The New York herald., 1870-12-02
SMALLPOX. S NJ
The Disease Spreading i'm the
City OF Churches.
Action OF the Board Of Health Wholesale vacci-
nation at the Expense Of the City-A
Detachment Of Police Aid
the Physicians

IL was hoped that by the usual precautions taken
by the sanitary inspectors, under the direction Of
Health Oficer Cochran that loathsome disease the
smallpox, might be prevented from spreading In
Brooklyn. Physicians were notified that they
must In a cases notify the Board OF Health OF the
existence Of the disease so thar II necessary, tho
patients might be removed to the smallpox hospital
and every precaution taken to prevent the conagon
from stalking abroad. The penalty for negecting
TO report the cases was arrest and fine OF twenty
five dollars.
SURPRISING INFORMATION
Many OF the physicians were prevailed upon,
however by their patients to keep their counr
sels they promising to pay the doctors fine In casd
they brought up for non compliance with tha
law. Those who were afliicted with the disease
had &HE
8t#Msa GREAT TERROR
Of the smallpox hospitals, and it was often neces-
sary Tor the sanitary officers to force in remov
ing them from their homes and the care Of their
Trends Nevertheless, such course was highly
necessary or the preservation Of the public health,
ana tears and entreates were unavalling.
GIVING xs,.dn to the neglect Of parties to reporE
inspectors labored under considerable disadvantage
m ierretin9 out the cases Frequently, on hearing
would at once detail an Inspector to look after Il
Immediately. The friends Of the patient would in
by the time the inspector reached the house the pa
tient would be somewhere else.
ns Eastern DISTRICT s
ting his coaches TO parties for the purpose OF cen
veying persons who had
THIS LOATHSOME DISEASE
either 70 the hospital or other sections OF the city,
1t was found that Immediately alter smallpox
were let for other | purposes and s'Ai IN this this
way the disease was, no doubt, spread to
found guilty Of suppresslng Information in regard
to the existence Of the disease he arresTed and
npox a. Il al were "
Notwithstanding all these measures It was found
IMPOSSIBLE TO ROOT OUT THE DISEASE
especially In the sixteenth ward, where II has been
cases kept gradually y inc rps
s!s.i, ana 1si' The s'i hoard q Of Hssiin cecsns
Ssrnsa for cases as the " dsease founa ' wemS3
lying very Ill with the contagion In small ROOM
n woman was dividing 6is time between waiting upo
the customers VINO, Of course, knew nothing Of the
aPSn rse s ne
NO REGARD FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
This unfortunate woman was at once removed and
Yesterday the Superintendents Of the Poor, who
have charge Of the county buildings reported that
EIGHTY SMALLPOX PATIENTS
in the Smallpox Hospital at Flatbush, and that the(
OF these patients pa came from the sixteenth ward
Board Of Health determined. as q last resort, to
the men, women and children known to have beeH
in close proximity t. the disease and liable to take
IT, Accordingly Health Ohicer Cochran headed q !.
sanitary brigade, consisting OF Doctors Fisk Gifi@
Ian, Brody strong. Harland, Newman, eficers Van
Saun, Hardy, Halliday Powers, McKeOn and Mr.
Thomas Wilson, OF the Water Board. the latter at@
tended the party to
WASH DOWN TIE STREETS
and cleanse as far possible the vicinity where the
disease was most prevalent.
smallpox patients were found at $50, 2s3
and 234 Johnson street, and they were res
moved to the hospital the houses distnfectedY
places were visited with q like result. numbeH
OF tenement houses ware visited and about twenty
cases IN all were removed upon the ambulance.
ANOTHER PHYSICIAN FINED
Yesterday Doctor BaruCh, OF No. 226 West Thir<
teenth street, New York, arragned before Jus,
tlcc Walsh on the complaint OF Sanitary inspectors
Fisk who charged him with failing to report case
OF smallpox which he had attended in the sixteenth
ward in October. The doctor was found guilty and
fined twenty. five dollars