The evening world., 1893-10-18
WITH uACET|A The BOWERY.
The Vaocinsting Corps at Work
in the Lodging-H Houses.
Seven Hundred Out OF Two Thou
ssnd l%nocu,ated.

The poor Bowery clearinghouse hshitue
was a much prosecuted person last night:
at least so he asserts to-day. DR.. Alvah
II. Doty. chief Inspector of the Bureau
OF Contagious Diseases, with his little
army OF vaccinators. equipped win
virus and lancet. swoopcd down on the
Bowery lodsing-houses last night. and
after attacking shout two thousand
dodgers succeeded In inoculatins seNcn
hundred.
DR.. Doty saiu this morning that the
amount of eN%postUlating oretory deliv-
cred by the dodgers who objected to
vaccination, was p~rodigious. Where
nearly two thousand subjects should
have been ~inoculated In the two hours
given to the task. only the seven hun
dred came under the lancet. owing to
the many impromptu lectures.
Even the number iast-named would
have been much smaller had not
strategy been employed. The time Sc
lected was ~ p. NJ, to midnight. The
object was bViou
IT Is the custom in lodging-houses for
they retire in theif hunks or hammocks.
AT. 10 o'clock most OF the. dodgers are in
bed and sleeping heavily. 1T was so
hdSN liN iS VI ~
divided into eight squads ana accom-
panied, by a sanitary policeman began
the raid.
The first house visited by DR.. Doty
and his squad was 10 Pell street. Here
dodgers swing in n hammock and pay
10 cents for the privilege. There are
500 dodgers in the house. and IA most
disagreeable lot they were.
The first subject proved to be one or
the worst to deal with. He was a small,
broad -shouldered 'longshorcman. He was
asleep.
Wake up. my man." said a vaccin.
reused up nnd glared about. No ques-
tons were asked him. but the lancet was
applied to the left arm. He howled with
rag and swung his brawny arm out. A
slender incubator was ftoored, but came
to the front speedily none the worse for
The subject by this time was thor
oughly awake. The doctor tried 1t once
again, but the subject became more OBJ
disturbed honest workingncn to a eli
mate more torrid than the atmosphere
n a howeryy clearinghouse on a sul,ry
Finally, armed with a hig cowhlde
boot, and mu,tering II won't! ! WON'T
the subject came off victorious. This
was a bad example set for others. and
work progressed slowly In that house.
But there were sensible fellows in the
place. after all. and about seventy sub
J6CtS were NdcclnutSI.
One peculiar case was that of a strap
ping fellow who did not wake from sleer
during the time ne was being inoculated.
Hs VAS lanced and the virus applied be-
fore he became conscious of the situa-
ton. Then he turned over and wanted
to know what all the fuss was about.
you've been va~ccinated,' said the
doctor.
Oct out!' he growled; 'youse fellers
ull have a time dosin' me. see!'
With that he rolled himself In his
blanket and went to sleep in Ignorance
of hts acquisition.
The experience with reaenters, plead
ing with oratory. adduced In defense OF
characterization. using force In some
cases. where 1t was thought wise to de-
was a fair sample of what the. ~vaceinat
lodgins-houses visited. These included
10. Y. IS Pell street. 9, II. 10, %, So, so
7a. 70, IS. 90. 10S 1-2. 1l2, 265 Bowery. anC
1 Rivington street. The same work will
be continued tonight.
The emploees of Simpson, Crawford &
Simpsons Sixth avenue d~ry-goods store
will he v~accinatcd tonight. The doctor!
wiz he on hand between I and 3 o'clock
The employees of the Broadway Rail
road are being vaccinated to-day at the
power house, Fifty-irlt street and
broadway, and the employees of the
Ninth avenue surface railroad at Fifty
fourth street and Ninth avenue, The
employees OF the st. James Hotel vii.
also be vaccinated to-day.
The health physicians will begin opera.
tions at 10 A. NJ. tomorrow on the EN-
ployees of the Third venue line. u,
S.Ety-thirl street and Third avenue,