely justified in granting the
relief prayed for by the citizens Of Lafayette by
ordering the raising Of the quarantine.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL COMMISSION.
LAFAYETTE, La, Sept. n, 1905.
To the Hon Philip s. Pugh, Judge 18th
Judicial District Court in and for
Lafayette Parish, La:
Your committee appointed for the purpose of ascertain
ing the sanitary condition Of the town of Lafayette and es-
pecally with reference to the existence or nonexistence of
yellow fever, beg leave to report:
That the committee was called to order and organized
b. the selection Of DR.. Geo. DeLaureal, President of the
Parish Board Of Health, as chairman and DR.. F. J. Mayer
a. secretary.
On motion of the secretary the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That in order to facilitate the work of the
committee on investigation 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
condition Of the town be summoned before this Board and
required to testify under oath as to any knowledge Of the
existence Of any contagious or infectious disease within the
corporate limits Of the town.
Under this resolution the following persons were exam
lined under oath administered by the Hon. Ed G. VOORHEES,.
Clerk Of Court:
REV. +. E ROGERS. Of the Presbyterian Church;
HEV. j. /. hGNUhlCk, OF the b8pC1St Cnurc0;
Rnv. GEo. w. LANDS Pastor of Col N. E. Church;
Rev. I. J. NJ Pastor Good Hope Col. Baptist
Church:
REV. B. W. WELSH. Pastor Free Town Col. NJ. E
Church;
and the following druggists:
Gee. DOUCET.
I. v. GARDEBIED,
LUCIUs PRUDHOMME,
CLIFTON /. YOUNG,
and the following ctisens:
ALBERT Liable,
L HIRSCH,
ABRAHAM HIRSCH,
HON. ANDRE M. MARTIN. exClerk of Court.
ISAAC BENDM4
CHAS.
who one and ell testified that they knew of no cases Of yellow
fever or suspicious cases within the corporate limits of the
physician
The following physicians Of the town, after being sworn,
testified a. follows:
Drs. 4. B. Hopkins, AR. Trahan, J. D. Trahan, F. r.
Tblson. A Gladu, John Tolson, /. O. Clark, Geo. Babcock,
+. D. VOORHEES,, J. + Duhart, reported no cases Of yellow
fever nor any suspicious cases in their practice; DR.. G. A.
Martin reported no cases Of yellow fever, but asked the
committee 70 examine = case Of fever under his care. The
committee made IN examination Of this case and the con-
sensus 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 from mosquitoes,
The premises a ~ Cases. suspicious or otherwise, that have
occurred a the past. have been fumigated. water containers
oiled and screenedWd cutters and bitches throughout the
town oiled. Your Ecommittee fnrther begs leave to report
Nj n view Of the sanitary condition herein set forth. it is
Antrely unnecessary = a1his. time 10 further surround the
toNn with : sanitary gudrd.s
Respectfully submitted,
g. R~4DELAUREAL, M. D., Chairman;
FRED. J. MAYER, Secretary;
r u VoORHIES NJ. D.,
Ta06 b. HOPKINS. N. d.,
=. T0ESoN, N. d.,
D. 4IBAHAN, ND
8vekn = snd subscfibed before me this Sept. q, 1905.