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70 Document No. 20. [Session
gentleman from French's Creek, Bladen county, that a
woman coming from Brunswick, Ga., between two and
three weeks previously had just died, after an illness of forty-eight
hours, of what was pronounced by Dr. Lucas, of our
Board, the attending physician, yellow fever. On the same
day telegrams were received from Mr. Harris, Acting
Mayor of Wilmington, asking for information, and from
Dr. Thomas, of our Board, giving the substance of the
communication and asking if he should investigate the
matter. In view of his proximity to Bladen county and
the difficulty of reaching Dr. Lucas by wire he was
requested to do so. \\'ith characteristic promptness and
energv he managed the investigation and the next dav
received a statement from Dr. Lucas to the effect that the
person referred to "did not die of yellow fever." After a
sickness of nearly two weeks "she died with typho-malarial
fever. * * * j^, is currently reported that
she had yellow fever, but it is false." 80 the threatened
panic was at once nipped in the bud.
On September 24th I received a letter from Supervising
Surgeon General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital Service,
enclosing "a newspajjcr clip])ing relative to an alleged
occurrence of yellow fever aboard a vessel from Wilming-ton,
N. C." The letter was referred to Dr. Geo. G. Thomas,
Secretary Quarantine Board, Port of Wilmington, as well
as a member of our State Board of Health, for answer.
From his reply now on file iu the Secretary's office it
appears that the disease alluded to was evidently malarial.
On the same day a written request was received from
Dr. J. W. McGee, Physician to the Pentitentiary, request-ing
me to officially visit the Penitentiar}'^ and aid the
authorities in investigating the cause of an outbreak of
fever, malarial and typhoid, made u}) of 41 and 21 cases
respectively, inside the prison. A careful investigation
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| Full Text | 70 Document No. 20. [Session gentleman from French's Creek, Bladen county, that a woman coming from Brunswick, Ga., between two and three weeks previously had just died, after an illness of forty-eight hours, of what was pronounced by Dr. Lucas, of our Board, the attending physician, yellow fever. On the same day telegrams were received from Mr. Harris, Acting Mayor of Wilmington, asking for information, and from Dr. Thomas, of our Board, giving the substance of the communication and asking if he should investigate the matter. In view of his proximity to Bladen county and the difficulty of reaching Dr. Lucas by wire he was requested to do so. \\'ith characteristic promptness and energv he managed the investigation and the next dav received a statement from Dr. Lucas to the effect that the person referred to "did not die of yellow fever." After a sickness of nearly two weeks "she died with typho-malarial fever. * * * j^, is currently reported that she had yellow fever, but it is false." 80 the threatened panic was at once nipped in the bud. On September 24th I received a letter from Supervising Surgeon General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital Service, enclosing "a newspajjcr clip])ing relative to an alleged occurrence of yellow fever aboard a vessel from Wilming-ton, N. C." The letter was referred to Dr. Geo. G. Thomas, Secretary Quarantine Board, Port of Wilmington, as well as a member of our State Board of Health, for answer. From his reply now on file iu the Secretary's office it appears that the disease alluded to was evidently malarial. On the same day a written request was received from Dr. J. W. McGee, Physician to the Pentitentiary, request-ing me to officially visit the Penitentiar}'^ and aid the authorities in investigating the cause of an outbreak of fever, malarial and typhoid, made u}) of 41 and 21 cases respectively, inside the prison. A careful investigation |
