The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-07
VACCINATION ROW.
BayOnne Board of Education Gem
sures the Board OF Health.


After the thirteen School Trustees
present succetd5d In clearing the calendar
of IA forInight's accumulation of routine
work, the business meeting of the Bay
onue Board of Education last evening
became interesting. Trustees Allen and
Beck were the only abseutees. Several
other trustees were tardy in arriving.
Miss Hattie Richardson. who, after
teaching five yeaIs in the city schools, re-
signed last year to take a course OF study
at the State Normal School, sent in an
application for reappointment. The mat
ter was referred to the Committee ON
Schools.
Trustee Kerley, one of the Third ward
members, revived the oil project to move
scnool No. 8 to II suitable site on West
torty-seventh street. AT present the
building stands directly on the line OF
West Forty-seventh street at the inter-
section o. West Centre street, upon which
the structure fronts. Trustee kerley said
that the people of the Third ward de.
sired the change. He thought the COST
would be about $4,000. The new site
would give The city IL virtual gain of five
lots and would permit the building to
nave entrances on both streets. Trustee
Graham also advocated the change. The
Board finally passed Il resolution by
Trustee ke, ley requesting a special ap-
preparation from The Bouru or Couuctl
men for the change.
City Superintendent of Schools Davis
reporte d that the number of Pupils en-
rolled I'D the schools during May was
z, 1878 and that the average attendance was
/. SAG. He also reported that a semi
annual examination for teachers was held
in School No. 2 last Saturday afternoon,
and that the results were very satisfac-
tory. Trustee Wheeler's amendment to
the Boards manual, authorized au In
crease OF salary for the chief of tho
Academic Department from $500 to 81, 900
as the maximum figure was unanimously
adopted.
The Board In Committee of the Whole
considered the complaint Of Isaac II.
Anderson of No. SO East Fourteenth
street, that his son had been v~acciuated
against his wishes while sick and while
in ~endan at School No. 4. by Dr..
Robert G. Nolan, the City Health physic-
ian, and that in consequence the lad was
suffering from blood poisoning.
One of the Trustees said he understood
the Committee on Schools of the last
Board gave the physician permission to
vaccinate The children, and that the name
of the Anderson BOY was submitted with
those of other children. Trustee kerley
Insisted that the action OF the physician
was not right. He knew from investiga-
lions where children ia School No. 6 had
been vaccinated by force. He deied any
one to prove that the Board had given the
physician power to Vaccinnate the chill
dren.
After much more talk Trustee Kerley
moved a vote of censure against DR..
Nolan. Trustee Graham seconded it. He
said the conduct of the physician was
nothing less than criminal. Had the
doctor treated his children us others had
been treated ne would have interviewed
him with u club. Trustee Hickey asked
that the motion be declared out of order.
He considered that DR.. Nolan was not re-
sponsible, inasmuch as he merely obeyed
the orders of the Board of Health. He
considered that the Board Uf Health
should be censured.
Trustee Kerley amended his resolution
so that the censure should rest upon the
Board of Health. President Grlswold
remarked that the Board of Health was
given u vast power by the act under which
it was created by the Board Of Council
men.
Trustee Edwards said that DR.. Nolan
was guilty of brutality, as in some cases
children had been tied in chairs while the
operation was being performed. lustee
Doyle also went for DR.. Nolan.
Several attempts were made to put the
cenyure back upon the doctor, but they
proved futile. The resolution of cenSure
was carried by a vote of 8 to ).
Notes.
The Board of Councilmen will meet
this evening. 1t Is expected that Mayor
Farr will veto the confirmation by the
Council at it's last meeting OF the official
bonds of Jacob H. Johnston as City Tax
Assessor. The annual tax levy and sal
airy ordinances will be introduced.
The German societies celebrated Pingst
Montag yesterday. During the n
they paruded through the chief street OF
the Second and Fifth wards. In the
afternoon aud evening they held a picnic
in Columbia Park at Centreviile.
The b, dy Of Thomas H~anrahan, who is
supposed TO nave been drowned in New
ark Bay during a squall that capsized his
craft on Saturday afternoon, has not yet
been recovered.