George Albert Soper

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George Albert Soper (born February 2, 1870 in New York City , † June 17, 1948 in Hampton Bays , Suffolk County, New York, USA) was an American hygienist . He became known when he discovered Mary Mallon as a silent carrier of typhus and an index patient in March 1907 .

He was the son of Georgianna Lydia Buckman († 1882) and George Albert Soper (1837-1869). On January 18, 1895, he married Mary Virginia, McLeod in Troy, New York .

Career

Soper attended schools in France and Switzerland and graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1895 . In 1898 he was at the Columbia University Master of Civil Engineering , where he in 1899 for Ph.D. received his doctorate. He worked as an engineer at the Boston Metropolitan Waterworks and reported in 1900 on practical experience in the sterilization of drinking water with ozone . He later moved to the filter manufacturer Cumberland Manufacturing Company , where he was involved in reconstruction work after the Galveston Hurricane (1900) . From 1902 he worked in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and in 1904 took part as a specialist in the control of typhoid with 1,300 infected people in Ithaca (City, New York) .

As a typhus expert in Watertown and other cities, he discovered the patient Mary Mallon in March 1907 . She saw alleged stalking in Soper's hygienic interest in her urine, stool and blood samples and defended herself with a carving fork. At Soper's instigation, the New York City Department of Health arranged for Sara Josephine Baker to investigate Mary Mallons.

After the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, Soper investigated the situation in the Atlantic with regard to drift ice . He was a ventilation specialist on the Rapid Transit Commission and advised the Department of Housing .

Soper was also a member of the NY Bay Pollution Commissin and 1914 and 1915 Chairman of the Metropolitan Sewage Commission of NY (Wastewater Commission)

During the First World War he fought as a major in the Army Medical Department (United States) .

Soper was an honorary fellow at the Royal Sanitary Institute for 21 months .

From 1923 to 1928 he was executive director of the American Society for the Control of Cancer .

Publications

  • Modern methods of street cleaning, book 14 editions from 1909 to 2012.
  • The air and ventilation of subways, book 7 editions from 1908 to 2012.
  • The Carrier state, book, 2 editions 1977.
  • A report to the Chicago Real Estate Board on the disposal of the sewage and protection of the water supply of Chicago, Illinois, book, 9 editions published from 1915 to 2016.
  • Report of the New York Bay Pollution Commission to Hon. Frank Wayland Higgins, governor, March 31, 1905 by New York State, Book 3 editions published 1905.
  • Street cleaning and refuse collection and disposal in European cities, with suggestions applicable to New York, book, 4 editions published 1929.
  • Further studies of European methods of street cleaning and refuse disposal, with suggestions for New York, book, 3 editions published from 1930 to 1993.
  • Mosquito extermination in New York City, 2 issues published in 1903.
  • Preliminary reports on the disposal of New York's sewage by New York (NY), book.
  • The pollution of New York harbor; a paper read before the Boston society of civil engineers by George A Soper. 5 issues published from 1906 to 1989.

Footnotes

  1. ↑
  2. ^ Factory and industrial management, Ozoning, p. 292
  3. ↑ Mary Mallon Half a Life in Quarantine: The Fate of "Typhus Mary" Geo (magazine) , [1] ; Laraine E. Flemming, Reading for Results, 2016, p. 283
  4. ↑ THREE PARKS CUT INTO FOR SUBWAY VENTILATION; Won't Be Hurt Much, Says Transit Board's Expert. TIMES SQUARE COOLING PLAN. Refrigerating Apparatus Will Be Put In There Temporarily - Various Schemes for Other Stations., [2]
  5. ↑ New York (NY) Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, [3]
  6. ↑ Lewis Randolph Hamersly, John William Leonard, William Frederick Mohr, Herman Warren Knox, Frank R. Holmes, who's who in New York City and State, LR Hamersly Company, 1947 S. 1184 [4] S. 938
  7. ↑ Brookhaven South Haven Hamlets & their People, Dr. George Albert Soper, [5]
  8. ↑ Literature by and about George Albert Soper in the bibliographic database WorldCat
personal data
SURNAME Soper, George Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hygienist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1948
Place of death New York City