Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-13

- VIZ The great spread oil s'av n We
...ss IN the morning papers VIZ" = ''a,.rage
r'uv ,y nnintelllgible to the aY 0'''',s,
Wholly ~e one has evidently excited
reader ,alcal society. and insomueh as
TIE ny" s,,tements are made that are
IN. to the general ! , pubic ao,oe
rs' ,1 IKE. If you can spare the space
Ike a few comments
" one Of the first things mar 'neS s 100
oD vas the accusation said 10 nave We
Up W, n,nonly reported about town py
pe.p and inscriptions laymen
.ts, vaccination was a money maxine
'na' !, ,be doctors. There Ia an OLD
e aln ,ba, "a guilty conscience needs
1''e sccnsero and yet while ! am sure
Nv ~ the average doctor is entirely above
' .an,epary methods.there are two s'aes
,sa question. The idea Is held for'n
,ha public that the doctors would
,ar more money out or the peopie
~ ~. smallpox were allowed 10 spread.
sr,, would be true II all the people
hs smallpox, but fortunately
IN the worst epldemics a COM
sesratiyely small proportion OF the entire
tonulatlon get the disease, ana taxing
M Two sldes dollar for dollar 1 sus,
w, that af the two, vaccination VIII
~, the best, at any rate II IS much
s9fsr for the doctor.
si M one really sensible statement that
~ made was so covered with yerbiage
We, me average reader would get an
''naIrsiy wrong impression from reading
. what really wac said was, that Eng
ia IN the last fifty years had,by prop
lsssniiarv measures, reduced the death
80 m "dth diseases" fifty per cent.
rauever no statement was made as to
bov much q this was smallpox, now
much dlphlheria; how much scarlet te-
ysr measee. etc This credit 10 SANTA
Nam Is strictly in accord with the Ideas
~ come very eminent men OF their own
stbnol who disseminate gross mis-
,snresentatlons" as 10 the virtues Of
,ssclnatlon. II the medical society
"a hoard Of health were In favor OF
sompulsory sanitation, which Is the only
,re safeguard against all contagious
sra epIdemlc diseases, the citizens
vonid be with them TO man,
some comparisons were made in re-
cara 10 the wonderful decrease Of NOR
,allty In the German army. but the
acts are, that the death rate In the
nnaccinated German army from small
noy was sixty per cent greater than
among the unyaccinated civilian popu-
allon OF the same age. In the days be-
,ore vaccination The death rate from
smallpox was lS.s per cent Of the entire
n1pulatlon, but In the one hundred years
since Jenner. Il has been reduced by
vaccination to 1875 per cent Of the entire
populaton. Now, II In the one humid
nd years since Jenner vaccination has
BY the acknowledged aid Of most efil-
eIent sanitation been able 20 reduce the
mortality from SMALLPOX three-tenths OF
one per cent, how long will II be In
eaicatng smallpox altogether
The public are given TO understand
that very grave results may be expect
Cd from associating with the unyaccin-
eied but We have most excellent proof
% show that In an epidemic where all
classes are exposed, that the vaccinated
immunes are the very first to take the
smallpox, and in one instance IA vac
cnated people came down with the
smallpox before the first unvaccinated
one took Il.
In presenting such a vast array OF
statistics 70 the people, the society got
things somewhat mixed, for I'm one place
we are Informed that efficient yaccina-
zion In Infancy affords an almost abb
solute immunity from smallpox up 10
about ten years OF age" while only
a few lines farther alcng under the
very same heading We find that out
Of Al Yaccnated children under ten
years Of age attacked by smallpox. on
" twenty-four" that recovered were
'ptled," This should be most convinc-
Ing proof, Of course, TO the Intelligent
public that vaccination prevents small
pox
The people are further given to under
stand that not a single reputable
physician In all Of the great State Of
uah Is opposed TO vaccination. We
would Just like to inform the general
public that this assertion Is merely
matter Of opinion among certain indl-
vduals The "disreputable" physicians
otUtah are not given TO blllingsgate nor
70 casting reflections upon the social
ana professional standing OF the "reput-
able physicians who do believe In and
Practice vaccination.
Respectfully yours.
G.. W. HARVEY, NJ. d.
ONE MORE PROTEST.
To the Editor.
! wish TO add my protest to those al
ready published against the action Of
lne school board in relation 10 compul-
sorry vaccination.
AS ] understand 40 fha eoheot hoo ~