The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-16
NO Sickness There
MILITARY CAMP Ar JAMESTOWN
EXPOSITION MOST iEAlTEi-
FUL EVER SEEM.

F5l EYER SEEM:
y JAMESTOWN EXPO IIIos
aug. The IsantaEa The omcial
publication IF the Twenty; third Infan
liz: Camp John smith, jamestown "a.
position, has proven a fearless ans
fair jo1rnal praising where praise was
due and NOT hesttating in criticism
where criticism was due, hence the
following extract from the issue Of Au.
gust 8, Is accepted as a truthful state Y
nent Fof Ii condition Of tn Exposition
camp. The extract Is as follows:
4 "A Pennsylvania reader Of the Ian
TAXA wishes Is know Il IT IS true
that there Is a typhoid epidemic in
and about Norfolk The Exposition in
It's earlier stages went through sieges
d mumps, measles, whooping cough,
Group and chicken pox. Some news
papers have been trying to work up
an epidemic Of typhoid, but thus far
the agures are against them. The Esd
Infantry camp, alongside the EXPOSE
ton grounds, is the neatest, cleanest
and most healthful we have ever seen.
There Is one man in the regiment on
sick report to-day, July 30; he hurt
bis foot in the athletic games yester-
day.
The following figures are taken from
the government public health and ma
rne hospital service:
New orleans, La, with population
Of 27s,ooO, for the aeek ended July
9Th, had SO cases and 8 deaths; Pitts
burg, Pa, with a population Of S21.,
900 for the week ended June 10th, had
11s cases and 70 deaths; San Antonio,
Tex, with a population Of $1,000 fol
the week ended June 2sth had u cases
and one death; Washington, D. G.,
with a population Of 27s,00O for week
ended July 9Th, had IA cases; Bald'
more, Nd, with a population Of $685.
900 for week ended July eth had II
cases and 4 deaths; Cincinnati, o.
with a population. Of SS1y009 for week
ended July 9Th, with 10 cases and
1 deaths; Charlotte N. G., with pop
ulation Of $4,000, for the week ended
July 9Th, had Is cases with two deaths
Norfolk county, including the cities
Of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Berkeley and
the Exposition, with population o.
100000. not counting the thousands 81
visitors to the Exposition, COMING
from all parts Of the world, for the
entire month ended July 20, had g
cases Of typhoid fever, average Of u
cases per week. Many Of these cases
occurred among visitors to the Exposi
ton shortly after their arrival, and y
Is not just to credit Norfolk with in
tections brought from atar. Although
the average rate in these. other cities
have far exceeded that in Norfolk and
Norfolk county, no alarm has been fell
and the newspapers have made nc
mention Of epidemic prevailing.
1t should be mentioned in this con
nection that local health officers, who
are acquainted with the seasonal prev
alence of the disease in this locality
state that the number of cases is
smaller than for the corresponding pc
rod of last year.
In this same relation the following
letter from DR.. Rupert Blue, director
Of sanitation, to Major Charles ].
Wolf. of the seventy-fourth New York
regiment, National Guard, is pertinent
AS a result of DR.. Blues letter the
Seventy-fourth has decided to encamr
at the Exposition for a week begin
ming August 25th.
The following is copy of DR.. Blues
letter in regard to the conditions OF
the camp at the Exposition:
Major Charles ]. Wolf,
74th Regiment, N. G. N. Y.