Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-04
DR.. q. q. 0ROFF
ON SrIALLPOX

University, who is member OF the
State Board of Health, is chairman OF
the Committee on Preventable Dis
eases. and recognized authority Oh
smallpox, is sending out some timely
advice in circulars on the subject
One circular, directed to Health Ofiic
ers, reads:
Gentlemen Smallpox shows a ten
dency to become epidemic in the state.
The following suggestions are made tc
Boards:
/. Enforce the state law requiring
all school children to be yaccinated.
1t is a good law.
,. Where smallpox gets into a school
1t should be promptly closed and al
the children vaccinated.
3. Require all physicians practicing
in your boroughs or townships and all
heads OF families TO report within Il
hours, under penalty of $50, each and
every case of eruptive diseases occurr'
ing in their practice or families. This
is necessary, III order to bring 10 light
many mild cases of smallpox, often
called chIckenpox.
4. There are no such diseases as
CUBAN ITCH, Hungarian Itch,
italian Itch, etc THEY ARE ALL
SMALLPOX. Chickenpox is almost
never seen in adults, beyond Is years
of age.
5. Whenever any case of smallpox
is discovered, quarantine the whole
household, enforce, AT ONCE, vac
cination of all unprotected persons.
Continue rigid quarantine in the case
of those sick Of smallpox for at least
30 days from the appearance of the
eruption, longer IF NECESSARY, OF
until the person is absolutely well.
Quarantine exposed persons fourteen
days.
s. Those sick of smallpox ARE
DANGEROUS FROM THE TINE
THE FEVER APPEARS until they
are absolutely well.
:. Whenever smallpox appears in
one borough, all the Boards Of Health
in adjacent boroughs should be Motif
ed The failure to do this in the past
has been a cause of the spread of the
disease.
s. Fumigation of buildings must be
thorough. The little fumigators com
monty sold, are too small to be of any
value. Fumigation when properly
done, should consume not less than
six hours for each and every room call
may be done at once). Most fumiga'
tion is of no value because too quick
ly done.
9. Remember that every unyao-
cinated person in any family in which
smallpox appears WILL HAVE THE
DISEASE. None will escape. Ex-
perience shows this TO be true.
10. Persons who are vaCcinated af.
ter exposure, often have varioloid,
SOME OF THEM ARE SURE TO
HAVE IT. person with vaIioloid
can give other persons smallpox. That
Ia the way smallpox is kept alive in
communities which vsccinate, but dc
not quarantine exposed persons.
IL. All diseases at times, appear in
mild forms scarlet fever, diphtheria,
typhoid fever, etc all occur in mild
forms, and smallpox does the same
thing. But the mild forms can give
rise to the most malignant types.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE NJ. CROFT, NJ. d.
Another circular contains the vac
oination creed of the Department OF
Health of Chicago, endorsed by the
Pennsylvania State Board of Health,
and is as follows:
First, That TRUE VACCINATION
repeated until it no longer takes, AL.
WAYS prevents smallpox. NOTHING
ELSE DOES. If you do not wish to
have smallpox, get vaccinated
Second. That true vaccination
that is, vaccination done on a CLEAN
ARM and with PURE lymph and
kept perfectly clean and unbroken af
terwsrds-never did and never will
make serious sore.
Third, True vaccination leaves q
scar different from any other scar.
This scar is easily recognized and il
the only conclusive evidence Of a sue,
cessfuI vaccination. The "bad arms,
and the very sore arms are not true
vaccination.
Fourth, No bad results ought evel
to follow true vaccination.
Fifth, Smallpox is now possibl,
only because people neglect vaccina
ton. If all were successfully vaecin
ated in infancy, and again at fifteen
years Of age, smallpox would soon die
out
Sixth, Save your friends and your
self much trouble by getting vaccinat
ed before you take smallpox, and art
quarantined
GEORGE q. GOFF, NJ. D.