The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-14
BOARD Oh HEALTH |
Additional Action on the Vac
cination Question.
THE LAW TO BE ENFORCED
An Exhibition OF n Vaccination Mark is
Not Observation-Disclosures Must be Re
qulred by the school Board in All Cases
In Regard TO Scholars,

The School Board and the vaccination
regulations absorbed the most Of the at
tention Of the Board Of Health last night.
The board got the impression that the
other board was a little too liberal in its
construction of the regulations concern
ing vaccination, and it decided before ad-
journment that the regulations must be
observed and If people are Inconvenience
the blame must rest with the School
Directors who deviated from the rule.
The members present were Nessrs.
Spalding, Malone, Miles and McHale. Mr.
NJ. p Whitaker, superintendent of the
public schools, was also in attendance
He said he had learned through the
HERALD that the Board of Health would
have a discussion over the School Boards
action on the vaccination question and he
was present to be heard in the boards be-
half should any action be taken.
Mr.. Miles said that he did not agree
with the School Boards decision that the
exhibition Of scar is a compliance with
the law on vaccination, and he thought
the ordinance requiring a certificate that
vaccination has been performed within
seven years should be adhered TO. Messrs.
McHale and Malone agreed with Mr..
Miles.
Mr.. Whitaker said that of the 24OO
scholars attending the schools fully ten to
twelve hundred are under ten years of
age, and that is an Indication that their
vaccinations cannot be of long standing
He also said that many children have
been vaccinated within the past seven
years, but the operations may have been
performed in foreign countries, on board
ships, or in quarantine and certificates
from the physicians who made the vacci-
nations cannot be secured.
On the latter point the board decided
tb al n ifigafa from tho 70
be sufficient
Mr. Whitaker said he didn't wish the
public to get the impression that the
School Board and Board of Health were
not in cooperation, yet he had no apology
to make, as he considered that under al
the circumstances the actions of the
School Board were wise.
In answer to a remark by Mr. Whitaker
that a strict enforcement of the law was
not necessary in the absence of an epi-
demic, Mr.. Malone said that small pox
ia not an hours ride from Shenandoah.
There are three cases I'M Shamokin and
the people of this town cannot be too
cautious.
After Mr.. Whitaker withdrew the board
gave the subject additional attention and
then passed resolution instructing the
secretary of the School Board that that
board shall be governed by section As of
the rules and regulations which provides
that any pupil who has nos been vacci-
mated within seven years shall not be al
lowed to attend the public schools.
The board also decided that it does not
approve the acceptance of vaccinations
by the School Board without certificate
Secretary Scanlan reported that since
the last meeting he has received reports
| of two cases of measles, one Of typhoid
fever and one of chicken pox
Several physicians and clergymen are
dilatoiry in making their quarterlyFre-
ports of births, deaths and marriages.