Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-30
Children WORTH IT
SAYS MR.. LAVENDER

trict DIR. Dodd will order them into
quarantine for two weeks. He will
have them under his observation
during that period. Just how strict
a quarantine is TO be maintained
over these children will be left to
the Board Of Health physician.
The City Council meeting was call
ed primarily to permit the Citizens
Committee, recently organized. to
I present certain recommendations
/ Andrew Bryson acted as spokesman
! for the committee and among the
recommendations made by the COM
mittiec were that two inspectors be
/ employed to canvass the entire city
J for the purpose of learning the SAM
tary conditions.
Mr. Bryson read his report, which
/ started out with the statement that.
few careless or ignorant persons
ought not to be allowed to ieopardize
the lives OF an entire community. The
! plan proposed by the Citizens Com
mittee to remedy existing unsanitary
conditions, he said, was to employ
one or two young men OF education.
who were familiar with engineering
and sanitation, preferably Delaware
College students, but not residents OK
New Castle. to make house TO house
inspection OF the entire city. They
would note everything pertaining to
the sanitary condition of the proper
ties and make such recommendations
for improvement as they saw AZ. The
committee also proposed Offering
prizes for the best looking backyard
TO stimulate interest In the project.
The expense OF this inspection should
fbe borne by the city. the committee
advised The report also recommends
: ed that cutters, vacant lots, ETC. be
cleaned up and that the water sup
ply be made pure and wholesome at
once.
George Mcintyre followed with
verbal remarks on the infantile parat
ysls situation and proposed the quar-
antine restrictions which were later
adopted. Referring TO the cost OF
such a quarantine, Mr.. Mcintyre
said: But the children are worth Il"
President Theodore Lavender OF City
, Council, endorsed what MIR. Mcintyre
. had said and reiterated his remark
relative to the children. ut may cost
us a thousand dollars 10 maintain this
quarantine. but u we save child It's
worth it, he said. Mr. Cavender's re-
marks brought quick hand clappina
from the little group OF Century Club
members and others who were in the
room. Taking up Mr. McIntgre's
proposition frst. City Council dis
cussed Il in it's various phases and f.
nally adopted the resolution relative
10 a quarantine.
Councilman Whalen was on his feet
once during the discussion to inter
iect his opinion that In the matter oil
| inspectors for the house 30 house can.
1 vass. New Castles city engineer was
Z competent to handle the situation and
II the committee recommended mer
from Delaware College, II must bC
. that they had some young student;
: whom they wished 70 place in the 20
= sltions.
\ President Lavender ruled Mr.. Whaien
Z out OF order and told him that his
remarks were personal and irrelevant
Y to the question under discussion
Councilman Gallagher finally stood
sponsor for tho quarantine resolution
: as prepared by Mr.. Mcintyre, and
i Councilman Bacon seconded H.
!, The City Council then went into
!, session as a Board OF Health In order
70 promulgate a ruling making II pos.
, sible TO properly punish violators oil
A the quarantine Just established
4 Mayor Rodney was sent for and his
: advise was sought as TO how best t.
3 maintain a guard to be certain that
!, all children coming into the city tc
, remain are notified TO appear before
y Or. Dodd. II was decided to emplo,
a., pwfra man mr. two 70 aid the nOiic(
2 force. but II was the sense Of the
.. meeting that the public itself wculC
m constitute the best guard.
4 Owing to the lateness of the hour
q action on the other recommendation
made by the Citizens Committee wal
= deferred until the next meeting, al
" though an informal discussion Of thu
q points brought M took place.