The New York herald., 1875-11-17
THE BOARD OF HEALTH

OPPOSITION TO vAccINATIoN-THE INCREASE OF
THE DEATH RATE FROM MALARIAL DIS
EASES
The regular weekly meeting Of the Board OF Health
held yesterday President Chandler in the chair
After the transaction Of considerable routine busi-
ness OF general importance the subject Of more
thorough vaccination OF public school children was
brought up and long communication with reference
TO the subject prepared by the Chief Inspector Of the
vaccnating corps was motion, ordered TO bo for
warded to the Board OF Education.
The document states that the organization OF
the yaccinating corps about year ago. that body
has vaccinated 10 500 persons. Speaking of the DIM
Guilty experienced in vaccinating school children it
says:-"From the beginning OF work in schools We
have tried to induce children be vaccnaed without
compuson, and hoped TO vaccnate all who required IT,
Hitherto We have succeeded in vaccnating only from
ten TO fifteen per cont OF children needing vaccination
on account OF the opposition by parents II has been
the custom OF teachers TO send children homo and keep
them from school about week when IL was discovered
that there was case Of smallpox their house This
is good ldea but it OF very little benefit unless all
the pupils have been well vaccinatcd as they are
out OF danger until the period Of smallpox nocculaton
about two weeks has passed. Strange as IL may APP
pear, we find instances nearly every day whore the
parents of school children living in infected houses
will persist in sending their children To school
IL they be allowed and will consent to vaccination
under any circumstances Even II smallpox occurs in
their family it makes no difference With some il
seems to be deepseated prejudice against vaccination
with others most culpabe carcessncss and ndiner-
encc TO consequences but of course such instances only
occur among the most ignorant classes" The com
municaton further states that mild OF smallpox
frequently concealed from the authorities Out of
15S fatal cases of the disease during the past year. sixty
were dead when found In conclusion, the Board of
Education urged To make it compulsory upon all
unvaccinated children attending the public schools to
submit 20 vaccination by either the members of the
Board of Health vaccinatng corps or by private ply
scians
The following extract from the weekly report of the
Registrar OF Vital Statistics
Of the 20 deaths during the past four weeks charged
wholly or in part to maaria fever in this city only 10
certified to be directly wholly caused by local
malaria These were mostly residents grounds
swampy and never well drained and suitably filled
These deaths occurred in the places here recited IN
l05th street, between ninth and Tenth avenues (2)
No. 32l West Twenty-flth street. (3l No 52S West
Twentyninth street, az No 40S East Sxty.sxth street.
(5 No 100 Sullivan street. (6) OF Washington
avenue and 163d street. az of l24th and
Eighth avenue, (S) No 54S Grand street, 0) No 755
East Fifth street. Q0l No 304 Delaney street Small
the number of deaths attributed by physicians
malaria is these worthy of attention though
the Board of Health may not have to do more
than expose the local causes"
The following is comparative statement OF cases OF
contagious diseases reported at this Bureau for the two
weeks ending November Is, 1SI5:-