New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-12
TO STAMP OUT SMALLPOX.
THE HEALTH BOARDS SYSTEMATIC WORK
PHYSICIANS OF THE SUMNER CORPS DETAILED
TO MAKE HoU:E TOULOUSE ISsPEc-
TIoy-PRoMPT REMOVAL OF CASES
PROVIDED FOR.

systematic work. u which the Health Board hopes
10 stamp out smallpox In this city before the close
OF the warm weather. was begnn yesterday. Twenty
musicians of the summer corps" were taken from
The districts in which they had been Inspecting
tenement houses since July l. and were organized INTO
search corps work in that part OF the city west
of Broadway between Canal and Fourteenth sts. 1t
is there that most Of the recent cases OF smallpox
have been discovered. Many Of the sufferers have
been Italians. and some OF them have been conccaicd
from the inspectors of the Bureau OF Contagious
Diseases long enough 70 greatly increase the danger
of contaGon. To each OF the twenty physicians was
assigned a small district within the prescribed boun
daiies and he was directed 10 make careful search
for smallpox patients every day, going to each house
In his district and inspecting every room from cellar
10 attic. opposition by inmates Of houses VIII not
be allowed TO obs,rnct the search. physician VIII
call the police his assistance II necessary ana can
have doors broken open II occupants OF rooms reinse
TO grant him Ambulance. Persons who trT 10 hide
smallpox patients may be arrested. In the work OF
stamping out contagion, the Health Department mas
as much power to enter buildings AS the Fire DC
partment has when there Is fire.
The orders to the physicians were TRANSMITTED 10y
the Health Board through the chief inspector OF COLI
tagous diseases. who wrote them out. as follows;
Health Department, Bureau of Contagious Diseases
August 10. Ieoa.
70 the Inspectors Of the summer Corps
therein occupied by family In the districts ussieheu
you. $500. ,,,,, ,,s,r rorrso,vcs
whether there Is has been any case OF Sh'"ipoA
In the premises 49,. , n, ,,o
Take memorandum OF each mouse anu ihe hummer
of families visited In each " .,,..
liza case l. found, developed or suspicious telcpnonc
this Once Immediately. Telephone number, -ol
spring. .... ,r,o u,s, :, Or who bove
W. Rscnnmend every ono TO he revaccnated, rs
as the cold weather win admit. both adults ana
Before vacclnatng, cleanse that portion Of The arm
where the virus is TO be applied with me anu,ep,t
solution. Virus. needles antseptic solution ana INT
Will be supplied at this Office.
reports. CHARLES r. F:,i hV, ,dc;,
President Wilson, of the Health Board, also made
the following official statements
We recommend that energetic measures be taken
at once 10 prevent the spread OF smallpox IN THIS
Tho fact that the disease hns appeared in the sum
mer months when windows are open ana Ventilation
mum. indicates the possibility Of an outbreak TINS
fall and winter.
We have therefore. 10 commence with taking the
district bounded by Canal-st the south. Fourteenth
st. on the north, Broadway on The east ana tle
North River the west. and divide II into twenty
equal parts, 80 far as the tencmcnthouscs are con-
cerned
To each district is allotted medical physician who
spsctien examining everything and everybody, with
the view Of finding any concealed cases; ,,.- ..,
These physicians will prescribe to SICK babies ana
look out generally for sanitary matters. . 49,,
After a thorough search had been maze IN thc
district between Canal and Fourteenth SITS, he SAD
the ply scians would set to work In the district
west Of Sevcntlave, between FOur zenith ana twenty
third sts. In which number Of smallpox patients nave
been found. Later the search Will he kept up III
other parts Of the city where there Italian colonies.
In connection with the search for smallpox cases
the department will continue the prompt removal
Of all sufferers from the disease TO North brother
island the fImgation OF infected rooms. bedding and
clothing and the vaccination Of persons EnS%n TO
vaccination of people in districts where many cases
have been found is not believed 10 be wise step NJ
present. The vaccine virus spoils quickly in warm
Weather, and vaccination In such weather causes
much discomfort even If II is not dangerous
Sanitary Superintendent Edison, by whose advice
the work Of suppressing smallpox undertaken In
earnest said Yesterday that at houses where cnses Of
smallpox had been found recently, the inmates would
be kept under observation during the usual period
OF Incubation. 'The chief trouble" he said us
among the Italians VINO avoid vaccination II possible,
and conceal smallpox patients when they dare. En-
perience has shown that when smallpox stays in the
CITY late the summer there is likely to he great
deal of it m the fall, and for that reason We are
trying hard stamp the disease out now" p
Three sufferers from smallpox, all Itnllans were
sent from their rooms In the city North Brother
Island Yesterday. They Louise Ttggo an in.
FAINT, Of No. Al Thompson-st; Francisco Munco. age