Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-07-30

iishing regfon heretofore not reached
by electric er steam lines
A case of smallpox has been found
at Eath. Or. GAG. Young of the state
board OF hIaNh visited the city. sun
day evening. II response 10 sum
mons and fullna a boy who had been
taken with Yte. disease. The patient
has not peeRfnrisside of the city and
where he besainar Infected is unknown
1t is not hcuEntsthat many people
were exposed IN ttris case.
The June n,fnlber OF the Sanitary
inspector, ,hAsi.icial bulletin or the
beard of health, is cut The principle
subject treatedSis. tuberculosis while
smallpox is ALSO mentioned to scmt.
length. Among the notes the Inspector
says:
Secretaries OF local boards Of health
who are Negligent in reporting cases of
Infectious diseases u the State board
are asked to- comply with the require
ments of the-laW. The State board
must really shaves prompter reports
from some local boards than ii has
been having
1t is to be hoped that the epidemic
of rummage safes has abated not to
be revived until the practice Of disin-
fectins things which have contributed
to the furnishings of the rooms OF con-
sumptives is more general than il is
now.
In the notes on smallpox and vac
cination the Inspector says: A some
what widely diffuSed popular error as
cribcS TO vaccination only the power
to mitigate the severity of smallpox
Its utility is much more than that. 4
recent successful vaccination. or for
mer vaccinations that protective
power OF which are now and then test
ed by presentations may not take.
constitute 4 nearly positive protection
against smallpox or variolOid in any
form. For instance. the Second L. s.
Volunteer Infantry was sent to Hol-
quin in which district there Mere re-
ported to have been 9000 cases OF
virulent type. The soldiers had been
twice vaccinated, and though they
We're called on to do arduous and dan-
gerous work among the infected vii
lages. not a single case of smallpox
occurred in the regiment.
Opposition to vaccination is certain
~ going to vanish. To every hundred
who opposed it in Jenner's time there
is only one today. and ten years from
now the anti-vaccinist will be hooted
at by the multitude for his ignorance
and folly. Then when vaccination
becomes universal. practiced as mat
ter of fact by all people and all ma
tions, smallpox. the despoiltr OF
homes, the Lord High Executioner OF
the nineteenth and former centuries,
will be vanished forever from the face
of the earth.
SMALLPOX in Maine-From May 26 on
for some time notifications OF out
breaks of smallpox and of suspected
cases came in rapid succession. FOR
two wears or more while this disease
| has been prevalent in almost every
| other state and the Provinces as Well
and widely prevalent in many OF them'
Maine had not a single case. save a
very few which had been brought 10
Portland by the Trans Atlantic
steamers.
To the present time there nave peen
| four cases in. Milo; six IN -DeXttT' w ~.
| in Lagrange. 10 in Bangor. one IN
| Portland II in Lewiston, one III
| Waterville, six in Greenville and one
case on the Penobseot the steamer 1
| broke and sailed for the quarantine
| station at Boston; the schooner was
disInfected at her anchorage az Fort
| Point. The cases which now remain
| NOT discharged from quarantine are al
in special hospitals or camps remote
fron, human habitations. VIZ: One in
Milo. FIVE in Dexter, two III Lagrange.
| five in Bangor. three in Lewiston an. anu
one m Greenville.