Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-09
Ar nPIpEmro or SORE ARMS.

General Vaccination Begun In the Public Schools of the City Yester. day-Over Two Hundred Pupils I'm. Oculated by the Town Physicians- The Number operated on in Each of tho Several Scho0ls-The Work Will be Resumed To.day-A General Record of All Vaccinations to be
 Kept.
 There will shortly be an epidemic of sore arms among the school children of the city within few days. Public vac- cination of the pupils of the public schools at the schools was commenced yesterday by the town physicians in accordance with the votes of the boards of aelectmen and health. The work began ct t2 o'clock and during the afternoon about 200 pupils were inoculated.
 At each one of the schools the scholars were In readiness for the visit of the staff of town physicians, and in consequence the work progressed rapidly and without friction, At the Winchester school the work of inoculstion was performed by Dr. Converse. At this school thirty-eight children were vaccinated in about three. quarters of an hour, leaving about 130 others who will bs operated upon to-day and to morrow.
 The work at the Webster school was done by Dr. Townsend. Here twenty pupils were vaccinated and the remaining twenty five will be vaccinated to day. The arms of the pupils at Woolsey school were exam ined by Dr. Baribault, who vaccinated | twenty five and will perform the same ser ! vice for fifty more this afternoon and to. | MOTION. At the Wooster school Dr, Klenke vaccinated thirty-nine, leaving twenty. | four more on whom he will operate to. dsy. Dr. Bacon was assigned to the Washing. ton school. Yesterday he inoeulated thirty pupils, and will inject the virus into the arms of some sixty more next Tuesday. It is believed that but few vaccinations will be required at the high school. Dr. Town. send called there yesterday, but as some ot the faculty were absent in consequence o1 illness, the inspection and vaccination were postponed until this noon.
 At the Lowell school Dr. Cahill Vacei mated thirty three yesterday and will com II plete his labors there to-day. Dr. White performed similar service for abou' twenty five at the Weleh school and will ! again visit the school to-day to complete his labors.
 In the majority of the schools the opera tion was performed in the office of thu principals. A number of the childrer
 were accompanied by their parents, wht feared that their children might faint ol chow some sign of alarm, but nothing O. tbis kind occurred and the operations wer, gone through with cheerfully and expedi tioualy.
 A number of children who had vaeoina
 ton scars on their arms were perfectly ! willing to submit to 8 second operation and were accordingly revacoinated. Th' ! work will be pushed forward as rapidly a
 possible, but 1t is believed that it will talk
 at least two weeks to vsecinate all tn
 scholars at tho various schools.
 It has been decided by the town an,
 health authorities to keep complete rec
 ord of all persons vaccinated, 30 tha
 should occasion arise necessitating anothe ! public vaccination the authorities will b ! able to ascertain just when the scholar
 and others had been vaccinated previously
 For the purpose of keeping this recor | complete book has been prepared by tn
 se1ectmen in which will be kept a oomplet
 record of all persons vaccinated.
 At the head of the first page of the boo
 is, "Public Vaccination Under the Direc
 ton of the Board of Health of New Have
 in May, 1894" Each page is then rule off into colamns, and at the top of eac
 column, in regular order, are the follow
 ing: "Nams," Residence" "Age," "Ns tionality," ''Parentage," "Primary vaccfr ation, ;" t'Revaccination," "Bovine Virus,
 "Humanizsd virus," "Date of Operation, ! "Results and Remarks"
 The virus yesterday was of the bovin nature and was furnished to the eevert .. ! town doctors by the board of selectmer who secured it through the board ( | health