Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-19
MARYL AND MAY
PLACE QUARANTINE
AGAINST SUSSEX
If the Authority of the Delaware
Board of Health is Not Rec
ognized There.
MAY INCLUDE WHOLE
STATE IN THE BAN
Action Will Probably be Taken at a
Meeting in Baltimore
Today.
GEORGETOWN QUIET NOW
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DOVER, JAN 10
\ qua rantinc az Sussex county bv the
Mavyiand health authorities is the most
urgent question that Is being considered
at the headquarters of the Maryland State
Board of Health at Baltimore today.
EarIv today DR.. John ) Fulton, secretary
II the Marvlan q board. got INTO telephone
communication with Delaware State
health officials 10 learn the true status of
affairs, relative To the refusal of some
sussex county citizens to b. vaccinated,
N defiance Of a resolution and order Of the
Delaware State Board of Health
DIR Fulton said he had heard from sev-
rraI Of the health officials Of the Eastern
Shore counties, and that these officials
were uneasy about conditions Some of
them were watching trains for Sussex
rountv travellers. their apprehension he
ing increased because of the fact that q
Delaware man was discovered with small
pox IN Philadelphia on Saturday
We don't want To quarantn Sussex
atizcns, because the Job i almost mpos-
slble, said DIR Fulton But VIC don
like The looks Of things there II any com
munitv is allowed to make It's own laws in
opposition to State laws, then we viii
have 10 proceed promptly If should be-
ONE more serious the nitcd States Pub
lie Health Service would t. called upon
and the entire State quarantlncd
Chester II Wells, State Health Com
missioner came To Dover TODAY. 10 consult
with DR. L. :. ConWell secretary If the
State Board
DIR Conweii said that the Board was
waiting to hear from Attorney General
ReInhardt, and expected 10 receive that
Information some time TO-DAY
STANDING or STATE BOARD.
Both Or Conwell and MIR Wells ad-
nitted that the situation at Georgetown
had resolved itself INTO a question of
whether the STATE Board of Health really
was al agency Of the State or Il il amount
ed TO nothing. According to attorneys,
under the laws Of Delaware the State
Board has the power to step in az all time.
where there Is q belief that any local board
has been careless or trifllng in its duty,
n unable t. cope with an emergency.
and take steps that primarily belong to
the local board Of health
That is the situation al Georgetown
The State Board cla,ms the right to
proceed there with compulsory vaccna-
.ion. because the local hoard failed a
enforce its vaccination order At hear
sng Saturday morning, Justice Stewart
rIled that until the local board Was
proved negligent or careless the State
Board could not intervene.
81 u hearing IN the afternoon. Attorney
General Reinhardt, through the testimony
II Frank NJ Jones. president Of the
Georgetown Board oi Health. proved 10
Mr. Reinhardt 5 satisfaction that while
a vaccination order had been issued 10y
the Local board il had not been pushed
When Mr. Reinharrif asked for ruling
On this Justice Stewart said that II did not
matter, even il Nh Jones considered he
and the ocal board ha d been careless
or negligent, that in his mind Justice
Stewart'sl the local board had not been
careless and he disn issed the case
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