Caldwell
County Board of Health
Dr. J.A.H.
Miller, Princeton
Dr. R. Woods
Ogilvie, Princeton
Dr. J.A. Mott, Crider
J.E. Baker,
Esq., Princeton
D.B.
Blalock, Esq., Princeton
Princeton
Board of Health
Mr. W.H.
Rich, Princeton
Mr. John W.
Young, Princeton
Dr. R. Woods
Ogilvie, Princeton
“Princeton,
Ky, Dec. 31, 1907 to the
State Board of Health
Gentlemen:
During 1906-07 we have had only one case of smallpox that was supposed to have
been contracted on a steamboat, between Smithland and Paducah. As soon as the
case was discovered, the patient was sent to the eruptive hospital and all who
were exposed were vaccinated and kept in quarantine the required time.
During these
two years we have had about 50 cases of scarlet fever out in the county. The causes
of so many cases of scarlet fever were carelessness of attending physicians and
non-observance of quarantine laws by families in which disease occurred.
The expense
to the county for infectious diseases during these two years has been
practically nill.
The slaughter
house has been inspected repeatedly and the proprietor, Charles Raucher, was
urged time and again to observe the rules and regulations pertaining to
slaughter houses, but he could not be induced to observe these rules, so he was
indicted by our last grand jury.
On the whole
we consider the condition of the county much better than at the last report.
Very
Respectfully,
[1] State
Board of Health of Kentucky 1906 – 1907, Google Books, accessed 3 May 2020, p.
72.
Published 25 June 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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