Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-02-19
SMALLPOX CASESIN
STATE NUMBER l23
State Health Board Urges Vac
cination Of Curtis Bay IabOrers.
REGULATIONS FOR co. ENGINEER.
Commissioners Give Notice That He
Eiust moi Pursue Other Work TO
Neglect q Duties 70 County.

NSEECt Nk Dulars 70 Aeuuty.
That a tctal of 1873 cases Of small-
pox now exist in Maryland TO the
knowledge of the health officials was
the statement contained in a commu-
nication received yesterday by the
Board of County Commissioners from
DR. c. w. II. Rohrer, assistant SUI
perintendent of the Bureau of Com
Communicable Diseases of the State
Board Of Health.
OF the number Of cases that have
been discovered, 53 are confined to
Baltimore city,3 to Baltimore county,
al in Allega1y county and 26 in
Garrett county This information
showing how the disease has spread
since the outbreak of few cases sew
eral weeks ago, was given along with
the request from the health official
that the County Commissioners of
this county take the necessary steps
to insure the vaccination of all per-
sons employed at the Curtis Bay coal
pier, and the fertilizer factories of
the Fifth district.
The letter refers particularly to
the colored laborers since the disease
has been found more prevalent among
those Of that race. DR.. Robrer states
that the State Board of Health had
teen under the impression that all of
the laborers in the Fifth district had
been vaccinated several weeks ago.
He further states that one of the
worst cases of the disease that has
yet come to the attention of the
health officials is that of George
Sales, eolored man, who had been
empoyed at the coal pier and is res
ident of Baltimore city.
Acting upon this communication,
the Commissioners directed the Clerk
30 the Board to notify the Health De-
paTtment that as most of the people
employed at the coal pier and the
fertilizer factories are residents of
Baltimore city it is up to the Off
cials of that city to see that the
proper steps are taken to guard
against the disease.
at yesterdays meeting the Commits
sioners adopted an order throwing
cert ain restrictions about the hours
nf service of County Engineer L. H.
Green. This action was taken upon
the petition filed several days ago in
behalf of the Taxpayers League of
the county, in which it was alleged
that the Engineer was pursuing other
occupations to the negligence o. the
work for the county, and among other
things urged that that official be COM
PEELED to maintain certain Office
hours.
The order adopted by the Board
provides that the Engineer shall not
engage in any outside work that
may interfere with his duties TO the
county. and that be shall be present
in his Office on every Tuesday, the
regular meeting day of the Board,
in addition to such days IS the Road
Commissioners meet.
As the expenditures of the road tax
for the Second and Eighth districts
has reached the limited amount, the
Board passed an order giving formal
notice of a proposed incre ase in the
rate for each district for the remain
der of the fiscal year 1912-'I3. 1t is
proposed to increase the rate by 10
cents or so much thereof as may be
necessary.
Clerk Tilghman submitted his re-
port Of the proportionats rate of tax
expenditures, from July 81 1912,
TO January 81, 1913, as follows !:
First district, II cents on the 500
Second district, % cents; Third dis
trict, so cents; Fourth district, 81
cents; Fifth district, SO cents; Eighth
district, 81 cents. General county
rate, 3s cents.
Complaint having been made as to
irregularity in the collection of gar
bage from Brooklyn and other sections
of the Fifth district, the Board took
necessary steps looking to the en-
force ment of the contrsct recently
entered into with John Mccormick.
Notification will be sent to the
chief engineer OF the State Geologi-
cal Survey Commission. Of the inten-
lion Of the county to improve the pub
lie highway at the south end cf First
street Brooklyn aud Pumphrey's Sta
tion, known as the New Cut Road
Through Cromwell's Property, under
the provisions OF the shoemaker Road
law, enacted in 1904. The stretch
of road to be improved is two miles,
and under the Shoemaker law, half
the expense is charged to the State
and the other half to the fund Of the
district in which the improvement is
made
The Board granted the request OF
the Cemetery Association of Annapo.
lis for the use Of the Court room fol
a meeting on the evening Of Febru
airy 28.
firing OF the long delays and dis
putes incident to the proper supervi
sion Of the College creek bridge, th,
Board directed the bridge committe,
appointed some time ago to confer
with Governor Goldsborough and th,
naval authorities, with regard to thl
matter The bridge question va
the subject of litigation in court rev
eral months az The structure is Il
/ dilapidated condition. and III
| county officials are unwilling 10 ex
pend SO, coo or So, 600 for its repai