Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-22
Board of Health.

Report of Vaccination by Health Officer
 LindsIey- A General Discussion Re-
 gardfng Virus.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Health
 was held last evening; present, His Honor the Mayor (president ex-officio) presiding
 Prof. Brewer, Drs. Winchell and White
 more, H. NJ Welch and Health Officer
 Lindsley.
 Health Officer LindsleY said he desired to
 correct a statement made in one of the daily papers of the city in regard to the amount required to pay expenses of vaccination and the appropriation asked for by the Board of Health He said that he had been misquoted. He said that he stated to the reporter that there would undoubtedly be money enough to pay the expenses of smallpox patients if the city was obliged to pay it. But this was question yet undecided.
 Health Officer Lindsley read the report of ! the committee showing the work of yaccina- ! tion. From his report it was shown that the committee immediately after organization sought out the best bovine virus for the pur- pose of vaccination. and after such lnvesti- | oation they decided to use the virus fur nished by Dr. Martin, of Boston. The work was begun on Tuesday, the 31st day of May, | and fourteen physicians were employed Afterward two other physicians were en- gagged and they were fully employed every \ day There were 2,391 primary vaccina- | tions and 2, ,362 re-yaccinations, making 4, 743 | in all that have been vaccinated, and the en- ! tire appropriation has been exhausted. Two ! thousand children in the public schools on May | 1st were shown to be without vaccination. ! In 1875 the number of primary vaccinations \ was only LAPS, while now we have had 2, ! 3S1, full 60 per cent more than before, ! while the re-vaccinations under the rules t adopted were less than the primaries. The superior quality of the virus is proved by | the greater percentage of successes than in | 1875. At that time the successes on the | whole were 75 per cent. this year 92.6 per cent. All that our time and money could &C., ! compIish has been done, but it is quite true | that there are still many in the city needing vaccination. But the whole appropriation
 has been expended in the work. The cost | per capita is a fraction over 31 cents. Your \ committee have advices from Boston, where
 a similar work is going on at cost of $l ! per capita.
 ! In conclusion the committee renew a rec | ommendation that the Board of Education | procure a regulation that after the school | term no admissions to the public schools be | allowed of children not vaccinated. One | fact in connection with this matter shows | that on the 31st of May there were about ! 2 900 children in the public schools unpro- | tected by vaccination.
 There was considerable discussion that fol lowed regarding the superior quality of Dr. Martins virus, and whether it was so supe- 1 rior to that of others who furnished dealers
 and druggists with this article. While it was ! stated that Dr. Martin did not sell his virus | to dealers, yet it was thought he should do
 so, if it was so superior in quality.
 An Ansonia Man Run Over by Loco- ! motive.
 | The Naugatuck freight train leaving Bridge port at 9:1O Monday evening, when just
 above Seymour, ran over a drunken man
 who was lying across the track. The pilot
 swerved him partly around and the locomo- tive passed over an arm and leg The train
 backed down to Ansonia, where he lives, and left him there. Both limbs, it was thought
 by the doctor, would have to be amputated.
 At Derby yesterday morning the same train
 barely escaped running over another man.