Transmission of Neurosyphilis from Person to Person. Neurosyphilis is considered infectious but is not transmitted from person to person. Generally, a disease like this is caused by an infectious agent and not spread between people. Neurosyphilis, although infectious, is not a genetic disease.
Marguerite H. Mott, 88, who with her husband established a community center that helped bring water, sewer and social services to their neglected corner of Fairfax County, died of cancer Sept. 15 at her home in the Lewis Park area of Fairfax. Mrs. Mott and her husband, James, set up the community center in 1969. Originally a log cabin behind their home, the center later added two adjoining trailers and finally a permanent facility in 1995 that was named the James and Marguerite Mott Community Center.
By 1966, however, the building â no longer owned by the hospital â was vacant and had fallen into disrepair. Under pressure from the Springfield Health Department, the complex was demolished in September 1966. As Memorial Hospital and, starting in 1974, Memorial Medical Center, the hospital continued to grow. Major additions and renovations took place in 1954, 1958, 1968, 1984, 1991, 1992 and 1993. The Koke Mill Medical Center, an outpatient facility on Springfieldâs west side, was completed in 1999. Memorial became a Southern Illinois University School of Medicine teaching hospital in 1974. The hospitalâs former nursing school graduated its last class in 1975.