The New York herald., 1871-11-24

There can be no longer any doubt aheus the ex-
istence OF smallpox eplomis iu tais city. rne
dlscase was vlru'cli at one time last summer
that the board OF deaith aaa TO put i0rta It's great
energies to stay Il, and after or.1u,z'ny an eico-
tive sanitary corps IN Bcatd succeedel. Witain
few weeks the number Of cases roported did aot ex-
ceed two or three per week. gue then came
TIRE IAMMASY MuBDAE
and all It's consequent uyaeavai OF order In city af
fairs. The Board OF Heath suT.ie by tho tnseying
operations OF tne Ring, au! was Obliged 70 discharge
FIFTY DOCTORS rrou its sorv,ce. snjer such csrcan
stances II Is noG much TO be wondered nj that the
disease again broke out. Vaccination ceased, ana
consequently the seeds OF the disease. wnca had
been sewn in the summer OF 1873, begaa to rircn,
and an epidemic has set In simply because tine
means whereby te CHECK 1t were taXel away,
While much may be said to accuse the SANITARY
Department OF
NEGLIGEScX IN vAccISArlON.
the fact must still be renenoered that the cvrps or
doctors now At It's disposal IS utterly inadequate 20
do the duties required Of It, There are IN tni3 CITY,
at the very least, over one hundred Thousand per
sons unvaccinated, and these the verT class wno.
from dangers OF location. are most likely to catch
the disease. THOUSANDS OF these would eer tai nty
have been vaccsnated during the past three moasns
had the Board OF Health aad the faoties to push
dustfously the vaccinatiny process. 1t Is knswa
that the city at present Il particularly exposed 70
smallpox. In Brooklyn II has bsea raging With
great eject; for there. even whom New York was
killing out tho disease. the Brooklyn doctors
were lmporens TO stay H. owing -
want or facilities. From Philadelphia even
far more serious reports seach us the
disease having assumed every form Of an cpl.
demc. The report OF deaths last week from p iila.
ur0a frAn RaN Eor-
ing that New York Is In constant .Ourly somislAi-
Gallon with Brooklyn, atA IN greater ooalInunica-
ton with pnllaaeipnia than witn any ether large
city OF the Union. us exposure 10
IS apparent In ra0i, the doctors ol TINS city say
thar Is now well nigh inpossisie 70 prevent IA
er sU1 n nv. Mo ~ taeo woM, pos. sSs na
week, and at the close OF Inc current week Ii Is ex-
pected tnai we snail have iccorl OF naariy one
hundfed cases. rho delshs Tor the weeS endsdg
Saturday last numbered seven. Out ~ - i0sIcd tAN
wAl ne more Than uebei shis werk. as
to otner causes for the spread Of The sinali.
pox. there can be no doubt taas INC may
cCadition OF tenement RDuses mus. prove cyn-
ducve 70 ios.er the disease. AZ least ndrcoly. a2d
at no time Tor years past hare tna 6scinxs OF thc
working ClasS9s needed SO much ca ou su tervision
as now The streets all the cy IRE IA u horllpie
cOndL0n, HucR worse than the city can Ah0ra -
EvsN ALLOWING FOR THE rAMaASY sRsAxsr.
kut while physicians are not wlia. to STATE "a at
either OF these causes wuuia bs suicieni 10 cause
smallpox, uiey depiors tnc teadeacy TO beses ais-
ease, And consequently the puotc nave rislt
der any ana every circumstances to have these nui
sauces reAressed. mo Board o. ,ieafh slatss that
except vaccination. and heoos arises tue incam-
eency upon the oltJ 10 yea tnas tn.t preyenuss
iissics s dc dSriSca rom ~ inc docioss' reports
0l the London smallpox hospital show tnai
ine disease, has not one-Iourseeatn as sooa a
cosncc Of recovery as the person wen vacc.assed.
prevent the catching or the disease; but the most
Experienced writers on the suoect say thai II at
least gives o cnance ior lire quite as good II the
person had mad the disease. puI rom this s,ate-
inent there Is an addirionai argument isr
CONSTANT NATchPULSES
against the spread OF the lnlecoa FOR II the disease
be c0nnned and hemmeI LA witnln certain umiis Is
Vaccination " may be Sss. rom tns ass
that or o. 30 persons vacn ited by tpe Onicers
OF lne Board Of Health from Aarcn 20 October OF
this year not one has since had tne smallpox,
though several cases nave occurred tn Localities lii
which the vacclnated persons reside
again represented to The Comptroller TIE great
necessity there was for funds The evils that nave
III consequence or tue dlsclargo OF the doc.
tors OF the department SO evidently serious tnat
some extraordinary exerlien must be made bS the
Comptroller to meet this demand. Tlo requisites
for Inc vaccination process arc W no means so easy
to bo procured; for Instance, II Is tlicult 10 get
and 1t Is said, many cases O The failure Of ordinary
private physicians Ia vaccnatlng are due 70 the I'M
perfection Of the vaccinsiing matter. But. Of
course.
the money TO- pay tue Doctors saSsies Until MT
fundsi the smallpox will continue TO increase daily,
and as there IS no probability ct present that
the money win be soon forthcoming there IS no
Unnecessary alarm given when the public told TO
LOOK out for an epidemic. This serious trouble Is
one Of The elects OF The great Tammany muddle,
which the City has TO bear 80 heavily The deaths
which have occurred, and are likely 10 occur, must
be credited to
THE PREVIOUS CRIMES OF THE RING.
This grievance, working silently, tut surely Is OF
FAR more serious importance than tho bursting OF
savings banks the conviction OF Tweed or his
crowd, or even the smallpox as an exclusive mis-.
fortune OF the deposcd city magnaics IL is O sub.
Ject 0l the most serious moment TO every class OF
citizens, for rich and poor are alike liable TO be
stricken down. Fortunately the season Is now too
lar advanced TO cause any apprehension OF
THE CHOLERA AS AN EPIDEMIC.
but this is In no small manner due TO the excellent
quarantine regulations which have completely held
the dread cOntagion within narrow limits. Had
the Sanitary Department OF the city been supplied
with full force, 1t was In the early summer, the
city Ring authorities III additl0n TO their other
crimes, would not have answer for 30 many lives.
AS II Is, however 1t IL to DC hoped public interest
will now NO far he aroused as TO compel Comptroller
Green to meet this extraordinary exgency by some
extraordinary resource The money 10 put the Board
OF Health In complete working order ought to 10
procured In some way without days delay.
COufa RIon in tho bay.