New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-16
TIE PUBLIC HEALTH.
DTNPING GROUNDs-DECREAsE OF SMALLPOX
VALUE OF VACCINATION.

DUupING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF SMALLPOX
VALUE OF VACCINATION.
Several clergymen, physicians, and midwiyes,
who had failed TO report 10 the Register OF vital stas
tics within the specified time and against whom SUITS
had been begun were relieved yesterday from the pen
atty attached such derections g0od excuses Ior e
shortcomings having been offered.
A snit was ordered against the American Merchants
Union Express Company for allowing the dead nodS o
Peter Mulraney TO be removed from one Oh ~ nom me
this city without having first obtained pti I ~
Board OF Health. The body was in transit IRON HOW" ~
an Eastern State. in. ,ho mamma
rr Tho yarious car and stage stables, whose permit ~
dunn NJ the foot of East Forty fifth Fortysixth, ana
it ,io f the BOARD applied to have their permit
renewed ground that there must DC n az @
fo which their boats 90 with this manure are frozen
over Petitions from certain property-h9ders a aud
settling forth that the smell from the manure was not
pecialy offensive, and tine latter that they would De
ttioners was granted The City Sanitary Inspector was
directed to ascertain where the property OF Inoe VIZ
rred To the Sanitary Committee. Finally, II was re
solved to allow the Messrs. Kane Ryan TO use their
Sanitary Committee will report on the matter ,,,.,
The following letter on CONTAGIOUS diseases from O"s
ILere present Tie foo.ng eopPas statement OF contagious
das' dunns ihe two ns reg Small l Dh Rea.ng
cuss5- TyPhus TYPHOID scarlet Pow Measles iberia Feyer.
E Ss$. I i. Is. ,.ls,., si i III. latte,
in o SPia. s9 %S the % 4s SoT fd .
poI This unqussonab been produced by popness in the re-
presents Infection the prompt removal or eeure isolation Of
such at arrests rs means Of 30 suoe - %
err cate he poison entirely city within few days By any
AayIa he Controlled by anry precautions tt the Bor efforts
% MIX h G,ta and il, portability easily effected the danger
Win continue proporonaiey other city iowa are Necessary
precau ons enforced effectively and promptly AZ in this
Among occurring er N December When yrs osee
bern 70 assume proportions, were two Directly traced 20
which arrived as Boston from Liverpool having
passengers allowed and and proceed at once g. their
oun city with this disease and subsegu MY Ity Y
discovered whose only exposure Nas Wne on
len peanen. as our cIsi @ IN so1,i Of smallpox cases TO
hospital dnon Of premises, all such sanitary precautions
% sources we are pecu sg exposed from the fact that large
poye industries here bringing not only Their oN peT'os
he Wholesale manufacturers CITY with other suburban cities and
suffering from his disease y" have also daiy u'e III
cation These facts mentioned with view Of mpg upon ue
public generally city, weas Of surrounding cities anu town"
the OF protecting themselves BY every sanitary t
most Trustworthy Of these thorough ami Efficient vaccination During
present epidemic au that u last tare proportion Of
persons were found again susceptible 20 rs a
nom yaood whose bore the marks Of vaccination performed ia
infancy which had either been neIchty lone OF na o ~
value This fact affords warning to tlosf ~no naF uot ~
within few years Of their possible danger from Injection at the
Yaccaou any value should be Ts
operation generally considered ding in It's nlu Is rea one e
P b nSc. bal he carefully watched and II in any Of
s ~ H1 are mot perfectly deyeiope the opera
should repeated until the systemic longer shows susceptibility
influence. The selection Of yaec virus Is ss9 alotaei
from such children only present induba1s evidences Of
purity, from carefully animal yWs ms can on De lohe
fully and safely by expert many uno~ard conditions rn "
cT m and hands would be coumus The common Prac.
inexperienced performing this delicate operation without
nav poiuce should nerdd both for the
safety Of the individual aud for its ultimate protective value as