Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-07
STATE HOUSE,
State Board Of Health Urges
Free Vaccination.
General Farnham at His New Post Of
Duty, Yesterday.
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VIII Ain 10 Maintain Nigh Standard Whicl
General Richards inausurated.

~. \. =. Young. secretary of the
/ '''''' t-oald Of Health, was busily en-
S'Stu Yesterday. in experimenting the
Hi"hthS ~ letters L. the local boards of
!.f(ith throughout til. state advising
iFct vaccination. The letter * rs fol-
lows:
'i'-ce at state Board ot Health.
Augusta. Ne. Dee. >. 1901.
Dear sir: send this to ad.-is. y,.u
that. as events are shaping themselves
there IS much danger that SMALLPOX
may be brought into many of our towns
this winter. As you nndoubtn1,y y.u
know. there is a serious prevalence of
smallpox i'll st. John. y. y, and in Hos
ton. In botn ~ thes.- places the dis.as,.
is III a more sever. form than has been
usual III the last few years. There l.
also. now, an unusual prevalence, of
smallpox in the Province of Quebec.
anG in many uf the states.
therefore deem il my ,i,ltN 10 rls...
Your local board ox health 10 provide
Ire' vaccination for the inha bitants OF
Your town, unless y"u feel sur. that
they are thus already sufficiently pro
tecte'i, and To be ready to take carr. Of.
very promptly. any cas-" Of smallpox or
Nlrloi"id or any suspected case if, un-
fortunately, any such should appear in
your town. Kindly look over carefully
circular No. -.
Respectfully yours.
\. -. Young. Secretary.
Circular NJ. IL contains many i'm
p"atant instructions. som" of which are
as follows:
When smallpox OF persons VINO have
been exposed 10 smallpox come. into
your town. act quickly. When there
arr rImors Of Infectious persons or
things. Investigate AT once
Tn" powers of local board q. health
are ample enough in almost any con-
ting-ncy. See See !. on page ., of "Ah-
StrIct Of the Health Laws" Sects. :
and .. paS" :: ana Sccts. | To 10. pages
and 10.
The duty vi the board is 10 ;u.t
promptly. Tho who'll, m;;tter is in IN.
hands of the local board. No t;n!a
should b" wasted in runing around
to get the consent or approval of The
municipal officers OF anyon" else fuur
town will b,' obliged to pay All reason
;tDl" ana honest bills. ana the more
promptly YOU act the smaller tn.. bills
win BE-.
III any person brraiss quarantine
violates the provisions or the health
laws. or interfercs With the work of the
board 50 as To prevent the execution of
the provisions of the law, have him ar
rested At once. # infectious. h. can bc
held III any Kind ri. q shack Yntil H.
can De disinfect.d and brought before,
4 Justice for trial.
Trace out as speedily as possible
livery person who has been exposed 10
the infection Of smallpox. Maxi 4 note
Of the date Of exposure.
When located. raccinale every such
person a. soon as possible. Naccinate
also all Of the members Of his family
u Of tn" household N which he lives
AS To- the que stion of quarantinng
\: person who mas been exposed 90
smallpox:
IT h is q transient. keep him under
clos, quarantine. II h is q permanent
resident and trustworthy. keep him uu
arr observation.
Persons who have been EXPOSED %
smallpox should b. considered under
Two classes:
ID Those who have been exposed
but once. to the injection ana ar nli-
mcdiatrIy vaccinatcd. These should he
kept under observation until tn"r': arr
unmistahabIe evidences Of the success
Of the vaccination, when they ran b.
discharged from further surveillance.
No new developments IN the situatioN
have come 10 light. There is no :nfor-
matictl ,+t the Statt department that
,il. disens.. is spreading in Bangor an't
Eiddeforl. In each OF these cities one
cast. has been reported.