The evening world., 1894-03-26
DANCER FROM SMALL POX,
Health Commissioner Emery
Issues an Address.
Eleven New Cases Reported During
Twenty-fou Hours.

Health Commissioner Emery, of
Brooklyn, to-day issued an address to
the public. calling attention to the
alarming increase of smallpox. and i'm
pressing upon the minds of all persons
the necessity of vaccination.
Commissioner Emery says in the be-
ginning of his statement that New York
City is quite as badly afflicted with the
disease as Is Brooklyn.
To show the alarming increase of the
disease. he cites that In the month of
January eighty cases of smallpox were
removed to the Kingston Avenue Hos
pital: in February sixty-ive more were
taken there: and up to date this mont
one hundred and twenty new cases have
been taken there.
THE extremely cold weather of Feb
ruary and consequent closing of houses
and confinemento disease-laden air, un-
doubtedly materially contributed to in
crease the number of patients in March,
he adds. wv have been able to trace
the development of the disease along
definite lines bach to common starting
points In infected centres. On JAM. 8.
for example. a large social gathering
"NS hNia ;" u Bupil, NAM " iiN a
number OF cases have been traced with
certainty and found in widely separated
parts Of the city. One of these cases
was in the family Of Bardes. living in
South Brooklyn. The head Of the family
and the attending physician deliberately
determined not to report the case to this
Department. Two other cases soon
broke out in the family, and shortly
Afterwards a number Of others broke
out HR in dsmi 61sn lying in the same house he
other class which is a great menace to
the city at large. known as walking
cases" These are SO mild In their eff
suspicion OF their true nature until he has
unwittingly exposed many others TO con-
tagion, and it Is a curious fact that con-
tagion from these cases Is frequently
very virulent.
Every precaution. especially that of
vaccination. will be taken to protect the
schools. The serious consequences of in
action In this direction are too plain to
need further comment, especially in view
OF the fact that Judging from a recent
examination of the pupils of three pub
lie schools 1t appears that about, 20 per
cent, have never been successfully vac
cinated.
Under the direction OF DR.. F. A.
Jewett. Chief Of the Contagious Disease
Of the Bureau of Bacteriology and Dis.
Infection, a corps, of over a hundred
regular and special v~accinators and dis
infectors are at work day and night"
For the ~twenty-four hours ending al
noon to-day eleven cases of smallpox
were reported al the office OF the Depart.
ment. The patients are Albert Schrodel
thirty-nine years old. of So SANFORD
street; James Perdue. t~wenty-four years
OF 50 Bushwick avenue; Francis O'Keefe
aged twenty-seven, OF 266 Leonard street
Cora Johnson. aged three, of 1856 Fiftf
avenue; Kate Klssel, aged six months
AMI John Kissell, aged three years, of g.
Graham %avenue: Florence Brown, aget
six, Of 479 North Second street; Mar,
Deckhurst, aged eight: Ermil. aged ten
and William. aged fourteen. Of 1876 New
Jersey avenue.
All the victims were removed to the
hospital for contagious diseases.
The two cases at 1856 Fifth avenue are
In the house In which COMMISSIONS
Emery says a case was concealed.
Another free ~vaccinating station Wal
opened to-day at l4o Clermont avenue.