The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-09

The city councils investigation of
the published charges of DR.. C. l..
Parsons, through its sanitary commit
tee, was started Saturday evening in
ry opened at 4:3O with Councilman
Wyllys, of the sanitary committee,
presiding, and Councilman Church,
another member of this committee,
and City Physician w. w. Phillips
and County Physician w. T. Joyner,
invited members of the board of in
quiry, in attendance. There were also
a score of citizens who were enough
interested in the proceedings to be
present. Councilman Wyllys stated
the purpose of the meeting the coun-
cils reading clerk, Lucius Dills, read
ing the original article that was pub
lished by DIR. Parsons in the Daily
Record. after which Mr.. Wyllys called
upon DR.. Parsons for any statement
ne might care to make. DR.. Parsons
read the following:
ITO the Sanitary Committee OF the
City of Roswell,
Gentlemen II having been
brought to my attention by patients,
business men and prospectors, that
an alarming condition of typhoid ex-
listed in this city, and that its contin-
nance involved a great loss to the
business interests of the town, as
we'll as to individuals, 1 prepared al
article expressing my views upon the
situation and presented it to our daily
paper for publication. 1t appeared
in the issue of November 23rd, of the
Record, and was brought to the atten-
tfon of the Council by one of it's mem
bers at the next regular meeting. 1t
indulged il no personalities, mention
ed no names, but spoke to the general
public about a public question
'-As my motives have been impugn-
ed. my profession scoffed at, and my
character assailed in regular session
of the Council by one of its members,
it becomes my duty to myself, as well
as the general public, to give you a
fair statement of the basis of my aru-
Gle. 1t is with great regret that am
compelled to give any names, but JUS
tice demands that fair and full ex-
planation be made. have made par
tial investigation, of which the follow
ing is the result:
Case No. 1.-James Pordan, 3O1 E.
Sixth street. was taken sick with ty-
phoid fever, October 18th, DR.. Fisher
in attendance Patient was in bed
twenty-o1e days, and during all this
thrown into an empty privy vault with
out disinfection. No instructions as to
care of waste products was given by
the physician in charge
Case No. AT 321 E. Sixth ST.,
Mrs. TAYLOR and son were sick with
typhoid fever, during the months OF
Julv and August. All waste products
were thrown into the back yard I'M
covered. for several weeks, until the
neiehbors became alarmed and furn-
ished Quick lime to cover the same
No instructions from physician as to
care of same.
Case No. 3.-Mr. Will Abbot moved
into the house formerly occupied by
the above Taylor family and soon con-
tracted the disease. being sick during
october. DR.. McCaleb was in attend
ance. All waste products thrown on
the ground, and no instructions from
the physician in charge as to care OF
same.
Case No. 4-At s27 E. Sixth ST..
Thomas A. Webb was sick in octo-
Der with typhoid fever with DR.. Joy
ner in attendance Fecal matter treat
ed with one teaspoonful of carbolic
acid to. each discharge and then
thrown upon the ground or into an
omen ranlt, according TO the instruc-
tions of the physician in attendance
of course, this is totally inadequate
disinfection-
Case No. 5.-Sarah Finney at 2os
N Penn. was sick with typhoid n
Julx with Dr. Fisher In attendance
waste products thrown into the yard
and some even into an adjoining yard