Lower coast gazette., 1914-10-24

contagious diseases except two
cases of diphtheria at Buras during
the month Of September. They both
recovered and the. house and yard
were cleaned up and fumigated.
There vas no spread Of the infection.
! fumigated three houses after fatal
cagcs Of tuberculosis. There. has been
one case Of peilagra reported at
Point Cslest plantation
At The last. quarterly meeting OF
this honorable. body ! was requested
to visit Marin and. locate Lille Wal
!iams (colored) who is a lep9. vls-
tied Marin July 9th, the day after
vour meeting, and found that she had
left there some ten days before for
New Orleans. Smith Williams, her
husband, could not tell me where she
was, and | allowed him six days to
locate her and send me her address. !
He failed to let me know where to
find her by the 18th Of July, and /
had him committed to Jail, hoping in
this way to make him divulge where
she was. After holding him III the
parish Jail some twenty days, ! loeat-
ed her in New Orleans, through
friends of his, who carried her to the
New Orleans Board Of Health and
thew sent her to Judge Ellis court on
AUG. 3. 1914, and he recommitted her
to the Lepers' Home. I wrote to the
Lepers' Home Immediately after your
last quarterly meeting and found that
Lille Williams had been committed to
that institution on Feb. 10. 1914, from
IOrleans parish, and that she abscond'
ed from there May 9Th, 1914. She re-
turned to the home July 18th, 1914,
but they refused to take her back
without a recommittal as she had
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broken the rules of the home. II
seems strange to me that a state IN
i, stitution like the Lepers' Home woul'
be guilty of such conduct.
They knew she was a leper and be
cause she had broken the rules OF tn
Home they turned her loose on tn
. public after she volunteered to e
| back for admittance. 1t appears tina
!. the rules Of tie Lepers' Home are 81
. perior to the health laws Of our stat
want to ask my honorable frien'
2 Dr.. G. A. B. Hays, if a state inst!t'
: ton has this right? know he is we
o posted on ane l must thank M
O Mark CogneyicA for valuable assis
;, ance in locating this leper (Lillie w
liams).
: Respectfully,
!. CHAS. SEAGI4E, NJ. D..
+ Parish Health officer.
On motion Of Mr.. l. S. LAthro
seconded by DR.. Hays, the follow''
preamble and resolution were adopte
Whereas, Almighty Providence h
removed from our midst since our Ia
meeting one Of u members, t
Honorable Adrian Leopold, who h
rendered distinguished services to Il
parish as Justice Of the Peace,
we'll as Police Juror;
=. Therefore, be it resolved. That
preciating as we do the high charact
the distinguished services Of Jud
s Adrisn Leopold, this Police Jury
s sires to pay this homage to his me
s DRY and will long cherish recollecti<
5 OF the kind, honorable and genial &
tleman thet ha was.
On motion of Or. Geo. Hays, q
SS seconded, It was ordered that this re
p luton be spread on the minutes
d that a copy he sent to his family.
p, A communication from Panama-P
Q fic Exposition was read. and on
ton Of Or. Hays 1t was ordered
same be laid on the table indefinit
On motion Of DR.. Hays, duly sect
ed and adopted. the Health Or
was requested to investigate the ca
Of the dying of the cattle IN the par
, or to take up the matter With.
State Veterinarian ut Baton Rouge
The following named gentle1
! wore appointed pound.keepers:.
!, Mr.. Frank Lucas, Jr., located
Nahn, La.
MIR. Jas. Daroca. located at Bu
liza.
A resolution by I. s. Lothrop,
seconded, was: THAT the Shell +
Commission be granted the powe
purchase one car bad Of shell fof
immediate repair Of the Shell X
and that the a be placed on
switch at Carnarvon. It was ado
A resolution by Mr.. Finks. ssco
bv MIR. G. Grabert: That the P
Jury appropriate the sum OF two
,l,ed dollars ls2GO) to be used 20
an endeayor 70 control Of Grad
1.-The infectious fungus disease OF
citrus fruit commonly known AS {
canker, which has recently mad
appearance, in this pa:!sh," was a