Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-24

are badly mistaken in the Relslnger
case. The case was under the city
care, and as | had been discharged, l
had dismissed the case from my mind.
don't think you can properly hold
/ me responsible for this case. If l was
derelict at all might have been dere-
lict in this case, in not having reported
to you that l had a case where a wom-
an had a headache, and that she might
break out with smallpox within four or
five days. II have neglected any duty
it is because l might have better re-
ported to the mayor the cases that DR..
Chesre and / had seen together, in
stead of allowing DR.. Chesire himself
to report them.
THE principal thing I have objected
to In this matter is that the mayor
brought the question before the board
when | was absent. and made the mat
ter anonymous. If any one has any
thing to say about me | want them to
come out and say 1t and use names.
and not be anonymous.
Statements Are Filed.
With the mayors report affidavits
were filed on the part of Health Of
ticer Clark and DR.. Chesire. Mr..
Clark's affidavit dealt with the Refs
niger case, and referred to his visits
to the house when it was under quar-
antine, and was told that Mrs. REFS
niger was sick of grippe. Finally on
March 2. he was informed that Mrs
Reisinger had smallpox, and no report
had been made to the board of health
DIR. Chesres AFFIDAVIT was to the
off baf ho hol VII IN irAof-
mite and unofficial way that Mrs
Reisinger was likely to have smallpox.
and that she had an attending physi-
clan. The physician never reported
the case as smallpox, and he could not
spend his time in investigating imag
mary cases. He had to depend on the
reports of the physicians in charge.
When Mr.. Clark informed him that the
woman had smallpox, he Immediately
visited the case. and had the patient
removed to the detention hospital.
Adam Reisinger's statement on be-
half of DR.. Jays contentious in the
case, was also filed with the council.
Mr.. Reisinger said that the statements
that had gone abroad about the cases
in his home were erroneous in many
respects. Mr.. Reisinger said that DIR.
Jay was not his family physician, and
that he had called him only to vacci-
nate the members OF his family. He
also saw Mrs. Reisinger, who was at
that time complaining, but was not
broken out with the disease. DR.. Jay
mad said he feared the woman was
coming down with smallpox, and told
them to let DR.. Chesire know il she
broke out. When she did break out
they notified DR.. Chesire. Mr.. Reis-
niger made another statement to the
board to refute an impression that had
got abroad from the previous meet
ings, to the effect that an attempt had
been made to conceal the fact of the
cases. He said that he had told Mr..
Clark himself of the case and that the
case had not been discovered" as
had been stated to the board.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. NJ. Griffis, whose
cases were referred to in the mayors
report, also filed written statement
10 refute a statement made before the
board at recent meeting, to the effect
that DIR. Jay had told the family they
need not take the case to the detention
hospital. Mr.. and Mrs. Griffis say that
DR.. Jay never made any such state
ment to them, but on the other hand
he comforted them by telling them how
we'll the child would be cared for at the
detention hospital, and helped to get
the child ready to be taken to the hos
pital