1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

I'lFTlI r.lEXXIAL REPORT. 138
desirable and proper that the Board shoiihl take some action
in this line. The quality and character of tlie milk supplied
for city use would also be a legitimate field for investigation,
and it is popularly assumed that the milk (piestion
and the water question are not very distantly related.
In conclusion, I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness
to the various officials and citizens with whom I have been
brought in contact during the past few weeks, and extend
to them my hearty thanks for tlieir attention and cordial
co-operation in enabling me to carry out the work in which
I
was engaged.
Wilmington, December 29, 1894.
QUxVRANTINE STATION AT SOUTHPORT.
In obedience to instructions given by the Board at its
annual meeting at Greensboro I addressed the following
letter to Surgeon General Wyman of the United States
Marine Hospital Service:
North Carolina Board of Health,
Secretary's Office,
Raleigh, N. C, May 25, 1894.
Walter Wymnn, M. D., Supervising Surgeon General United States Marine
Hoqntal Service, Wa^lihigtoii, D. C,
Dear Sir:—After a conference with Passed Assistant Surgeon J. J.
Kinyoun, representing yourself and tlie Service, the Nortli Carolina
Board of Health, at its recent meeting on the Kith instant in the city of
Greensboro, unanimousl}' passed the following motion :
" Moved, that in view of the inability or unwillingness of the city of
Wilmington to contribute its part towards carrying out the act of the
last General Assembly providing for the erection of a tirst-class quarantine
station at Southport, the Secretary be instructed to officially request
the United States Marine Hospital Service to take charge of and o|)erate
that station; and that the Secretary be authorized to explain this action
on the part of the Board."
In obedience to the instructions above given I hereby officiallv re-