St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-01-20
MOVEMENT TO
SEGREGATE
CONSUMP-
TIVES
DR.. Durell Appears Before
\ Association of Commerce
and Urges Action.
TOWN COUNCIL WILL =
PASS NECESSARY LAW
Members Are Unanimous in
Agreeing That Matter
Deserves Attention.

DR.. J. w. Durel appeared before
the Association of Commerce at
their meeting Monday evening and
addressed the members with refer
ence to the matter of allowing cor
sumptives to be Quartered in boari-
ing houses or residences without re-
striction Of any kind. DIR. Durel
stated that he did mot wish te De
understood as wishing to deprive
consumptives of the benefit to be de-
rived from Covington' s 'healthful eli
mate. but he thought the practice Of
allowing them to enter boarding
houses or hotels indiscriminately, il
they could gain admittance, was in
turing Covington to the extent that
soon no physician would recommend
Covington to patients, but in fact
would caution them against coming
here. That this indiscriminate lodg-
ing of tuherculars was not only
menace to- the people of -Cevingson
and to visitors, but it gave opportu-
nifty for reinfection of patients re-
covering from the disease. O
DIR. Durel advised that boarding
houses who were willing to take con-
sumptives should be licensed to do
so, and that no boarding house or
hotel should be allowed to take them
unless so licensed. He also urged
the board of health to have all
houses which had been occupied Dy
tubercular patients carefully cleaned
and fumigated, so there would be
no danger of infection. That, II
sanitary precautions were taken IN
these matters Covington would lnd
that the feeling now existing that 1t
was DANGEROUS to come to Covlngton
would be replaced by confidence IN
the sanitary care eof the town. The
doctor stated that it was a mistake
to assume that the publication OF the
occurrence of infectiuos diseases was
harmful to the town. 1t IN tact was
beneficial and created confidence IN
the ability of the town to take care
of its people. That New Orleans
had passed through this experience
in tho handling of yellow fever ana
plague, and that now there was no
concealment of dangerous and lnfec-
tious diseases.
At the meeting of the Association
Of Commerce next Monday members
of the medical associations OF Ne"
Dreams and St. Tammany parish are
expected to be present, when the
matter will be gone over Thoroughly.
A representative Of the st. Tam
many Farmer interviewed Mayor La
croix and members of the councll
relative to the matter, and these m
terviews are given below, and were
in response to the question: Are
YOU in favor of the council passing
laws or ordinances that will give the
mower Of controlling or segregating
conservatives, so that infection may
be prevented and citizens and visit
ors relieved of the dangers of con.
tact at boarding houses and hotels!
Mayor IacrOix-
81 am in favor of passing some
ordinance that will help the siHa-
tion. There is no doubt that fhe
free mingling of consumptives Win
other guests of the boarding houses
ia DANGEROUS. am in favor OF ac-
ton being taken to eliminate TINS
danger as far as possible and Will
assist in having laws passed that
NAV accomplish the purpose.
Alderman H. A. Mackie-
"Tubercular patients should not
be deprived of the benefits OF our
climate, but they should not zoe al
lowed to become a menace to our
own people and to visitors. l am
heartily in favor of doing somethlns
that may relieve the danger of in
lection, and believe the license sys-
tenn would be a good thing. a
II believe, further. that all houses
that have been occupied by consump'
tiyes should be fumigated and sanl-
tarv precautions taken to make them
safe for occupation. The observ-
ance OF these laws should be- en-
forced, as we'll as the law COMPEL
ing physicians to report contagious
diseases.
Alderman NJ. p. Planche-
II am in favor of some action be-
ing taken that will be effective in
l,reventing the spread of consump-
ton and will gladly assist IN the
tCont,nned on page y
and suggests this method as one
feasable, timely, and entirely IN
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