The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-15
The Vaccination Feny.

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been running In our daily paper . mo-
tice to the effect that all children
MUST be vaccinated before they
win be admitted to the public schools
Of the city.
What does all this vaccination bu-
siness amount TO any way?iI IL vac
cination a preventative? Is there one
logical DR. common sense reason why
the pupils Of the public rschools
should be compelled 20 submit to
this foul. loathsome, dangerous and
useless procedure.
The people have right - know
something OF this mythical practice
which the medical board are attempt
ing to force upon the innocent and
helpless children Of this common
wealth. The Record will do a gem
uine service to the city In allowing
such a discussion In its columns.
We will start the ball to- rolling
by giving q few statistics. Before
you ALLOW your child to submit his
or herebody 70 the chances OF vac
cination, look over tho figures and
then draw your own conclusions.
Cases admitted at the Eastern
Metropolitan Hospital from 1871 to
1878. $3.50, Of which II per sent had
been vaccinated. For. the same pe-
Rod, In the epidemic hospitals OF
Liverpool, Glasgow and Dublin the
proportion Of the vaccinated to the
entire number admitted was. 75 per
cent. Death rate from smallpox be-
fore vaccination was thought of was
1873 per cent. Death rate In 1870 was
1S.5 per cent. Death rate In German
army. where all recruits are re-vac-
cinated as often as deemed expeS-
lent, was 60 per cent more than
among the civic population OF the
same age. The Bavarian contingent.
which a re-vaccinated without en-.
ception, had 1--WE times the death rate
of the civic population OF the same
age during the epidemic Of 7o-71.
1t is often alleged that the IN
vaccInated e the first to be strick-
en-. In Cologne during the epidemic
of 1870 the first unyaccinated person
attacked by smallpox was the 18th
in order Of time. At Bonnie. same ep-
idemic, the first unvaccinated was
the And. and at Liebnitz the 225th.
These statistics are taken from the
Encyclopedias BRITANNICA. Here are
a few more from other trustworthy
sources.
Report of the Surgeon General u.
). Army, up to June, 1901,- records
for the year 246 cases Of smallpox
with 113 deaths. During the three
years preceding this report there
were among the recently Gee
fully va~ccinated 7O5 cases OF small
pox with 220 deaths. Bear In mind
that every soldier is vaccinated at
the time of being recruited and re-
vaccinated not only on entering the
S' ~ ~AAAy " 6Ao 90 OA6o1 NuGNO
after as seems advisable to the Army
medical authorities.
The following Is from the report
of the London Smallpox hospital:
The number of cases OF smallpox
after vaccination has steadily risen F.
from about five per cent at the be-
gining of the century. to a per cent
in 1S45. 81 PCT cen In 1855. 70 per
In 1865, 80 per cent In 1875. and
now (1SS5) about 90 per cent OF the
whole number admitted" In 1891
the reports show that 100 per cent
of all cases had been vaecinated.
So much for the figures. How about
the legal side of the question Ii 10
true that by some manner the legis-
lature has beer bamboozled into
spreading on the statute books OF
this territory a law compelling vac
cination. 1t is also true that the leg
istature in 80 doing has exceeded its
Jurisdiction, and by spreading on tha
books a Law that is at once absurd
and tyrannical a. the above mention
ed vaccination law. has made a Law
that would be smashed to smither-
Gems as soon as 1t gets before the
higher courts.
Is there any one in the city. who
will champion the vaccination side
of this question? There is much
more that might be said against this
absurd practice. but for the present
we rest our case. We should like for
the opposition to say. something
about the use OF vaccination We
freely admit that there 10, some
thing in it-for the vaccinator. In
this territory something like $780,
900 per year IL the Law can be prop
erly enforced. But what Of the I'M
fortunates who pay the freight.
Yours Against Vaccination
A. n. KING,
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