The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-27
STATE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH STARTS
SMALLPOX FIGHT
Health Commissioner Waller
Issues Statement Giving Law
and Details Of Enforcement for
Vaccination Of Children.


Santa Fe. n. a., Aug. gI.-Thc
stale health department. IN co-upera-
ton with the school authorities. has
~lnauEuratcd ~ campaign against
smallpox in New Mexico by taking
steps looking to the carrying put OF
the piuvlAlons Of the law requiring
VACCINATION OF school children. The
matter IL being taken w with the
county superintendent OF schools,
who. undcr The law, ~ required 70
see that All children % school age
are ~vaccinated. In each county IN the
slate. and arrangements are being
made for the instruction Of the teach
ers IN each school ms TO the require
ments Of the law which they Will he
expected to rirldly enforce.
Section IS Of he new public health
law. chapter VS.. Laws or New Mex
leo. 1919, reads - followsi
Vaccination OF children. II shall
be the outy Of the school superin-
tendent 81 zach county TO see tina all
children in his county or school aEe,
are y~accinatod against smallpox. and
60 that end each teacher OF u public
school shall see nat the children un-
der his control have b--n successful
IS vacclnatcd. and IL shall be uniaw-
tl for any child to attend school or
Tor any teacher 10 allow such child
within any school house, unless so
~Nucrinuted, or showing proper GER
unCaic that ID has been ~ Vaccinatcd.
such teacher shall make report OF
the number ~ children whom he has
caused 20 be yuccinatcd and those
who have presented proper certiii-
Gates that they have been Nucciuated.
To h county school superintendent
az the beginning of the school year.
and as often thereafter as he may
deem necessary. together with the
- NAFH nN the W.Nn4H ar uVaa UH.FaHNn
who refuse a. ailuw their children to
Ice N~acciuHted. and any person who
shall refuse ur neglect to have his or
her children vuccinaied according To-
y Inv shall bc deemed guilty 81 q
misdemueuor. aud upon conviction
thereof. shall Ice ned not less than
Ten tNlu.hul dollars. nor more than
one hundred gtuU Uul dollars. or
Imprisoned Boz the county Jail not ox-
ce' din ONE hundred Gu0l days"
tn order that there may Doe 10 DO
lay m The admission OF children 10
the schools WI % they open early in
September 10 h. advised that steps he
taken toward D. vaccination 90
c|hilcr'n OF school 81 or the secur-
Ing of c%crtlncatea required. at the
earliest pcsshlo date
The department expects that the
enforcement of the law will, within
"a few years. hgniSn smallpox from the
state OF New MtX4Cn. Commissioner
q II Waller states t;tnt vaccination
is he only effective means OF pre-
venting the spread ar D. disease
Lire some of the other infectious
dlsoaFcF,' De- s.y- smallpox il prob
ably contagious lu it. carry stages.
before the eruption makes It's ap-
rearuuca tuul the eruption has az.
pcir'd he disease WHy simulate Al
most amy malad accompanied by
fever uul in mid eases may cause
90 $500, discomfort thlt the Infected
individual ruos about his duties aud
ulngioH with tHo puzzle until the ma
'urc 90. thr disnIs" i- disclosed hy the
eruption. Even where the Individual
is confined tu bis bed the physician
may NOE hc called uutil the appear
ol the patient becomes suspic-
iuu-. friends aud relatives are thus
exposed without being awure 81 the
danger Ia u ltrre percentage Of
cIs"- HN the time the disease D. ren-
and quarantine has been Csc
uuli-Hsl u i- probable tnat most OF