The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-11
r. &. TWITTY EXPLAINS ATTl-
TUDE OF THE BOARD OF
TRADE IN NATTER.
WANTED TO WORK JOINTLY
He Says it Was at His Suggestion
That the Invitation Was Extended
and That it Was in the Interest of
Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga. June 10 1919

Brunswick, Ca, June 10. 1913.
Editor News.
Dear Slr:-ln view OF the attitude
assumed by the members of the board
of health of this city in respect to
the very courteous and cordial in
yitation extended them by the Board
OF Trade to meet with the latter
board at their regular session to be
held tonight, l deem it proper to
make brief statement for the ben
eft of the public, in view of the fact
that | made the motion at the last
meeting of the executive committee
of the Board of Trade to extend this
invitation.
There was not the slightest inten-
ton to reflect in any way on the
board of health or on any member of
that body, or upon any officer or
agent of that organization. The
members of the executive committee
were fully advised of the activity of
the health board, OF the fact that
they had employed an extra officer
and particularly of the prompt and
effective measures that had been
taken by Mayor Hopkins to immedi-
ately remedy certain bad sanitary
conditions that might produce sick
ness.
In extending the invitation we had
in mind certain conditions that had
prevailed for years and concerning
which there has been much discus
sion and yet which continued to ex-
ist, and among other things | would
mention various low places in the
southern part of the city where water
stands and mosquitoes are bred, also
the fact well known to all the people
of this city that there is one particu-
lar locality-one of the most thickly
populated in the city-in which for
years more cases of fever have de-
veloped than in any other portion of
Brunswick We thought it peculiarly
appropriate that the Board of Trade
should manifest keen and active in
terest in the sanitary conditions of
this city and in the health of her
people, and we believed that it might
be possible to accomplish some re-
suits by cooperation with the board
Of hno1fh hot
ization could accomplish alone.
l do not know how frequently the
board o. health meets, but the execu-
tive committee of the Board of
Trade meets in regular session every
Friday at II a. m. for the purpose
of considering any and all matters
that involve the welfare of Bruins
wick and her people, and we fire.
quently hold two or three extra
meetings during the week to consid-
er matters requiring immediate at
tention. The members are naturally
interested in this most important
matter of health, and being advised
as they were of the recurrence of
lew iCfCl CdoCo lAio ouUJcCt Cfilic up
for discussion at the last meeting of
the committee, and this brought on
a general consideration of sanitary
matters which suggested the posi-
bility that good results might be
brought about by cooperation be-
tween this organization and the
health department, hence the invita-
ton to the board Of health.
l indulge the hope that the men,
bers of that organization will, upon
reflection, reconsider the action
which they took yesterday IN declin-
ing our invitation, and imbibe some
what of the spirit of cooperation
without which our beloved city can
not grow into greatness.
AS the official statistics show, we
have one of the healthiest cities in
the United States, and / am satisfied
that we have fewer cases of typhoid
fever according to population than
any town in the South, but these
facts should only serve to stimulate
not only our health department and
our Board of Trade, but all our citi-
zens, to join forces in the effort to
practically eliminate fever and to re-
move as far as possible all causes for
diseases that are produced by sani-
tary conditions.
Yours very truly,