The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-08
Observation-Disclosures
Declares Committee
Held lnquisi.t,i(oln'. IN
DR.. CARCIN EVEN
MORE VIGOROUS,
Member Of Board Submits 4
Lengthy Review Of Special
Committees Report and
Denounces 1t AS Un- 8
fair and Inac-
curate, 4. 4.

# The meeting OF the City Council was M
marked last night by&thc appearance On sag
the floor Of Dr. William I, Oppenhin1er8 s
and DR. Ramon D. Garcln, OF the Board Nj
of Health, who answered In no uncer-iss
tain terms the report Of tho lnvcstiga t-s$s
Ing Committee, which, they stated, N had s4dS
severely reflected upon their professional va
3reputat and their conduct while %il3SsI
office 81 4I y sit8gs
Il Thc Council chamber was crowded. FORE
IT had been lloised abroad that the rcS.l lSs
plies Of Drs. Oppcnhllner and Garclln1s ssEs
would be MS spicy as had been the re- Ns; 33l#
port or the invcstigA ton OF which Il sDzr.ss&s Or.
Ennion Williams was chairman. 9F. fss5 4 jiS#s
The rp,mor proved true, for both mem
bers Of tho Board OF Health, disdainihEs6 s6E
Scircumloc,ltion Went directly Is int tho SS3s9
midst or things and fired hot shot nlo q Ss
tho members OF the committee whicc llIISsS
had so sruthlessy criticised them ag Il Il ,8j
Nrr I IIobson moved that the rules pc t 8 8Si
suspended and the privileges OF the floor 5
be granted to the n1enibers OF he Board S SSs
OF Health in order that the 5lllcmb bcrs g q
that board might reply to the charsesaSS8 S8 aS8
made against them. .s d ,ls 95
Mr. Morton urged that the reg ula = Or Y b. /.
der be not departed FROM but lie $hot s
suspended the regular order Of business #f
and Dr. oppcnhllncr approache #S' 'i:1t' the Bg
presidents stand and without pfetacss ssE
began to read his stypewiittcn statement:
There was intense quiet Inst he council couf,lg 5g
chamber and every word was lis lstened TO ~
will, a marked attention. MA Ss$$&
The First Thrust. "A ~ a
After a fow words OF Introduction, p ~
5Oppenhtmer delivered his first thrust. PYIH YIHss
saying: n g.s5 s$ h n tSi 3i sssi
Before replying M must give Il due u ss$5s
credit to Dir. Levy, who &compie It Il he8s
s report, and who Incorporated &at lea ast sFSs5
'1.S ,,,ls q
rs work s excellent, and deserves Hra lse, fSf
T. 'rhc fact that DR. evS IS rlot ~
shcr Of the legInvestigatlnE Commit tEeel wa : Il
knownfto All present and ftlie sta ateTtent !;
caused q sensat lon. 5; "
After defending the ability Of he m en1-aS
hers of the board and pointing out in-8
stances where the investigating Commit
tee was at fault, the & president "A Of ~ the
board or health paid his respects to. Dr.
TAYLOR, the city coroner in these words: ,is
''The number OF still births In 3R Rcl-s
mond is enormous. Hundreds pf83 suclli q
cases have cen5referred to the coronersS
for Investigation. but I recall mo con-a,
vctlon from his labors He has seen g n
to crticlsc tue Board Of Health. yet she "
has given us no assistance or recon-
nendatlonsa In all these years. althoush5
hc receives d salary Q So, 500 a year.
What Accomplished.
Dr. Lllnn
scope of work ccomplIshed by his de-.
5partmcnt. and told Of the work that had NJ
beer accomplished. Touching on one at II;
the recommendations or tho Investigating
committee. he told 8of5 an Incident that 4
had occurred the treatment of a case II
OF dphthcria, where the patients throat S3
was mopped out daily and the2mop ausedSG
was sent to the city bacterioloEist for
examination. 43B s$5s n 3(5s
Growing tired OF tho delay. Dr. Open
thilner said he told the attendant pllysl- &s
clan to mop out his OWL throat and send ss
tho mop used to the city hactereoioglst,ss ~
who reported thatathc patient was g'roN;-.S
ios worse. The story created considerable #
laughter and President Peters raped III
loudly for order.
Criticized Newspapers. It8
DIR. Oppcnhlmer criticised the news
papers for the part they had taken In 883S
reporting the investigation. and took ex-sS5.g
cepton to statements That had been fs
printed. In closing, he said: 4}3s
n we wish honestly to reduce our death
rate we must extend our city limits. and
give more attention and money to fthe sB
cnrc OF the negroes. They are herded #
together In lll-ventilnted and unsanitary855
houses; they defy all laws of deccncy and Il
common sonse, and fall m easy prey to y
disease. OF the patients treated by the Ak
physicians to the poor from 1900 to 1905. #
lo, Goa were white and l2,I9S were colorea. s
The negroes como in close contact WITH
our children, and the warfare Waged
against tuberculosis should begin among Nj
tho colorcd people. two Of whom, die 70 l@s
every ono of tho whites from this dis
ease ,SF {{S
Dr., Garcin's Paper,
Dr. C;arcin followed, and ~ short 4
statement rcplcte With curt sharp3H
thrusts went at tho Invest stlgat'ns CONF
-. :. ,,.itb. sIOVoS
lie stated that he considered hlnlselfbs
as competent us the chairman Of thA A;&j
conmittec (Dr Wnliamsl, and you'd MI
hc willing to stand an examination 20 s
nr,vo ths fact. In speaking OF a state-sat
mani made IN the committees report, ne
| said . Y
| absolutely false" and continuing, ne Stt
snId. "Your sub b-committec's report crit-
,rlscd this department. harshly, UNJUST ", 58
and certainly illoglcally, ! must say that y
Nav we're to speak mildly. eSceedlnslY5 ~
iisco,,rteous, and inconcluslon he makes
this statements:
~ do not consider it fair. honest or
ust that should he placed IN posi- K
t;nn to be uniustly criticised, as TINS w
conmittee's report has done. and heralded q
hv The newspapers as an isnoramus ana 4
!, fool and AN ncompcten' when my 9a
r,cord proves tic contrary iis III
The reports were Illod as part nf the
al. r,nnn 4. 4