Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-04-28
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
STATE BOARD ISSUES IT'S SEVEN
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
Some Interesting History Recalled
Local Officers Write of OBJ
servances of Laws.

The seventeenth annual report of the
state board of health has been issued.
1t opens with an interesting article
from the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal entitled An Incident in the
History of Vaccination. 1t tells of
remarkable occurrence, SO far as
known unparalleled, by which at
town meeting in Milton, Mass. IN 1909
it was voted to submit IL children to
genuine small pox virus after vaccina-
ton, to test the latter method of pre-
yention. Twelve children were pro-
sured by parents, the history reads and
all inoculated and finally all DISCHARGED
In due time as cured, a great triumph
TOR vaccination. A list of the city,
town and village health officers of the
state for 1897 is given and extracts
from health officers correspondence
As they are of interest, those chosen
from Dane county are given. DR.. John
b. Cargen writes from Christiana-
THE board of health does not hold
regular meetings. The health officer
receives from $1.50 to So 80 a day
when services are required. The
board has not authorized the health
officer to act in its name in an emer-
gency but all work together. The law
pertaining to the report of dangerous
contagious diseases is generally OBJ
served. Nearly all of the people have
been vaccinated within the last five
years. Very few children have be
vaccinated before arriving at school
age. On the outbreak of contagious
disease the state board of health is al
ways notified at once and the efforts
co restrict the spread of contagious
disease have been encouraging The
laws requiring the report of births and
burial permits are enforced. There
have been during the year ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1897, about 40 cases of
diarrhoea, which | think Is a fair
innate. In country places the people
use their own home remedies so that
it is almost impossible to get at the
number sick with diarrhoea, cholera
morbus, etc., without going to each
family separately for information.
think we can see the effects of our
y
state of the people at the present time
and l think they continue and try to
carry out the instructions given them
at that time"
OF Madison, DR.. Phil Fox writes: -
1.-THE board has met three or four
time during the year. The board
makes minutes of the meetings. The
health officer receives salary of $500
per annum. The board gives the
health officer authority to
act in its name in an
emergency. During the year ending
Sept. 30, 1897, there have been 5
eases of diphtheria; ? cases of scarlet
fever; ? cases of typhoid fever, with
no deaths. Two years ago there was
a general vaccination. The majority
of school children are vaccinated. On
the outbreak of contagious disease the
state board of health is always no.
titled. The general result of efforts
to restrict the spread of contag' Gus
diseases is encouraging. The law re-
curing the report of births is not
observed. The law requiring burial
permits is observed, since the law
went into effect
DR.. n. Omsted says of Stoughton-
THE proceedings and orders of the