New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-27
GUARDING AG4INsT SMALLpOY.
INFORMATION AS TO METHODS FOLLOWED IN TIL
CITY SENT TO MONTREAL.

INFORMATION AS TO METHODS FOLLOWED IN THIS
CITY SENT TO MONTREAL.
j. Ignatus Flynn, secretary of the Board Of
Health OF Montreal Canada, to the Health Com
missioner last week for Information regarding the meas
ures taken in this city to prevent eradicate smallpox
in this CITY, by direction of Colonel Clark Dr. James
B. Taylor OF the Fourth Sanitary Division.
furnished the following reply which was
regarded as compact general report Of
the work performed in his division:
Our plan of vaccination Is follows: We divide tho
city into ten esen IN ccrss Oh an
It, Each house occupied by three or more families
visited twice each year and " are solicited
houses. During part Of the winter when We cannot
work to advantage IN such houses owing TO the prsnd
by many account OF cold wespend our
time In vaccinatng In public aid private insttutions
such orphan founding and insane asyams paroehis
vate lodging houses, such as are filled with the lower
Of s oa maTs peed at 20
have found that through them smallpox may DO widely
have and two %SJ h
whole time IN p,r yac &c FnnOs,,0 Pupils IN
all pupils 20 be- TScenaG a the to
enforce Is given officers These physicians visit
S wSo rea@re t. Any Who object are excluded All
successfully vaccinated are given to that
effect. We also have central Office for vaccination
where many co. We perform from fifty to one hundred
thousand vaccinations per year. depending somewhat
Ne have no general compulsory vaccination law The
nearest approach Is the bylaw Of the Board OF Edu
cation which fully answers every purpose. We believe
that experience, compared with that or clues
such laws exist, usties US in not desiring com
pusioD.
smallpox the hospital thought best; consequently we
never isolate quarantine people suffering from this
disease in their own homes except In strictly private
houses and We seldom need to do this, many prefer
going the hospital rather than subject their relatives
or friends danger from contagion. Whenever isol
ton is adopted Is done under the personal supervision
of the inspector the district who requires the family
TO follow his directions strictly regards
thorough isolation. Any failure to comply Is by
immediate removal 70 the hospital. When children are
removed their mothers may accompany them and
wife may 90 with her husband IL desired Our hospitals
diseases fine buildings and are as ac-
cessble as possible We employ two resident physcaGs
who are in constant attendance, and OF trained
nurses. Those who desire private rooms
and extra accommodations are allowed
them for reasonable RECOMMENDATIONS,
four years the prejudice against removal to the hospital
has almost ceased To exist.
We make every effort to induce physicians to report
cases TO they suspect the nature Of the
disease rather than wait until the disease is well de-
velOped An inspector, who Is an expert
dagnostcian, visits the at once, fire.
auently in consultation with the attending
ply scan and the patient is removed TO the hospital.
Tho district Inspector then takes charge OF the house,
yaccinaes all who require II there and In the adjoining
houses and for concealed cases lie repeats ms
visits frequently until the period OF incubation is past
BY this means find other cases. II any occur in the
fist stages OF the disease and remove them before dam
ger to Others occurs.