Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-26
STATE BoARD OF HEALrH.
Considering Vaccination of School Chill
dren and the Condition OF Diaries.

meeting of the State Board of Health
was held in the parlors of the Central
Hotel last. Tuesday morning, DIR. l.. r.
Bush in the chair. The other members
present We're: Drs. William T. Skinner,
Albert Whitley, E. W. Cooper, d. L..
Mustard and Robert @. Ellegood and Secre-
tary Il. b. Frazer.
The first business taken up by the board
was principally of routine nature, after
which Secretary Frazer read a report of his
inspection of the dairy farms, within a
radius of five miles of Wilmington.
The secretary stated that he had visited
q farms, among the owners being some of
the most prominent residents of the
county. The secretary found these ~
farms to comprise 7,l7S acres and the total
number Of cows in milking he found to
be LOB. These cows produced 8, 400 quarts
OF milk per day. The number of dairy
farmers comprised 81 wholesale dealers
and So retail dealers.
The secretary also stated that he had dis
covered q barnyards in bad condition,
there being little, if any, drainage TO the
yards. This state of affairs, the secretary
stated, was calculated to breed contagion
among the cows, give them sore hoofs
from standing in the filth of the stables,
and in view Of the fact that the citizens of
wilmington were depending upon these
ply OF milk he thought suitable means
should be at once taken to have these
dairy farms kept in better sanitary CON
dition.
MIR. Frazer stated that he was convinced
that the inspection of dairy farms should
be legalized by the State Legislature, and
that a law regulating and governing the
SAFE 81 milk should be made and severe
pehalties be imposed upon persons con-
Nlptpn Of thu OIL af
Frazer stated that lie thought Just such a
law as this was particularly needed for the
city of Wilmington.
Inc secretary stated that several months
ago nuisance had been reported to him
by q, resident of Greenbank, who was
troubled by q neighbor allowing waste
water and refuse TO run down over the
public highway onto the informer's prop
erty. The secretary had ordered the nui-
sance abated, but the school commissioner
81 Mill Greek hundred had informed him
That this had not been done.
7, nr' frazer also spoke Of nuisance at
Edge Moor which he had ordered abated
and the secretary of the Edge Moor bridge
works had promised that this should be
done.
The secretary read report OF the inspec-
tlon OF Is towns in the State, the majority
OF Wnich were found to be in an insani-
-! .''''Dii' iit stHlidIN tDllulblOn VI
Georgetown was found to be very bad.
The board then discussed at length the
necessity of the vaccination of all school
children in the ublic schools in the State
The board thought this matter Of SUI
nreme Importance, and was of the opinion
That immediate steps shoulds he taken to
enforce the vaccination in the public
schools.
DR., Cooper then offered n resolution
directing the secretary to prepare and fur
nish to every clerk in the several school
districts and also to the trustees of the
poor. OF each county copy of the law re-
curing the vaccination Of pupils in all
the public schools. 1t was stated that
smallpox had made its appearance in two
prompted the action taken by the board
Tuesday morning.