The New York herald., 1874-11-30

pnySlcldu. Inc uISb uettn dluuuB Tue CnlureQ WAX
that OF a sx-year-old child unidentified, and Who
from the frsilty OF It's constitution was bound to
die. Dr Porter Is the executive medical attend
takes place there. am only called 10 70 give
advice. There are now ten smallpox cases
happy 10 say are improving and able to sit up.
The whole disease, In my opinion = vario9id: a ,s
s%pcs Hs nossps sent Mas "sSs
heved by SO doing the mass OF the
children wGsS run but is
undertaken. TO whom the HERALD refers TO-
day as suffering rom smallpox. has been suffering
stain on him. The children who lett the institu-
ton durlns the past week, vz.,. Thanksgiving
week were not 50 many as during the correspond
The smallpox cases that have come under my
from lung disease and smallpox. and resided in
l,oan 1a street and was sent to the smallpox Hos
pital on Blackwels Island: also man named
Qulnn, sent TO the same hospital and VINO
Is now dead; also man named Duane whom
saw suffering from smallpox and driving cart.
sent him TO the Smallpox Hospital The fourth
case Is that OF man named Michael Howes, .
blacksmith, safrering from connuent smallpox,
and who Is stll residing IN his own house and Inn
STATEMENT OF DIR. @. F. JACKSON.
DR.. George +. Jackson, CT 154th street and ave.
nue. ST. Nicholas stated -
see In the HERALD to-day that DR.. Goodrich's
child which caught the smallpox from us father;
Dumb Institute, is very sick. was In the house
to-day where It lived, at l5eth street. and found
was attending q patient there. DR.. Goodrichs
child was i've months old and had never been
in i4ist street. near Eighth avenue. there is q
smallpox case OF the continent type. IN the same
@ TWO children there lately and the vaccine matter
ns well 81 oap a1
oer eas S0asa cases Of Smallpox IN ecs
village within the last couple OF days.
One OF them is that OF man named Howe also
TO the Smallpox Hospital and Is since dead,
and the fourth case s laDorlng man, VINO Is still
at his home. With reference to the man Patrick
Quinn tnow dead), that have just alluded to,
he helped am told, to put Noodle tthe first fatal
casel into his comm and was permitted % to 60
that he has spread the disease. II proper
means mao 40 % peen taken as 70 qaarannng tne
1854 | had bad smallpox case in a row Of tene-
ment houses at 1880 street, near Hudson River.
vaccinated ABOUT seventy people living in adjOn-
ing houses and not single case OF smallpox 0c.
CURED. mention this TO show the efncacy Of
D.. J. o. BRONSON OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
have, said Dr. Bronson, just come from attend.
maker residing in l57th street, suffering from
smallpox, and the mother has been visited by one
o. the employees OF the Dea , ana Dumb
street and Tenth avenue ! have also
heard OF case In l59th street without
man twenty-one years old. A child IN l6oth street
also reported as sick tonight with same disease.
least twelve cases between 155th and l62d street.
have been vaccnatng about twenty people a day
on An average lately. With reference to the di1er-
ence between variola and varioloid-the former Is
smallpox and the latter Is smallpox IN patient
naed exposed case Of aod would
tract varlola or smallpox l am an old army
doctor, and have had much experience in small
pOX.
WHAT DIR. RoDENsTEIN SAYS
believe said DR.. Rodenstein the smallpox
patients tonight has every symptom OF the
disease. hold the medical officers or the Deaf
epidemic, as DO all my brother doctors in the
neighborhood. II my family suffers thereby shall
tuition. have been In consultation with one OF
the members OF the Board OF Health, and the qnes-
ton OF opening smallpox hospital In this district
has already been discussed.
What the Officers OF the Asylum Say.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 1874.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
An article in to-day's HERALD on smallpox
IN the Deaf and Dumb Asylum is likely to
90 injury to the innocent and cause anxi.
ETY. to parents. live near the institution;
have been In communication with its oficers
and teachers daily for the past four weeks as
well as for many years. and have been q director
for years while DR.. Rodenstein was there. The
statement enclos cd is strictly accurate. Please
publish it and oDlige yours truly,
CHARLES A. STODDARD,
Chairman OF the Executive Committee Of the
Board OF Directors OF the Institution for the
Dear and Dumb
SMALLPOX IN THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.
An article In the Sunday HERALD In which DR..
Rodenstein purports to give account OF the
ravages OF the smallpox In the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, IN this CITY, needs correction In some i'm
portant particulars. There has been but one case
oil smallpox at the institution. This case
OF Supervisor named Noodle was nos
physicians, but, at his own request by
physician of the village Of Carmansvilie. The en-.
tire school and all the inmates OF the institution
were at once vaccinated and the Board OF Health
notified The large mansion house, an isolated
building, was cleared and fitted Tor hospital uses,
and the result has been that thirteen cases or
varoloid comprise the whole epidemic. some OF
severe. Those sick with varioioid have
been taken TO the Hospital at Backweli's
Island by order Of the officers OF the Board Of
Health, and have been regularly visited by an
Offcer from the institution. At Thanksgiving
about forty pupils went nome to spend the holiday
live near at hand to enjoy this privilege. Last
year the number who went exceeded lOO
There has been no death at the Institution since
that OF Noodle mentioned above; and the under.
taker who buried Noodle, and his assistant, did
not have smallpox or any other serious disease;
and the cases OF smallpox in the upper part OF
the island, above 1880 street, have thus far been
portion in city which reports sixty deaths from
this cause during the week ending November %.
The article Is calculated to do injustice to the
managers OF the institution, to cause needless
anxiety to parents and friends and to alarm o
healthful and happy community, and, therefore,
institution, the above correction - requested.