, 1881-11-06

they have iaboreo. updef great o1aansautakc
cacn are not likely to give all their time to
the city and nes!ect their p::,vate :"1.,t praG, rae,
Hail have done this, but each f,as charge
OF too great district to cover them. Nhut IS
2eeasd ba M hs accagon
measures. While the talk has been that ti'
smallpox is confined to the Fourteenth "Ard,
daIv reports show that IT has leApcd over
into the Fifteenth and Seventeenth, and is linble
to spread further. The mere house-to ho4iso
vaccination in une district which is infected VIII
not stamp out the disease. More vigorous ineas-
ures are needed. and this fact 1nust sooner or
later be recognized by those in AUTHORITY. Dr-
nc Wolf should have, for the timc being: unlitn,
tied power In tho premises. he IS WILING, and
can cope with the diseasc.
There was one dcnth ut the hospital yesterday
that Of man who some time ago came TO vtfi tne
lain Haven, cabinetu'akcr ~ trade; .>eW
c,tscs were reported from No. so! West Chicago
avenue, No. ;W7 West Eric and NO. - tlcaeef
Tho Health Department will use up $40 vac
cine points in tue Seventh and Fourteenth
=: Dr. lsadore Cohen, who returned trom Europe
yesterday. and who is resident Of the Four
1eene m s
Wof. i A''' "0'
. The last number Of the Chicago Medical ke-
ricc. speaking Of the subject OF sa1,tta tlon ana
vaccination, places the responsibility for the
present condition Of things in thi.t plasne-spot.
the Fourteenth Ward where 1t properly belongs.
it says: small pox has been prevalent iii the
Fourteenth Ward Of this city for the pnst
sSs;san s@arcs oa a
VARIOUS naons;its;' nse {q5gey n;: Geru1n,s a5oa;
@ 'Tts nun5er of ~ao@ live in the Fourteenth
Ward. whu, US II rule, are violently oPposed to
vaccination, aud in this opposition hive been
strongly seconded by 1rlnny Of the physicians Of
that locality. During the last summer the tide
o to the h nus p1ssSn s y
become permanent residents Of the Fourteenth
Ward. it is probable that 30 per Gent Of the i'm
NIX infection. The Fourteenth Ward is simply
great slough, and the houses are from three to
e1eht feet below the level of tAe streets. sAtu-
rated with moisture, undraincd, covered with
the filth Of the neiehborhood. this pnrt Of the
city is IN dcporaiic sanitary condition. :,
ness i'll person and surroundings has no No., nfn n+
cnce on smallpox iutccnon- The doctrine that
cleanliness is more important thhn HAcc1nation
lirhts Of thut netghborhood. They, however,
forget or have never been acquainted with 1nou~
ern cpidenoogy The experience ct f,t. A9ae6 az ero
prisoners were confined in q filth appalling IN
Character and extent, demonstrates this posi-
vas dneG ana 1orosn vaccin @
ton ut the da,e Of enlistment prevented tho
spread of the disease Not more than il
Iozeu deaths occurred. The 150o0 or :D'0oJ Con-
fedcrntc prisoners tnassed together ut the mouth
If tha Cncsupeukc, we're better fed and their
quarters better pOced than at Andefsotl-
yille yet the conditions were such AS to invite
tho s1real Of vnriOluu3 disease 1t unsnnitAry
conditions could stimulate it, but when small
nox was introduced, only five cases occurred.
II, moderu European armies the same facts have
beer, observed. The citizens Of the Fourteenth
Ward should uut attempt to remove the respOt-
sjbiity of tho epidemic OF stnnil-pox IN their
midst from their own shoulders to the munic-
ipnl authorities. 1n successful sAGcnatlnn, ana
| in vaccination alone, their safety lies. Ihere IS
no intention to intimate th6s unsanltarF cofaul-
| tality Of smallpox. 4 specific influence exists
| in varola which filth may aid but cannot creute-
This is such patent truis1n that 1t is very LITTLE
profession of the Fourteenth Ward that from Il
suspicious kind OF atnnesiA they have cnun-
| ciutcd obviously false opinions to the con-
trary-"
Mr., C. o. Williamson. gentleman connected
with tue uenlddet, Scandinavian newspaper
| published in this city, and living at No. l6o
| Townsend street, called ut THE TRIBUNE office
| Henlth Departments manner or dealing WITH
smallpox. Whetner the complaint was we'll
| founded Or not, the reader can judge after get
! ting both sides of the matter.
According to Mr. Williamson, q little girl by
| the name Of StockamberEer.; living ut no. III
| street School. was allowed to sit In seat
| which had but short time previous
! been occupied BY a girl whose face was was
| brokcn out with the smallpox, aud who
| had to be sent home. The Stockamberecr CTR!
| was taken SICK removed TO het homt, and hao
however, but not until she bad omnunicattse:d +:
| the disease in some way or other, as NrsNln-
iamson insisted to his own little girl and to an.
] other little child in the peighborhood, both o.