Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-26
SOME SUSSEX FOLK
Oon tinuod from pags !

Plans hAve been made for City Conncil
to hold meeting in the mar iutane 70
consider the naming Of another local
Board Of Health 70 take the place Of tho
ono lust resigned, but because Of the TACT
that the position at this tifne n one IN
which person might be censufed, u sccna
a difficult matter 10 get five citizens 10
consent to serve. !.
Int meantime IL N Up 70 City Council
to act in the capacity Of the CeorkctOwn
Board Of Health because OF statutofy
provision which vcsts in them the power
to act A health officinls when there ~ no
legally constituted board. According 70
President Of City Council Antirew Marvc',
IL il not known definitely when the spcciM
meeting Of Council will be held. In the
meantiIne. however, they ARC keeping
cloec watch for spread of the discaae, and
IL it 10 found that there b likely to bc an
other outbreak Of smallpox there n little
doubt that drastic measures will be taken.
II is stated that approximately w
per cent OF the residents of this district
have been vaccinatcd, and with all OF the
cases which have been under quarantine,
practically well, the situation at this time
r. considered in hand and no further tro,i-
bic n anticipated. :.
The mandatory vaccination orders OF
the State Board. however; still hang over
the communities where there are no
boards of health, and the interesting
question il what is to be done IN the mat
ter.
STATEMENT BIT BOARD OF HEALTH
Editor Every Evening: On the first
page OF your issue of the 22d inst, there
n the report of an interview by an Every
Evening reporter with citizen OF George
town, moet of which. apparently, n IN
tended TO reflect upon the former members
Of the local Board of Health. As members
Of that board, we wish to state, through
your columns, that every word and syl-
liable therein, so far rs they concern the
Board of Health of this town as it has been
constituted since April, 1918, are false
During the whole Of its existence there
has not been the slightest friction or lack
of harmony among the members of the
board, and ts every action, covering near
ly two years, has been UNANIMOUS
As To the testimony of the president OF
the board at the hearing last Saturday
afternoon, il was perfectly true IN every
respect; neither he nor any other member
of the board could have testified different
ly without swearing falsely. The res,gna-
tons of the members of the board were
not brought about, directly or remotely,
by the testimony given at that hearing, nor
by any friction, lack Of harmony, or per
sonal feeling of any sort among the mem
bers of the board. This action had been
contemplated for several months, and did
not taxi place earlier because OF the IN
sistsnce Of members of Town Council
that we remain.
Ues er dinary conditions we would not
take the trouble nor Use your valuable
space TO notice a matter Of this kind; but
in view of the unpleasant notoriety which
our town has attained recently, because
of the smallpox situation and incidents
growing out of 1T, we feel we owe II a. a
duty TO the community, as well as To our
selves, to show to those Of the public who
might accept the report OF the interview
at its face value, the falsity OF the state |
ments IT contains.
Frank NJ. Jones
w. Elwood Wright
John +. Kaiser
Joseph B. NAPLES, Jr.
Mrs. A. p. Townsend
Former Members Georgetown Board OF
Health.
Georgetown. January "a, 1920.