Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-12-19
HEALTH
BOARD MEETING.
A Request Made That all Persons Get
Vaccinated.

The Board of Health at the call OF I'M
President, DR. P c. Newbaker. held q
meetingin the council chamberThursda.
night. The matters to be considered O.
course We're smallpox, vaccination anC
methods to be taken to prevent the i'm
portation of the dread disease, subject,
which have been agitated in these
columns for couple of days past. The
members present at the meeting We're
Aaron Rockefeller, James Shultz, Q. b
Sweitzer and Drs. J. r. Kimerer and
| p. c. Newbaker, the latter occupying
the chair. DR.. c. Shultz, Secretary,
| and B. b. Brown, Health Officer, were
also present.
DR.. Kimerer reported that DR.. New
baker and himself had paid visit to
Thomas Delaney whose proposed remov'
al to this city from the infected town OF
Plymouth has caused much alarm
among our citizens that Mr. Delaney had
| explained that his family were all vac
cinated. that his residence in Plymouth
was not in an infected part of the town,
| but thatin Difference to the wishes of our
citizens, although his household goods
are already loaded on the cars, he will
not remove to this city unless granted
permission to do so by our Board of
Health. DR.. Kimerer explained that
hann J1l1.-
ed upon Plymouth, the quarantine Is
not full and effective one and would
not prevent Mr.. Delaney from remov-
ing from the place.
On motion of DR.. Kimerer seconded
by James Shultz it was ordered that
Mr. Delaney be permitted to remove to
this city, provided that every member
of the family be vaccinated and that he
consent to have his goods before they
are removed from the car thoroughly
fumigated at his'own expense by the
Health Officer of our borough.
DIR. Kimerer raised the question
whether there are not many cases
among the public school pupils in which
vaccination did not prove successful
which were not reported back to the
doctor. The physician vaccinates the
boy or girl, he said gives certificate to
that effect and that in many instances
is the last of it. Should the vaccination
not prove successful the pupil may re-
port to the physician or he may not. DIR
Kimerer said he would not be surprised
if there were many pupils in school not
protected by vaccination.
The Board Of Health, adopted the
following resolutions:
WHEREAS, Our borough has thus far
fortunately escaped a visitation of that
dread disease, smallpox, which has pre-
vailed epidemically in various sections
of Pennsylvania during the past year,
we, the Board of Health of the Borough
of Danville, deem it proper for the pur-
pose of favoring a continuance of these
favorable conditions to recommend our
citizens generally to use all possible
precautions to prevent the coming into
our midst of any person known to have
been previously exposed to the contagion
of the disease.
RESOLVED, That we recommend that
all persons, both adults and children
who are not protected by vaccination
or revaccination done during the past
seven years be Immediately vaccinated,
vaccination being the only known prop
hylactic against smallpox, fact well
demonstrated by hundred years ex
perience of the ablest scientists and
medical investigators.
RESOLVED, That this loathesome dis
ease being one of the most contagious
known every person having the health
and business interest of our town at
heart is requested to constitute himself
one Of a committee of the whole to
further the object aimed at by the fore
going request of the Board of Health,
viz: prevention of the importation of in
fected goods or persons into our borough
from other centres of infection.