New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-02
HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE MENACED
WHY DIR. jacob AND THE MEDICAL hoA"D
OF THE NETWORK HOSPITAL OPPOSE
THE BILL OF THE COUNTY
MrnyCAT. SOCIETY

,,,o~o &c much oppostion 20 the bill prepared oy
.h County Medical Society relative 10 restricting
,he Health Department OF this city IN It's olsposi.o
OF vaccine virus and diphtheria anu'oN'"' i'' ~
which was introduced in the Legislature by 'e'"'o'
Rrush known rs Senate Bill No D. was Drawn w -
a committee OF the County Medical aocle.Y' W
which Dr. Abraham jacob was member. shoun
This hill hecome a law Il would prevent the Health
BOARD from engaging In the manufacture ana siIe
on antitoNn aud vaccine virus. ana the peoPe
would then have to depend upon the drusslS'S ~
furnish the necessary supply. In the judgment u
the Board Of Health and Of many Of he proih''e",
physicians Of the city the work Of the Boara Oh
Health in this direction has been OF incalcuable
value TO the people especially to the poorer CLASSICS
The opposition to the bill has grown. ana much
active work Is now being done 10 defeat the meas
ure Among those who nave announced themselves
as strongly opposed to the bill are Dr. !acooi anu
the Medical Board of the New-York Hospital
President Straus OF the Board of Health YESTERDAY
received A COPY of the following resolution passed
bv the Medical Board OF the New-Nork HospnaI'
Whereas In the opinion OF this Board the HeaItn
Department Of this city has during the ldst io"
years made material advances IN the uieo''o" ''
preventive medicine. ana -, 1900
Whereas In judgment the work OF me sane
Denartrnert in the manufacture and sale or dlph-
liberia antitoxin and vaccine virus has been OF Sic
nal advantage TO the community az IaLbo air go
cally TO the poorest and most he4pIeSs eeHleh'S'
Resolved That in the judgment Of this Board the
present attempt which s being made TO hamper
the work Of the Department by the passage OF sen
efo Xiii No should be opposed by all who have
heart, ana that the work Of the Health Department
is especially creditable to the city IN the very sud-
jects which are attacked by that bill
President Straus untiring in his efforts to nave
the bill killed especially II appears TO contain
a number Of other features besides those whlch
have been mentioned. which ere deemed to be ad-
verse to the interests of the people. He has re-
ceived a letter from Dr. L. L. Trudeau, founder OF
T,ak
OF ncipient tuberculosis. in which the latter says
tnai tuberculosis is an infectious disease ana that
the enactmen; OF the Brush bill would be grave
menace TO the sanitary welfare OF the community
President Straus said yesterday that he had been
intormed ths DR. S60y Medcsi Society which
Dr. jacob when BY Tribune reporter last
night at his home. M ITO West rhirty-iour'n H.
az withdrew from the committee a fortnight
ago, mao e' nrnsant AT oniv one Of the meet
ines of the committee and then for only half an
hour In fact did nothing to either MAKE OF
mo the hin did moi send communication in op-
position TO the bill to Senator Brush, 6nt sen.
such a letter 10 the Committee on cites ias
week | wish 10 DO my share IN opposing the Dill.
The bill is a complicated AFFAIR. II refers 70 70 80
rIIY Went before Mayor strong in relation to
la bora tory work year ago. am opPostu " ~
control Of laboratory work being taken from ne
lent cogts sious and infectious diseases II tne
b tSe people Of York vii have to suffer
Although the County Medical Society drafted mat
Li1 I 40 not want to be a party TO its mistakes
As | nave said the bill deals with number OF
other things but would rather nave mem an ~
lost than to have the Objectionable features IN !.
Income law am certainly opposed 10 anythihg
which deem is menace TO the health OF the
community 49,, ..,.. h,,,d-a 4
The Health Department treated twelve hundre :
cases last year with antitoxn at tn erequest 81
private physicians and hfteen hundred case; 49,
treared by private physicians who obtained their
antitoxin from the Health Department Anu
Among other leading physicians who IKE Dr,
.Jacobi are said to be opposed to me M, are
Drs Janeway, Bull. Peabody LOOMS -"0h
/ and Lambert