New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-24
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FEARS OF A SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC.

NO QUARANTINE AGAINST cANApA-hAihoDS ~
THE CITY BOARD OF HEALTH
The smallpox epidemic n Montreal w htIe n an'
nTsbenson to medical authorities in New-York
So nnarantine exists on the frontier between New.
York and Canada and aithSagn ,y HS 81 feared
Soctors begin to predict that next winter wi,i DO
marked by an unusually large number of smallPo3
cases Dr. James Taylor Oh r anor STa'u "a
on1 1.-THE ors stats Board Which s' The
act such ssa by ths lack of funds
The danger arising from the unrestricted comnunis;
cation between this State and smapo1-iniect,sSa a
town like Montreal is tboroughiy reazeu 1y iaS
and ma;ntain the necessary quarantine stations
nothing can be done. Michigan is the only btatye
which thus far has atempIefG 10 There ssU
tsry surveillance has been established along tIie
railroad lines connecting the state Win Sahaua;
Similar precautions In New. lorK wouiH 70 COM n.
R 70 this CITY, but certainly In retaTIdns
ronies csnnecting the valley of the Hudson with
the ST. awrence, and Q few more at the ports on
the lakes might save the city great expense ana
SMontreal is the hotbed of smallpox In this conn
try This fact must be attributed TO the cnarac.9L
of its population. Certainly no city In the worlo
has 80 heterogeneous population comprlsiHWe o 10
MANY elements difficult to deal with, as Newt oIh'
And VET we have far less difficulty ia tho enforce
ment of our sanitary regulahsns tnan rs eAPeir r
enced in Montreal. There an epidemic OF sinhIpp1
takes place about IN SIX years, because Iho
people are violently opposed TO vaccination. ne
French Catholics of Montreal seem 10 We ehtIeneS
superstltlous this subject and almost every NJ
break of the disease is accompanied by rlst. NC
Canadian law requires the vicDinatleh Oh 'nia
We have no such law, but rely NANNY on peIsu a.
sion. This method we find leads In the END 70
morn satisfactory results than resort TO leglsla-
ten. If the vaccination law coulI &c nI1Iceu ~
Montreal all would be WELL DIT tho auIno ann;0
alton does not begin until an epidemic is wei
undcr way. When smallpox is prevalent, an un-
yaccinated infant is like red nct coa sn" fsIu
the means of communicating the dlseascto lahlly
of adj ats who otherwise would probably nave
''Sa FRSe present epidemic in Montreal is by no
means as serious as many which have preceded II,
bnt am AFRAID that the disease has not yet been
brought under control. 1t VIII pI0Dagiy assume
still more startling proportions IN CANADA, ana We
NAV look for its appearance In New-York next
winter II is noticeable that each outbreak VI 'no
disease i'll Canada has been followed Dy m IN epi'
demc more or less serious, III inls city, But lhe
manner in Which smallpox tfaVelslS cnafhcterIstlc'
Ii Is not like cholera, which might appear to-day
in New-York and Tomorrow leap 10 oIne tIO;
Montreal 10 New-YOik Ii always appears hrst AZ
Albany Thence us Brought downt e tiudson,oite
III csnalboats sometimes by rairoaa OF
The New-Y0rk Board of Health rs, howe'er'
excelleDtly organized and has instituted an e1-
ceedingly efficient method OF lighting smallpox.
several
crowded tenement houses. Such cases are iaI more
alarming than the eases which arrive rom foreign
ports for the latter can always be Isolated before
| any danger of coDtagion arises. But cases wnien
occur without apparent cause and without warnlnp
| O We more anxiety. Such cases are NJ once
removed to the hospitals and all the inmates OF tnt
houses where they occur are promptly vaccihaleu
Then an officer is detailed TO watch the houses
night and day. 20 that no new case can occur WIN
out the knowledge of the BOaId VINO lsola''
| the patient before he can carry the conthEloi
| further There IS now very little resistance u
| vaccination or 10 the removal OF sufirrers FOR
| merly our task was far more difficult The ignor
| ant Immigrants would not submit to vaccination
| and foaght the officers who attempted to remoy'
| the sick. They, however, have come 10 see what !
| for their good When sick children arc removed
10 the hospitals the Isotbers are always aho"eh u
| accompany them. The people see that tho author
| ltles care we'll for them, and that vaccination Y
| not terrible thing. Now, when a case OF small
pox occurs IN house the inmates are usually cage
| to hs yaccinated. On the whole, think we nav
| an organization sufficiently comp etc 10 keep unde
| control any oOntaQon which may DO brought II
| from Canada.
| TOO MUCH WEATHER FOR ONE sHORr DAY
| A man who oould not find weather TO suit him III
some time IN the course Of the day yesterday wa
| hard 10 pleaee IL rained, it blew, IL was hot, 1