National Republican., 1873-12-24
THE BOARD or HEALTH.
Sx1rErUxL SYSTEM or TAccISs-
rToE REcOMMENDED.

IN. vERDT's RIroRT ON THE sunJEcr-
TIVE TnUEsr ASDsArEsT PRoriiNLAcTIc
AGAINST sMALLPox-wIIAT rnE GUAR
DiAHs ov THE PUBLIC HEALTH ftEL TO
NJ THEIR RrsroysiBILtrY.
The Board Of Health held their regular semi.
weekly meeting last evening Dr. c. q. cos'
president, In the chair.
Or, Verdi. from tho sanitary comurttee, sub.
ssiied the following report on tho subject Of vac
cipaticn; which was accepted;
srroMr op rHk sAsirARv coasrrKr ON vac.
cIsArioS.
The tanitnty committee, To whom Was referred
ths several resolutions looking towards inetitut.
tnr . perpetual system OF vaccination In the DIS.
sriet * X Tiolsmsi,, tho providing and keepins .!
vaccine tymnh constantly On had vt tho Boird
Stne,lth She t,rnatlur GA Els ioc lnspeTuen l,a
uIations Regarding yarstuit.On are prapvr,r cont
Piled with. have The honor to make ths 'a'iowirs
u country where
rREylSsrirrTsoSs rprcArE rnr cirizrS
from hls very cradle TO govern hlns u compulsory
ierislaton II particularly distest 'fai AMI rcpu
sive, and, therefore, should not be exercised cS.
yrriudicss Of the icw must be overcome cor the
welfare Of the many. We would not, thorolorc,
sgge.. ,HeensSn Ss ,,s sysa sS
prcphyiactlc against rmanpoN
AZ guardians OF tho public health, the Board
srssen,Ion ef Ips,hsome mean and faisi spiiomcs, bu,
tho people. who claim seltFoyernuent, must ais I,
accept IL share Of ofre,ponsb,i',y inihc la,n,@ent
Of hesith regulations, which We prefer 10 make
rather advisory than compulsory
The subject of yaccina ation, as rcgnr'sls trophy.
laetic capacity ngaIn, .ne ,,, sat, ,, @ bairs ii
to another, IL one on which laymcn AMI proles.
sionai men have conseientiously dincrc'l, and
therefore we could not consistently, with our i,ioas
Of pereonai liberty and rights ef opinions, iorce
vaccination In persons who oconscicnttousiy believe
ito DO injuriyus TO their weil,being. sun the
vaccination should be wct eepsIderei BY an In.
.sp, srS
IRON wciLdlpcstcd statistics. Isolated cases
should not receive equal confederation with
% %s !. modss, 2. sesS scscIe sa an tes
ueay. Preferring, therefore, TO
APrEAL TO REASON nkrHER THAN TO rHs FORCE
OF LAW.
wc viii submit statistics and opinions Of men who
i,ss IAN the iaet whether % vaccination Is an sfhsisnt
piophyiaclic 10 be true and effective need no,
sf..sss s.S.ss sf sYtss Ssss" any ' PSy%se %
pathological OF chemical process itproyes
n sss cnsay my ss,Ts ssSss OSs o.
humanity to adopt II. Vaccination is such a one
and Il 10 too we'll proven to attempt refutntion.
q he resuit of vaccination Of The present day,
His expcIsnce In 1900 cases treated BY himself
in the ;mAflpox hospitals Of London tells US "that
ssceinsts1 Il 80 per Loo that ts taiity to such
yaecinatsd persons Il infecs IT, taking them Ia
20 Pss sH ss s.'Pss'SSs .Ss.. MSs
have been vsccinated in the best known manner,
and those who have been badly vaccnated,
TIE vArALIrr ov SMALLPOX,
rn iniscts the former, will be per 1000; Il i In.
,s Sns vii III es thirty time. iSs risk Of the other
This careful statistlcen goes farther, and states
thst the number q deaths, Pc. cent IN each Glass
been vaccinated, but having no cicatrix, 2s7S;
yaecinated, having one vaccine ccatrix, I.Is bay-
es, siss.rcs having four Or more sS vaccine
.s2; having badly marked cicatriocs, s.s2; having
These csrciaiiy collected statIs,Ic. by one man,
smallpox, establish the Tact that vaccination Is
cured before in the same patient.
A more devoted physician and more eonseien
tious Sati,siclsn does not exist today IN England
teach should Bc well remembered by individuals
as we'll as BY Communities.
o.r n sf sGon
me more recent tables from Mr.. Marson, which
20 much further TO prove the truth Of his former
publication, because The author preferred they
.Scaid e presented to Parliament before making
In isss Is. compulsory ac, Introduced by Lord
Lyttictop became law Of England. "From time
% time Since the passage OF the act says Dandy
p. Fry, "there had been occasional protests
against II, not proceeding from any public body
s(rom lndividaais who objected On principle 70
6e1jamin Hall. fair in his dealings with the
ltifI SHR serce OF inquiries. which were referred
to y yohn simon for the proper answers. Mr..
nelRl societies in Europe, to all the principal
foft - Governments, and 10
1--WE HUNDRED AND roRTy.Two PHYSICIANS or
piYrKRkNT COUNTRIES,
selected on account Of their prominence and eI.
The first question was this, Have you any
doubt that sncce ssiul vaccination confers per-
ton from attacks Of smallpox and almost absolute
security against death by that diseRscT'
Five hundred and forty answered distinctly to
believed them both ut best but haI Imless.
The second question wns Have you any reason
70 believe or suspect that yaesinated persons in
come more susceptible Of any other infeciiye dis
ease Of phthisis, or that health Is In any other
way disadyantsE Eeorsly ndsctedf"
Not one case was given nor an opinion main.
tanned that vaccination properly performed would
TO believe or suspect that lymph from q true Jen-
merriam rescie has ever been vehicle OF syphilltlc
seroialous or other eonstitutiona infection to the
yaectnatcd person, or that uninteutional lnocula-
tion with some other disease instead of tho pro-
posed vaccination has occurred In the hands of a
but few answered in the negative,
The fourth was the followingi "Do you las
suming the provisions to exist for skillful per
eept for special reasons in Individual cases, vaccl
nation should be universally performed at an early
period Of ifef' All but two answered n the al.
To this testimony we must add the following,
Mr.. Marson, In the performance Of over 50, 90
vacclnstons has never seen other
pisEAsxs COMMUNICATED
with the vaccine disease, nor does he believe In
the popular reports that they are so communal.
sated. Mr.. Lcesc, whose experience was almost
as sfss6 sitied the Same. -.
children under his care In slx years, AYERS that no
constitutional taint had he rcason TO believe, had
been conveyed from one person to another by vac
sa s sSar.S * xys ,Esffls'ss .$sflas n y asei
Payet, speaking from bis large eIbsrispcs among
q ;Ss s
Ssiisvs i rarely doss' what these several seei.
ss,s ss Ss Sss S S1 %s os
the external manifestation and complete evolu.
ten Of some constitutional affection, which but
for Il might have remained longer latent. This
is,"hs adds, The worst thing that can, with any
show q reason, be charged against vaccination;
even tnt can very btluuu De charged win truth. "
Later, and as recently as 1911, the Government
Of England, mindful Of the opposition to ooinpul-
sovy vaccination, proposed TO the House Of Com
mons TO appoint . select commttee "to inquire
into the operations Of the vaccination act and 10
report whether such act should be amended
Fifteen members were appointed, and this CON-
mittee, ater examining the most reliable men pnd
authorities, on the I'D day Of May, ls7l reported:
"kIoHr sITrISos OF your COMMITTEE
have been occupied In hearing the evidence Of
persons who assert that vaccination 10 useless and
Injurious and who therefore object 10 its enforce.
ment and encouragement BY law. After careful
consideration Of this evidence and OF medical and
other evidence given in reply, your committee
agree with the general opinion that the cowpox
anords, u not absolute, yet ayery great pro.ec.
absolute protection against death from that dis.
ease.
THAT II the operation be performed with due
regard 70 the health Of the person yaoeinated
and with proper vaccine lymph, there need be nc
apprehension that vaccinations will injure health
or communicate any disease.
THAT SMALLPOX uscHEoxKp BY vAooISATIos
10 one Of the most terrible and destructive OF dis
eases, rs regards the danger Of Infection the pro