The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-03
ARE YOU VACCINATED?
RICHMOND Nv CONSTANT DANGER
OFANEPIDEMIC
The Agents ofths Board of Health st Work
But "a VIII Take Compulsory Law
TO Make ~ Thorough.

fy-0Ve miles from this CITY, an acuFe
agitation was made OF the subject oil
vaccination. .
Opite a large number OF people were
Induced to be vacclnated, and though lhe
danger Is perhaps greater now than u
was then. the excitement has sub"ue"'
and with 70 the vaccination movement
ON account of the small number oil pco-
PIE who have called az the TWO Nd,e'na,
t!on stations established by the hDdiu
OF Health. one IN Rockets ana the "'Hot
on west Broad street, they were N'''''
yesterday. .,-.,. .r
other directions
rHF WORK GoTs oN.
The city Board OF Health has ten Phy-
sicians engaged lu vdccinauug me popu-
i.tfon s. far AS they viii permit 90 pre-
vent an epidemic should the dread ana
rcpuleive disease. small poN, mat is no"
so near the city. find foothoid mere
The clt. has been divided into ten dis
tucts. and each physician spendS SIX
hours a day iu a house-io-housc canvass
ard makes a daily report 90 Dr w. !.
Orpeuhimcr. president OF the h"dIn OF
urlIth of the rcsul; Of his operations.
For this worl, they get So per month.
and # The citizens would all submit TO
vaccination The work would be very thor
ouchly done.
The vaccine agents" are Drs. Z. G.
Levy. O.. 81. Brock. ~. 4. Stratton, j. NJ.
Wo0dWa~i. Isaac Curd. Hugh Mcclure,
l., II. Eatkins. w. S. Ecaslcy, II. j..
Reams and j. q. Lumpkin.
40 knife g. used in Vaccinatng. a
fresh point is used for each indivi lual, thus
removing aH danger Of transmitting any
other disease. The point IS made Of bone
and f. itself sufficient 20 make the small
abrasion of tho skin necessary TO inoccu-
.stI. a rrrIg Ifsfo
mocrulatel "a thousand people. says he
has NOT drawn single drop Of blood I'm
that many operations.
Da. LUMpEIS.
Dr T. C.. Lumpkin IS one Of the Oldest
physicians Of the city, and has had 10
deal with more than one epidemic OF
smallpox in Richmond
lie has taken an active part in every
public vaccination made In the city Tor
years. and is now operating in the same
territory that he covered in the VacciHd-
ton of lsS6. He says Richmond never
was IN greater need OF vaccination than
M the present In a colored school. with
roll Of So pupils. be found 80 children
who had never been before vac mated
Since JANUARY 18th ne has yaccinated over
one thousand people.
Ia some localities in the bottoms ne
has found as high as fifteen negroes IN
one room They had little clothing a.d
nothing scarcely 30 eat. These are re 10
calities whore the disease IS hkIy 10 ma
Judgment.
Br Iumpkin's operations have been
among negroes and an humble class or
white persons. lie reports very niue
trouble i'm gaining their consent. and mas
had only ten rctusals,
He saws If an classes were as amenable
rs these there would hc no heed OF
aF.F
compulsory law. lie thinks persuasion
will 20 a long way, but is unqu2l uadiy an
advocate of cOmpulsion when necessary
DIR. Iumpkiu's method Is TO examine
oyerv arm and advise all to be Faccl-
mated n ag much as three or four years
have elapsed since the last oreTal n. lie
saws a. A. absolutely necessary thdt the
civ thoroughly DO the work for the
negroes. as a rule have no money 10
nav for anything. and many Whi'e people
are little better OF. A
Dr. Lumpkiu says ne IS surprised AT
the unanimous consent OF that class 10 De
Naccinated.
DIR HUGH INQUIRE.
pr Hugh Mcclure has a district that Is
,l,,,det between the lower classes and
,bosa of wealth and intelligence. ne
b,s had similar experience with III
T.unnJliu as 10 the negroes ana poor peo-
rI. but among the most Intelligent 'l"99-
ID. II
ts ne minus ~" " ,..,..ciu.+tou many
'''' -. a.. t.ta the risk rather than
49, +n. t.mp,rarv inconvenience. said
", ,,t-l tba present method is doing
,.,t nut n is nothing like as 1t
a.. ,,.,d.r "a COMPULSORY law. Not
-. +,.-,p nu,-tonth OF the people ! see
, o'lIl,na to ne Naccnatod. Every
I,,- meet some persons VINO have never
l,..n y,cciuated. and / ind Eooa zeal OF
.npersttion about it, the belief being thd'
,.a,. wan suffer grave consequences from
80. results OF the operation.
I'm .ne lower portions of the city l
,,t "a LARGER proportion willing 90 De-
,'..e,nsteI than i'm the better portions,
ANA thts is fortunate. Tor D., is there that
We may expect the disease 10 '''dN ""'.
Ina me residential portion of my district
am frequently met WIN inc I'Pil Ni1'
fuay Will be Vaccinatcd by lheH nanny
musician. 1 90 not know how Tar lhey
'.,rry. ont the intention.
..ApproNfmately } would say that &"
,..., ..nt of AN the people need Ndcclnd-
,t,r and think II ought to be made
,,upuI-ory.
The law should stand as it was first
made. 10 might. perhaps. Doe changed
ante iu regard 10 the time limit, without
J.trncut. one year from the period oi
tba last vaccination is shorter IMAM Is
apsutcly necessary
nm. s,rArro<.
, ,,...,t.,, g.. ,r. Of tho ten
l'I- r. a.. mas non "a pra,ti.
VACCINE "7','' ..,,t,rr,..- ot emIIl-rox
l''"'' , .,s.,,r,'. and himself had