Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-04
TO FIGHT SMALLPOX.
VACCINE STATIONS TO BE OPENED IN
THE CITY TO-DAY.
Quarantine Against Le ,tor Manor aud
White e-Housc-to-House vacci.
nation--Action Of the Governor.


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power TO aid the authorities OF King Will
liam and adjoining counties In their ef-
forts to corine the smallpox to the In
dian reservation. Wednesday night ne
received letter from Commonwealths
Attorney Lewis. Of King william. asking
him to direct the vaccine agent OF the
State to send down enough points 10
vacclnate 100 persons on the Indian reser-
vation and In that neighborhood. ana oO'
persons at West Point.
There Is no vaccine agent and no money
70 pay for vaccine points. The GOVERNOR
however, ordered a Druggist or this CITY
to supply the virus asked for. ana agreeu
To guarantee the blll-about S55-out OF
the contingent fund. He said yesterday
that this was the extent 10 which he
could go, as there hal been very neaVS
drains on the contingent fun1, anu nc
did not yet know how much IL was gums
70 cost to get Morganfeld here ana coI1t
me expenses of the express ROBBERY, iIe
had been advised by the KING "iiiai.i
authorities
around Indian town, and as the peoPie
ON the reservation were very poor, he
boned that the Richmond public woufl
come TO their relief. He suggested that
tho neople here contribute money anu
provisions for the sufferers. lie feared
that tney would greatly need poth pe-
fore IL would be safe % raise the qua,
antlne. and he was satisfied that the fan-
road authorities would transport all coh-
tributions free Of cost.
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
Yesterday afternoon the Governor re-
reiyed @ letter from Mr.. Laney Jones,
Jr.. a Justice of the Peace at the M
House. stating that persons cohuhueu " "
come over to that point from the inui,i' ,a,,is.'
,eserration. that the people OF the "h''e
House were appealing 20 him lor Pi'-
lection. and asking what he must 40
To this letter the Governor imineI!dteiy
replied as follows:
Your DISPOSITION to take prompt actipi,
In the smallpox matter, as inuicaleu os ns
yours of yesterday just received bNeS
me great pleasure. .ta
In renly I beg say that under section
l723 of the Code think you have poWer
To take steps to prevent the sliedu ot II II
disease by persons from the iniecltu ~ H.
caliiy going about Inc nad srnidd of he
S;saoss hy env one VINO has been brought
into contact with IT, directly or ihulrectiS ~.
And while the section says, II any -
son who has not had siida-PoA' ono 5''is, &c
afiIIcted. &C." II should not be, IN me me
interest of the community, construct h, hte-
rally. but in its spirit, for surely ,i, illal,
NAV contract the horrible disease lIOi., y,
nurses and others who may nave peeh III
the house where II prevailed. -
Won should quarantine against all per,
sons from the infected LOCALITY, ana, u
necessary arrest them ana con1Iile tnSI,i
in such places as they may seieot, rend
will meet with your approval or sshii
thon hack to be confined IN the hOSpltdi
which has been established on the resi-
vation Our statute Is deIectiVe' puL W
must cOnstrue the law Hoei ,se any ,iaSr,n - -
favor OF the protection Of the people,
taking care, however, not 10 WORK
wrong on any individual.
NV information is that the county au'
thorities Of King William are takinS Vlso-
rous steps TO establish a close quaian'
tine OF the reservation, stationlng gua.tuS,
sc. There should be general Vacclliali99iH
and your authorities should take lihiheui'
ate action. -.,. ,,.o,, y nd
no appropriation for supplying Vaccihh'
matter The expense must pe inSt W VII
countv. Your County Judge, Common
weaiths Attorney and Board OF SUPER
yisors should look wei at'eT tllls hIae,J, !,'I
THE CITY TO ACT.
Wednesday night the Governor con
veyed by phone to Mayor Taylor al
the information he had received resaru
inc Tho situation at the reservation and
,n the reighborhooI. and offered to CO.
onerate with the city authorities as peS
ne could In any movement u heeP "''
disease out of Richmond.
r,ittee on Health and the ADVISORY
Roard OF the Board of Health met IL
room No. II at the City Hall TO CONSIDER
tbe situation. Or Oppenheimer, preslden
Of the Board of Health. stated that hlch
uond had quarantlned against Lesle,
Manor and the White House ana ina
no freight. passengers, or express wou''
be received at those stations on fslch
mond-hound trains. Tickets would p'
sold for the stations. but the persons
TO whom they were sold would be notiile-
that they could not return. Inc Doctor
stated that the occasion was upon US .ol
Immediate action. 1t would take thi 9
davs to get a compulsory vaccination
or1inonce through the Council and pro
vide for carrying it out. Besides an
house-to-housc vaccination many person!
might be missed. lie favored establish
ing to-day two vaccination stations U
which persons could go TO be vaccinated
HOUSE TO HOUSE.
DE- c. w. p. Brock favored the IS
| adjustment Of the stations, but sild IL
also thought house-to-house vaccinaHo
| was imperatlve. The only test OF safety
| even where revaccination was resor--
TO. was m its not taking. The city oush
TO make an appropriation to pay SUI
| fclent number of young physicians an
| buy sufficient points TO make a houSe-to
| house crusade against the danger. lh
| businessmen upon the committee knew
| better than he did what il would cos
| trade to have even a single case
| smallpox break out here
| DIS. Garcin and Harrison agreed VIII
| DR. Brock. on motion of Ar. Davis III
| Oppenhimer was authorized TO estapiia
| two public vaccine stations In the Sl'.
| Immediately.
| MIR. Woody then moved. and tho mo
| ton was adopted. that the Councl d
| aeked at It's meeting Monday night L
| annropriate $3.50 to cover the expense
| of the two stations enl a house-to-hous
| vaccination. The meeting then ad)ourhe'
| 1ybe Board Of Health will divide IN
/ city into twenty districts, arrange 10
| the employment of physicians Tor thes
! districts. and report their contempia' e
| plan OF procedure to the Council AT II
| meeting Monday night neX:.
| The Southern railway authorizes WI
| do everything in their power to preven
| the spread of the disease. Yesterda
| afternoon the company purchased q
| vaccine points. and will have their ehtir
| force between here and West Point vacc
| mated.