Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-21

health officials are willing 10 cooperate
with the State officials IN safeguarding
the community and others and it ls be
lievod some nomber Of the State Board
will ho called 70 Milford ~ eonsult with the
local board in this contingency.
gFon0rrown HEALTH BOARD QUrfT.
Georgetown. Jan 2i-Diyested OF all
irs power as working force by the edict
passed by the State Board Of Health az a
fneetipgon December 10, cc,snE,eiling vaccI-
nation Of all residents IN the f1ye iDiected
districts Of Sussex county Baltimore,
Broadkiln IrSgcs and Reh0both, Indian
River and Georgetown distylcts-- mem
her; of tho GEORGETOWN Board Of Health
have resigned and thus left the smallpox
situation In this district n the Georgetown
Citv Council More than a month ago,
Or. Joseph,ts H. Waples, Jr., rendered his
resignation ard the legal question arose
whether or not, without physician on
! the board such a board existed, since the
| Iaw ztates that one member of the George-
| town Board Of Health must be physician.
| The remaining members-Frank VI Jones
/ Deputy Clerk Of the Peace w. Elwood
/ Wright, John Kaiser and mrs. Alfred
/ Pierson Townsend have handed their
| resi2nafions 70 Andrew Marvel pre5ident
/ CITY Council, upon acceptance Of the
| resolutions, constitutes thc board Of
/ health.
/ There il every reason To beli"ve that
/ the members 81 City Council, under the
! lav now acting as the Georgetown BOsrd
/ NJ Health. will handle the srt1iaticEl lu-
! dicinlsly and take every precaution "
guard against another outbreak which
| would involve the expenditure OF scveral
/ hundred dollars II is admitted that there
/ "a still danger Of the digease spreading,
/ and those who have been under glsran-
/ tine for the past three or four weeks have
/ not bcen released until il vas beiieved
/ that AT danger was passed ne oan mas
l been lifted on two Of the honnes, but II -
,indcrBtood that there still remain two
persons under quarantine Fghoee re''sase
will likely take place this week. When the
/ quarantine Il lifted. ii s believed that no
new casoE will develop in The cOiOTed
section and Georgetown district vii once
more be free from the disease
News has reached here that . case q
smallpox has broken out in Cedar Greek
district sixteen miles north Of here, and
according 70 reports the patient mss y IN
the same form that the residents of Endi7 n
/ River district apd Georgetown had 10.
/ The disease seems TO be working lts way
Dorthward AZ Is evidenced from the fact
that Il vas more than FIVE months after
. Il broke out IN Indian River district be-
fore 8 case developed IN this section
RESPONSIBILITY PLACED oH GEORGE
TovE.
DovER, Jan. II.
/ The State Board ni Health today nut
the question of smallpox VACCINATION
sduarely I'D 70 the officials II the city oi
Ceorggtoxn. Three letters signed by
DR.. i. 3. Conven Of the State Board
were addressed to the mayor, president
Of Council snd president Of the George
town Board OF Health, each beng similar
IN character and explaining contents Of
tho communication sent the others.
The letters inform the Georgetown
officials that, following out the deGsioL
OF their mayor. the state Board call'
upon them formally and officially 70 sex
that not only those persons are yacclnate1
against whoTn warrants had been sEoTI
out for refusing so 20 do, but aH cshel
residents az Georgetown who have no
been vaccinated. The names OF the oaet
charged with failing to do so IS charges
n warrants are set forth.
The letters also inform the city officials
that tie State Board has not reilnqulsHea
sny of It's contentious as 10 authority Owe
Georgetown, insofar as It's health : con
cerned, but at the same time holds ths
GEORGETOWN officials responsible for ths
vaccination OF its people. Every one II
the place must be yaccinated, the letter.
! emphasize.
50 far rs sny legal action, there are Dt
cases pending for refusal 10 be vaccinated
!; u bile there remain some persons agaIns'
whom warrants had been sworn out
because Of Justice Stewarts declsloI
! last Saturday, these are not going 10 oe
pushed at this time. Next Saturday Il
the tune 6xed for the hearing OF VARIOUS
! persons accused Of beng implicated IT
the mob that drove Chester VI. Wells
state Health CommlssiO0er. out cl
Georgetown las, week. Attorney Genera
i, Reinha-yit has made no announcement a
! To his intentions regsEGing these cases.
Health Commissioner Wells IS III Lewes
TO-DAY where lie went last evening q
st,aighten out some routine matter
that have been demanding settlement fol
some time. His visit had nothing 70 DO
il is said, with the vaccination contTo
versv, but other business Of the Stat
Board OF Health.
HOW HAITfMORE gEEGss ABOUT TT.