New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
NO EXTRA ANT|TOX|N
Health Department Looks for d
Fourth with Few Accidents.
SERUM FROM LAST YEAR
Customary Warning as 70
Wounds and Danger of Tetahus
Will Be Issued, However

The Health Danar,nent will make I'D
extra supply Of tetanus autitoxin this y'
IT, preparation for the Fourth OF '"''
was said Yesterday that there hao "e
such q slight demand for the extra a,''o,.,
prepared last year that most OF that sly
ply was still intact. and that the 80,
amount kent On hand. with what was -.
over. would be ample 10 meet all
this wear Moreover. II Is o"Ie''' =,
there will be no great increase III 1"e
her OF cases requiring use OF an -
this year. as the idea OF sane
seems 70 have taken a firm hold.
The department will issue next wen
yearly warning. as well as us ca
telling how 10 prevent tetanus germs
getting into gunshot and other
wounds Tts supply II antitoMn VIII I've
an hand AZ tho central office. M 5Ith stret'
and Sixth avenue. on the Fourth ana -
number OF physicians will be held III
ness to answer all calls
In 1903 zoo yials Of the serum were reaNs
FOR distribution 20 the hospitals 10 the 0i''
Last year little was called FOR.
There were three deaths from tetaiiuS
following the celebration OF Independent
Dav in 1893. but last year, while ieN
persons were treated for injuries CAUSE
bv TOW pistols and hrecrackers. there were
no deaths directly due 20 the celeora'i'i
I'm New York.
The deaths In the greater city from te1-
anus from all causes In the last I'VE Year
we're as follows 1896. Is 1897 3S' 800 81 1870
a. and 1910 o. In lsce two thousand IN
iecticns of antitoxin We're administered NY
r,h,,siciens OF the department
AS was the case last year. Health CON-
missioner L,ederIe will ask the puohc at
49,. - notify the department on te
r-,,,,.,b v,bauever some one has oeeh
,,.ounded A physician will immediately De
cont ~ m. scene Of the accident III th@
,,t,,rad nersor can be taken 20 any or me
STATIONS OF the department or 10 mead
quarters ne viii ne treated there FnS 81
clans can obtain the tetanus antltoAi" ''''
the chief distributing clerk. .
such wounds as are caused oy tx
and cartridges Il all sorts. according 70
the department. should be- treated al ''''
las, IocliaU follow. The disease Is cause'
nv rnicro-organisms found IN art lIiV
zion generally follows punctures or the Sh'''
bv nails or splinters. and parucul0'is ".
fireworks and cartridges me Ie"
consists OF cleansing the wound ana liiiiiie
diatelv administering the antitoN'n-
The crusade being waged IN taNor ol
sane Fourth will. in the opinion OF hea,'''
officials. probably affect New YORK O4tS
as fayorabIv this year as last. ana IL j.
believed the "tetanus squad VIII DE- aole
10 spend quiet day IN the department
headquarters.
In the last eight years in the United
states according to figures II the Ma
tioral Fire Protection Association. l.oo-
persons were killed and $500 wounded IN
ar effort properly % celebrate the glorious
Fo,lrrh In 1906 the record year durlns
that period for deaths from explosives %
PERSONS We're killed. The year 1910 nad thr
lowest Iist. there being l3i deaths
1.-THE Health Department viii ee anle 20
cone with a sane or am insane fouIlL u.
New, York" said one Of the department
officials. livery indication points TO th|
former