New-York tribune., 1867-03-22
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
.o,,,,, ,r,oS-REpoRT OF THE REGISTRAR OF VITAL
STATISTICS

-. . tborou oh system Of vaccination for this city.
DC cites the acts Of the Metropolitan Board OF Heah
and tbe sanitary code which the Board has adopted as
aking comprehensive provisions for encouraging and
spnlylng vaccination whenever the public welfare ue
p,ands IT, He saws that smallpox, the most oathsome
and dreaded of diseases is the most easily and cheapy
prevented OF any; that vaccination properly peromeu
gives complete protection against smallpox; ana lhat
there are hundreds Of thousands OF persons IN the eo
potan Sanitary District unprotected against tS dsese e
and that for the last two years the most susccpllDe %
teral for the rhvages OF this c9nlagon mas iaS ss ~
creased in midst Dr. Hars continue 1 ] a. Of
small pox in the cy-thOug but few have occurTeI- @
nrGe has been ayerted but this immunity will not
opnne much longer for the amount of the contagion N
the Metropolitan District VIII rapidly increase " m ,ho
of arrivals from abroad The number OF patients III ne
Sno pow Uosntal has increasing during the last
two months The amount OF TINS disease III IoISv VI
cities whence most Of the emigration comes 10 iar
- steadily increasing and already source OF p9pu
comment and alarm in Great Britain, and me He"i'h
Offcer at Quarantine Will soon have trouble WITH IT. s
New be Immediately protected AGAINST s un9
great danger and to Ss m IN TINS & m Srntocng o the
rontnent II is presumed that III due time the Metro,
pSdan oou for insuring the universal application Of
vaccination in this District. But Tor te present u Is w
hTSd nv the great medical charities for vaccination III
would be wise also TO take immediate advantage oI e
absence epidemcs, for 1t is hait Tl ne u , ~ he
gard only great danger at once Upon ts po %e
Directors of that model charity the Deit t ~
{hmShts Of the public directed to the danger from
cholera doubtless caused af sc has receDy been pub
i, us, I'm Iondon where smallpox is raging
have reason to 6eye IaI ,ha middle Of next June
hence the special necessity or making tnoIonen "oh Va
vaccination this Spring; ana 10 aeeoinpNSh d" S'''
Ii is obvious that voluntary agencies must be mainly
relied upon for the work that is Immediately reqnre
Let us see Of this kind are now available III
Ncw-York and Brooklyn. ~, -, ~, .,o,., ond
l. Plans administrations by the Board OF heatn, a m
such information as the public welfare requires shouu oe
promulgated by authority Of the Board o Medical Dis
pensaries efforts to give the benefits OF genuine vac
cnatiO TO the poor and by the same agency u I'D A'e
ingup ample supply OF pure vaccine !! inpn, h, bo
The adoption OF system OF rigid requirements Dy e
fishing invarialc rule that the granting Oh any vn
able Gift or care will be conditioned upon the acceptance
Of previous good vaccinations All ms penitentaIes
police precinct stations and charity schools should auopi
Correction would be the first and most important Doay
to adopt such regulation s as sSIm az @ o ri
a banking houses, and ferry and steamship companies,
off,ce 'Departnient M Hcw-York and Brooklyn would
readily accept the plan OF requiring ceItcate Oi Nacel
All schoosrp1biic or private adopt a law re-
quiring from every pupil upon enrolment or within 2
specified time after enrolment, medical eerhcate
GOOD vaccination Such rule would De readily obcyed
as any other by law OF the schools and colleges In Den
mark and Switzerland ana some other secOnso OF Europe
such law has long been In successful operation.
6. We might wisely adopt The plan ordered by the
British Government, that Immediately upon the rgistra-
tou birth the registering clerk should return 10 the
parents or the attending physician request frOm the
Board Of Health and copy OF Section ~ 9f the SANITARY
Code enoinng vaccination Of the infant during the inst
hOuseto toulouse inquiry anu vaccination VIII cNeht1
ally be an important feature Of any perfect system Al
ready IL has been, at times nut into operation III fha
delpha Baltimore, and New.OreaDs, and, when small
pOx becoming epidemic II has Immediately arrested
the cOntagion. In the city OF Providence the health
officer, Dr. SNOW, has maintained the housetohouse
system Of yearly inspection ana Nacclnatoh ahd thh
given to that city completeness OF protection fom the
scoirce such AZ other city America las enjoyed
The great National Vaccine institutions OF Great Britain
generally regarded ~ the best models ~ The world
but the Incorporated dspcnsnrcs OF New York city have
for many years excoed them In the number Of persons
en
a greater amount Of vaccine virus. We mention THIS fact
with grateful regard for the bcncicien works performed
charity. The total number Of vaccinations performed
ratuousy in these dspensares the past five yeas fooiS
The vaccinations and revaccinaons In the year lsc2
sss 20 a. ss i'm isGs about $3.50 Total in fvc years
llsos Ayersgs number yaeeinste@ zach yss5 1l &
good work for the pogr & Is @ 5oa amount ~, s "Y re ts
by the Royal Vaccine Institution Of Great Britain, the
Royal Jennerian Institution, aud the London Vaccine aud
their revaecnatios These royal institutions issued
about $4,000 charges Of vaccine virus every year while
100000 charges years has furnished many
10000 charges Of the protective lymph
! yACCISAToS-ORDER BY TIE METROPOLITAN BOARD
OF HEALTH.
Nofice-Notice is hereby given that in accordance
with the 29 section Of the Sanitary Code every uvac
cinatcd person is required TO be eccaly Naccnated
Parents requested 10 have their children vaccnaed
Employers and supentendens OF aboer Of every class
requested 10 have all the persons under their direction
protected from smallpox by vaccination reyaccinaton
Tie poor, and all Who prefer gfatHtOuh vaccinations VIII
be vaccnaed at either Of the Medical Dspensir1es men
Ncw.York Dispensary No. 1872 CeDtrest., corner Of
White st. Eastern Dspensary No. 81 Essexst, corner of
Grandst.; Northern Dispensary. at the junction OF
Waverleypace and Christopherst; Demilt Dlspensaty
No. 4Ol second-aye corner Of East Twenty tlnrd-st;
NOrthE Eastern Dispensary 100 East Fifty ynntst
Thirdave Thirty -fourthst Dspensary, No. 100 West
Thirty-fOurhs corner of Broadway; NOrthWesierg
Dspensary, No 5l1 Eightl-ave, near OF West
fsattii6Tilies. fatti6 ~ - '''''"'
Applicants for natultous vaccination win present them
selves dspcnsary In the City Of NewIOk before
any day, Sunday excepted Every person that Is
vaccnated will present himself for cNannat0n at the
that the physician may decide whether the same be
cessful.
In the City OF Brooklyn applicants for gratutous vac
cination will be vaccnated at the same hours and
under the regulations "a in New York; At the
Brooklyn pspensary, No 7TilaTyst at the Central Da
Island College Hospital, corner Pacific and Henrysts at
the Wamsburgh Dispensary, No sl Fourth-st, between
South Second and SOuth Firststs.
Directions 10 Turens-Do not fan 10 have every child
perfectly vaccinated and, If any one has not good
cine marks (scarsl upon the arm let that one De re-
vaccinacd See to IL that the child Is free from feyerish
and from bad eruptOns Of the skin when brought 10
the physician for vaccination. AS soon as the yaccn-
ang physician has decided that vaccination is perfect
obtain from him certificate 10 that effect upon the form
prescribed by the Board of Health
Tie Public SehoOLSt is required that every pupil in
Public School shall, il possible, before the last week
April show proof OF good vaccination. The inspection Of
vaccine marks in schoochdren and teachers will bc
commenced by medical officers the second week April
The ordinance in the Sanitary Code is as follows:
vctuaion-Sec 20 That person, being be parent
Individual shall extent Of power authority sail
pseht guardian other that could be properly used eTe
promptly frequently and effectively ,aceuacd that such minor
di,idsI shall be liable take the po1.r
by order Of the Metropolitan Board Of Health,
EMMoNs CLARK, Secretary.
MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF
HEALTH