The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-13

lie schools, an order was made to make
it obligatory for all children attending the
public schools to be vaccinated, and re-
quested the chairman of the board TO no.
tify the board of education Of said action,
and also to put the following notice In
the daily papers:
Board of Health Acts-All School Chill
dren Must Be Vaccinated by Monday
The board of health held a. meeting in
DR.. Shuts Office last night and adopted
strenuous rules regarding vaccination Of
school children According to the boards
ruling, all school children must be vac
cinated by Monday or show vaccina-
ton scar that has been made within the
last ten years no pupil can be admitted
to school who has not complied with
these rules. Dr.. Shuts, president of the
board of health, says the board recon-
mends vaccination as soon as possible,
and it is hoped that all viii comply with
the rulings before the time is up
It setms that the board of education
takes issue with the board of health in
regard as to what is the best and safest
means to combat disease and keep it
from getting start in our city and also
remove the same from our midst, and are
antagonistic to the ruling Of the board of
health.
In the following issue of the daily pa
pers the board of education published or
caused to be published the following or
der to the patrons of the public schools:
THAT VACCINATION ORDER.
Board of Education Thinks 1t Was
Premature.-There seems to be differ
ence of opinion existing between the
board of health and the board of edu-
cation over the subject of vaccination.
Following the order of the board of
health. compelling school children to be
Yaccinated by next Monday, Superintend-
ent Dyer is said TO have addressed a cir
cular to all the teachers, telling them to
pay no attention to any vaccination or
der until it came from him.
Following this came a meeting of the
board Of education last night, which
adopted the following recommendations
to the patrons of the public schools:
The board of education of the city
of Wichita, Kan, convened in special
session this eth day of January, 1899, to
consider the advisability of promulgating
an order directing the patrons Of the city
schools to vaccinate or detain their chill
dren from the schools on and after Mon
day, the 18th inst, find conditions row
existing as to contagious disease nos to
the PRONUNCIATION and enforcing OF such
an order. but that such order would work
a hardship and an unnecessary disrup-
ton Of school attendance and health.
The board therefore recommends that
parents take all reasonable precautions
to keep their children from places and To-
calities where any contagious disease may
be contracted, and that they administer
to children such representatives. against
contagion as their judgment and that Of
their family physician may consider wise
and proper
THE above recommendation was Unan-
imously adopted and attested by J. II.
Stewart, president, and c. s. Caldwell,
secretary"
THE board Of health met again on jan
uary %. 1900. with the city officials and
County Commissioner Howard. to see II
there were not some means Of getting the
temporary injunction removed. 50 that we
could use the hospital recently erected,
Tor contagious diseases, by the city.
City Attorney Helm 'pnoned Mr.. Whine.
one OF the plaintiffs in the injunction pro
ceedings, and he afr. winBe) came
Up 70 the place Of meeting. Attorney
Helm stated 10 Mr.. Whine that he had
4 proposition % make. OF the part II the
city. IN regard TO the injunction case.
The proposition had been previously
agreed to between the parties. 70 the e
feet that Il the city would be allowed %
use said hospital or pest house until the
present need was over. that the city
would agree to remove said hospital and
stand on their bond for appeal 70 the ST.
prerne court Mr. Whine said he had
agreed 70 bond himself for Sa@ Il assist
Ia removing the slaughter house and that
his objection had been 70 a permanent
use Is a pest house. and II II was a. greed
to have sad house removed Is soou as
the present ~2dsuiic was over. tina: his
objections ceased. The parties present
went up 70 Judge Dale's residence and
Attorney Helm Ins6s the p-co5z. ion
aforesaid n the judge.
Judge Dale said that Il the attorzays
would draw " n. stipulation as aged
upon he would syn K ard issue she or
der removing The temporary Injunction.
which he did. sad AL eases were removed
fron Thirteenth street = the rev hosp