The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-10
i'm EPIDEMIC
Of L0CKJAW.
IM Deaths Have Already ee-
cured al Camden.
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the PHYSICIANS ARE PUZZLED
uIIst II tAs F,iiI essw FsHsvsl Vaccine.
tIS--Th otiT Dnsl,pa Fnai
Slight essshsi Ws0ai.
the PHYSICIANS ARE PUZZLED

Camden, n. j, Dec. 1o.-wlth the dealt
~ seysn-yesr-old Bessie Roosevelt at he
Farens nome, $50 Ferry avenue. The lie
or fatalities from lockJsw In this city wal
swollen TO ter.
Nine OF The deaths were ATTRIBUTABLE,
sacontamination from The wounds OF vac
esnstion ana one 10 gunshot wound T&
pldest victim was 10 years old and the
touugest hNe Two sufferers from the
nfsesss are reported TO be well on the
msy to FecoVery
The fuli list OF fatalities following y sc-
einaiion follows:
William j. Bauer. seven years old. vac-
einated Oct. Il; tetsnus symptoms sp-
Feared Nov. ]; died Nov. :.
Anna N. Warrington. eight Years old.
saccinated Oct. f.; tetsnus symptoms APP
fesree Nov. 4; died Nov. S.
Frank carVello. five years old: vac
sinSted Oct. -. tetanus appeared NOV. S:
died Nov. p
Georsianna Ornby. nine years old; vac
fhsted oct .s; teianus appeared Nov.
es, 6ted Nov. -
Ada HUH - years old; vsccinated Nov.
tetsnHs appeared Nov Is; died Nov.
BESSIE Roosevelt. seren year. old: vac
finsted Nov. 3; tstsnus appeared Dee .;
ei~d pec. Z
Lillian r.. Carty, ls years old; vsccinsted
Pct u: tstsnus appeared Nov. s; died
Nov. i5
Thomas, A. Hazleton II years old vac
tinstted Oct %; retsnus appeared Nov.
a.. died Nov r.
floroncs johnson
she one death from lockisw not At
Siibutaele TO vaccination was that of Eli
wood SIMPSON, years old OF Mautus
EicuceSter county. The hoy had been out
with small air rife loaded with shot
rhen he sot a slight wound In the foot
The wound was first dressed ny local
physician and the lad was sent 10 Cooper
hospital. this city. lie apparently re-
powered and was sent home. Bui on Nov.
p he was returned to the hospital with
mell-denned symptoms OF lockiaw. There
be suffered for eight days aud died In
agony on Nov. 16-
Che two cases of lockjsw following vac.
tirstion which sppear to he recovering
ere:
William Brewer. eight years old. vac
Dinaten Oct. "a; tetsngs appeared Nov 4.
Mamie winters. eight years old: vsc-
nnated oct, 2s; tetsnu. appeared Nov. Is.
FIRST CASE NOTICED.
The .nrst- ease officially noticed wa. that
ef the boy Brewer although Willie Bauer
PAD been attacked before. Little attain
pion was given ny the physicians to the
srower case AT the time because Il was
tsgsrded a. an Isolated csse which need
kd no spectsl study or attention When
tawever. repurts of other cases came I'm,
yrse by one. widespread alarm began TO
rs telt, and the fear that something was
wrong with the vaccine virus used was
bptertained nv many PHYSICIANS The To-
tHi board Of health now started rigid
Urvsstigstic upon scientific BASIS
special committee ~ three physicians
pas spnonted To conduct the inNestigs-
ton, aud this committee sent FOR All phv-
picisns who had had anything to do with
PIE Vaccinations and the after treatment
Vhs COMMITTEES also procured samples OF
phe virus and these were sub
eeeted TO bacteriolosicsl examination hy
the experts of the state board OF health
~ short the Investigation Was thorough
rnd the report on IL was complets Never ,
thslsss. II failed TO satisfactorily fix the
Sea responsibility for the large number OF !
fatalities.
/ STOPPED VACCINATION.
As result or the widespread alarm
oiH board OF health temporarily, .us-
bended its order making vaccination q
peQuircmsM for all children attending
rhe public schools. and there was cor
"sbVl'HiN iFhhtlloN IN iHt nNluhsF OF J
pIpse who voluntarily submit 10 the oper- |
oaen When. therefore the inv-rllastiny
rommittes submitted its report TO the !
hosrd. declaring that the inoculations had |
potbins 10 do Will the outbreak OF lock !
psW. The board--or 4 ma iority of it,
deemcd It's course fully Nlndicated and |
Hhs order for compulsory vsctiua tlou may
bsw bs restored. especially as there are /
pow s6 Eases OF smallpox in the city.
The expert bscteriologists say they
tapnd no germs W the disease an the |
naiinF they examined Besides. in two /
Eases other members Of the familv had !
hren Nsccinstcd - the same time aud
with virus from 'ho same firm Anclhsr 4
bsnt was thai rp one product had bson |
ssed in all the cases
The conclusion was that local rause,
alone were responsible for the deyslon-
1nent OF tetauiIs IN each case
'sindispuisble evidence of the fact that
shs tetapus germs were not introduced
a. Ne time of vaccination" said The re-
port. is that acute tctanus occurs An !
sron nNe 10 nine DAYS after The intro.
Snctir ~ The germs whereas in every
ease scute tstanus occurred in from two |
~ foyr weeks after the vaccination. II
she ~iruS had bccu contaminated. tst-
sny~ would have ensued within nb,s
sxs after vaccination"
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