Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-07

and teachers, and If this Office can as
sist you in any way, we are at your
command"
The following rules are cited by DR..
Williams i'm his letter to the superin-
tcndents of education in the several
counties:
Rule /. That all persons within the
state of South Carolina who do not re-
side within the limits of jurisdiction Of
an Incorporated city or town, shall be
vaccinated and revaccinated by the
duly appointed agents of the said state
board of health, except persons who
may obtain a certificate of a reputable
physician that vaccination would be
dangerous to health, at the following
periods: During the first, sixth and
18th years of the age of the persons,
and that all persons who have never
been vaccinated, or shall be exposed.
or are likely to become exposed to
with. Provided, That the charge for
each vaccination shall be 10 cents, ex-
cept for INDECENT persons, to whom the
charge shall he nothing.
Rule 2. The superintendent of any
institution Of learning and no school
board or principal of any school in
the state, not located within a city or
town. shall admit as a pupil any child
of persons who can not produce satis-
factory evidence of having been vacci-
mated as often as required in rule l
above, and it is hereby made duty Of
every parent, guardian or other per-
son charged with the care or respon-
sibility of any child to see that such
child, if not a resident Of a city or
town, is vaccinated as often as requir-
ed by rule l.
Section 6. of the above act referred
to provided: ANY officer or person
who shall fail, neglect or refuse to
comply with any provision of this act
applicable to such officer or person
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof in a court Of
competent Jurisdiction, shall be fined
in the sum of 500, or to be imprisoned
for 30 days"
I'm the first place, it should not oc-
cur in a school; if it does, it means
that the teacher or board Of trustees
have not done their duty. But should
it occur, don't stop the school-just
stop the student who has and the 9TH
er children in the family. Vaccinate
all who have not been vaccinated at
once-today, not tomorrow, and vac
cinate all those who have not been re-
Gently vaccinated, and just go on as If
nothing had happened. If our vacci-
nation law was enforced and every
child in the state compelled to go to
school, there would be no smallpox in
South Carolina, after the present gen.
Grafton. except imported cases.
Read carefully the law and protect
yourself and your children by comply
ing with it.
SMALLPOX is one of the most con-
tagious Of all known diseases. Nearly
every person exposed to it, unless pro-
tected by vaccination or an attack of
the disease at some previous time, Will
contract 1t. No age, race or sex OF any
station in life Is exempt. 1t even at
tacks the foetus in utero when the
mother has the disease. Like palida
mors, it's victims are from the palaces
or the rich as we'll as from the habi-
tants of the poor.
The specific cause is not known,
though it is known that the contagious
principle Is contained in the eXhala-
ticns of the skin and lungs, and espe-
cially in the pOstule and material
(scab) following desiccation and des-
uuamation, and may live for some time
on clothing and furniture. That con-
tagion is tenacious and may be con-
veyed by persons and by clothing and
furniture, papers, letters, etc. 1t IS
claimed by a great many that the dis
ease is contagious from its onset,
though there is some doubt as to
whether it can be contracted before
the eruption appears. A few persons
seem to possess a natural immunity
TO the disease and escape having 1t
even after a most intimate and pro-
longed exposure. This, however, does
not mean that they are permanently
immune and will not contract 1t at
some subsequent exposure. Unsani-
tary conditions, while not to be toler-
ated at any time, can in no way DE
blamed for smallpox; every case OF the
disease comes from some other case
either directly or indirectly. Clean and
proper living safeguards one from
many diseases, but affords no immu-
nitv whatever against smallpox.