New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
CASES or SMALLPOX.

Two cases OF smallpox were found yoSter-
day In phans Home and Asylum OF tne Protestant
Episcopal Church, at Forty nntst and Lcxing ou-tvc
yncuce had ue"n tafcn TO the Riverside H0spi-
tai v,ck ago. The asylum contains about 40 chill
dr,n aud Tor three weeks has visited by measles,
which nave attacked nearly oue-t!rd Of the inmates.
IN Of the in which were fully twenty sick
children the first Of smIllpoN was recognized on
last Wednesday, week ago. The patient
was g,rl oi five years by Ida Anderson She had
been SICK days it supposed with mcnse'. hHt
ON the third day the peculiar eruption OF smallpox
recognized by Dr Janor9n, the attending physician, ana
the Health Officers informed. On the following
day the ciii was removed to tue hospital Black
Wells Isl ND where the case eoped into very bad
one.
Yesterday David Meaghan, age two and half years
and William, ms i've ycarOid brother who had slept in
the same room with Ida Anderson, developed the
disease They were isolated and to-day VIII he sent to
the hospital In the room where these cases have
occurred there are about twenty chill
dren, sick with measles, who cannot
be removed from the danger OF the
contagiou By appointment with the police officers the
children IN the asylum will all be vaccnatcd to-nor-
row.
Dr. Taylor the chief OF the Vaccination Bureau, made
the statement to reporter, yesterday that cases Of
snahox in institutions very uncommon. the IL
mates are generally well vaccnatcd. The reason, he
said that they mad occurred in hs case was that the
from had always refused to let the yaccinatDs officers
of the Bureau perform their work there. The maron,
Mrs Ineiee was questioned by a reporter about heT
reasons for such a refusal and she declared the state
ment false she said that she md always been strong
advocate of vaccination. Inc Hcalth Ohcers had
NOT once In the thirty ycHrs OF the as' luns existence
offered vdcy.uatr The chidren that ohce was per
formed in al cases immediately after the admission or
end, by the attending ph5 stefan, unless there was cVl-
druce OF recent nation. Mr-. lnHlee declared lDat
the 4rpc children wh1 nai caught tdc disease nad oeeh
yaccnafed This the Ut Ter hand, - denied ny the
Health Officers II appeared upon further inquiry INTO the
maron Oi the Eri Ida Anderson at least,
the mothers statement That she lad DrCh VHcCihdcd
WAS ac.a ted s -Ii tlcut evidence, although the scar
was 50 slight as to make It very doubtful whether she
spoke the truth Ia IN" case 81 Inc othSr Two cuuIcu
the vaccination hat not ttScu.
Two new cases Ot smallpox, one in WaVerly ST. Jersey
CITY, and The other at No. Il iiudsOn-s HobOken, ana
tw0 deaths the disease were reported yesterday III
Hudson County
John Daily OF Clifton, s. l., whose father is coachlnan
for Supervisor Marsh, yesterday was attacked with
SMALLPOX fl supposed that ne contracted the disease
ia NcyJcr.cy the Health authOrltleS learned
of the ease premises "erc quIrjatlncd ms Il hc
second OF uJip)N thai has occurred on staten
Island this winter.
PETERSBURG, Va, Feb. 4-Smallpoz has broken out IN
thcAIy settled section OF Nottoway County, in tins
STATE hospital has been established for the accom-
notation OF the patents.
CHICAGO Feb. 4.-Eiglt new cases Of smallpox and
four deaths were reported yesterday.
SrRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. Mrs. Baker OF Adams
died to-day from smallpox, and James smith OF the same
place has The disease THcrc Two cases at kichnOuu