The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-26
SANITATION BOARD
No Compulsory vaccina-
ton. Statement as to
UtIey Case.

The small DoX situation III the couh-
ty is not such as to warrant compui-
sorry vaccination.
This was the conclusion reached oy
the Sanitary Board Of the county yes
terday.
The Sanitary Board of Wake County
met yesterday with the -bosiu Oh
County Commissioners to consider the
question of neoDle in the small poX
district near Willow Springs refusing
to be vaccinated.
AS the Sanitary GARD and the Com
missioners are composed or the same
five men, the minutes winch stated
that they met together would seem at
frstbIush TO be the grossest simplus-
age. Each County Commissioner,
however is two of them as far as Ia
yors as a numbers of the two boards
ere concerned and therefore they
meet. each man with himself in per-.
feet amity.
When the Board OF County Com
missioners meet, DR.. j. j. l.. McCui-
Iers. County Superintendent. of Health.
appeared before the Board and stated
that he had called the Sanitary Board
together to consider the matter of the
refusal of parties near Willow Springs
to submit to vaccination. DR.. Nc
CullerS stated that there had been
and were several cases of small poX
in that section of the county, and that
he deemed vaccination of all parties in
the infected district to be of the great
est importance.
The Board of Commissioners then
became the Sanitary Board, as which
they were addressed relative to the
small pox situation and the authority
Of the county authorities by DR.. r. II.
Lewis. chairman of the State Board
of Health, DR. McCullers. DIR. Gotten
and DR.. J. w. MCGEE, Jr.
After full discussion it was ordered
on motion that the superintendent of
Health do not at this time adoDt COM
pulsory vaccination, but that he pro-
coed to have every person vaccinated
who IS willing to submit to the oper
alton. and if there should be spread
of the disease to call the Board to-
Sether instantly.
1t is understood that the reason of
the Board failure to provide tor
compulsory vaccination was that the
disease is not spreading in any alarm
ing way and that all cases are of
very mild type.
Tie PrstOfIiCe Case.
In reference 10 the cases CT the
Postoffice Clerk Jeff Utley and his
family. particulars of whose infliction
with the disease were published We'd
nesday. Postma ster Bailey stated yes
terday that no one in the office either
knew or had reason to suspect that
the clerk had the disease. The clerk
had been absent from the office on
sick leave for ten days, but small pox
was net suspected. Mr.. Bailey says
that he first knew the facts on Sun
day, when they were reported TO him
by Sanitary Inspector 7. p. Sale. On
Monday the clerk Utley reported for
work. having recovered, but was at
once ordered home by the postmaster.
Every clerk in the office was at once
either Vaccinated or required to show
a physicians certificate that this was
not necessary. Mr.. Bailey says that
ne had no possible opportunity of re-
porting the case to the authorities as
the man and his family had the dis
ease and recovered before he or the
authorities knew, or could know, any
thing o. it's character.
Utley has not been at work in the
postofice for over two weeks.