The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-04
THE SMALLPOX IN NEW YORK.
State Board of Health Issues n Warn
ing Bulletin.

ALBANY. y. y Jan THE State
Board of Health devotes a greater part
Of its monthly bulletin to discussing
the fact that there are outbreaks OF
smallpox il seventeen places in the State
The report says:
During The last three years We have
had considerable experience with it..
commencing with al importation IN 1888
by a travelling theatrical troupe amon5
whose members he disease existed uadis-
covered until twenty localities IN he
western part Of the State had been Wis
ited With public 1srades and perform
ances, and IS q result smallpox was dis
tributed IN fourteen counties. cot / s.
man 5ze persons took the disease, and a
.ear passed before it ceased to exisz-
During tnIs current year smallpox mas
been brought 10 seventeen places from
ouJside,l from near or remote Westeru
or Southern States. by direct Importation
20 The single locality instead CT Dy peri
palette individuals. and having b4en Il
every case recognized promptly has not
been permitted 10 spread. il ,airIeeD
places onIy the single Imported case oo-
CURED. n two there We're three or four
cases, and IN one there we're fifteen cases,
60 e----hs- y ~ 81 "A AANiCA AAt
brought 1t from the South, ami 20 whom
il was limited without spread O the gen
eral community
Toward me close OF November. prior
to which time the State had bcea rec for
three months from this disease. . repeti-
tiOn Of the experience OF 1898 on ! smaller
scale was threatened in the appearance
OF another travelling troupe OF oolored
Ministries from the South, IN whose
personnel smallpox had beer dis
covered, after having exhibited at
eight places in the eastern part
OF the State, in three Of which, Albany,
Scheme ctady, and GIoyersville, an out
break followed, a single case IN Albany
and several II the otaer two places and
their vicinity
There has also been q considerable out
break in d locality Of New York city
which this troupe touched in passing.
though the health authorities trace the
origin instead TO a more remote uRrecOg-
nIZed case. Tie disease near the end OF
December bTanched. from these places Of
original impIantation and appeared n two
others, at Big Flats, IN Chemung county,
where it was probably taken direct from
New York, and at GIens Falls, which is ap-
parently indebted 10 schenectady for its
outbreak
Past experience has shown tHzt small
pOE often gets a secure hold IN a locality
D5 the 4alluFG OF physicians 10 recognize
it. Comparatively few become familiar
with II at the present day in civilized
communities. and, besides. cases now seen
are often so mild that they are mistaken
for chickenpox- This should be rigid
rule: Allow no adult subject believed TO
have chicksnpOE a. large until il is really
established that what he has is not small
pOX.
The utility Of vaccination Is beyond
question The security Of this STATE, in
contrast with that of undivided countries
81 the present day, IS wholly due TO the
protection it has offered. The operation
tightly dore Is so simple and safe, and
yaCciUia ordinarily SO triding as comEar-
ed with variola. that Il is criminal 10 neg
lect II for the community and each IndI-
yiGual Health and educational boards
ought 10 use all the authority given them
to secure il 10 everyone.
The bulletin shows also thai JheTe
were s, 10 deaths in this StaJe during the
month Of November. and that of these
2IIS were infants There WIS one death
from smallpox IN New York city. Deaths
wsre caused By the several diseases, as
follows: Typhoid fever zS55 zymo-ic. $50:
dipbtueria and Group. 3a4; diaTrhoea. 2317
consumption 1.0I1; respiratory diseases.
1lTZ- accidents. 4I2