Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-16
THE VACCINATION
ORDER WAS GENERAL
Extends in Its Operation Over Six
Hundreds in Sussex
County.

Special Correspondence os Every Evening
Georgetown. jan iG.-The State Board
~ Healths compulsory vaccination order
is general IN Its application ~ this section
II applies not only 10 Georgetown hundred
but also Baltimore, Dagsborp, Broadkiln,
Lewes and Rchpboth and Indian River
hundreds II required vaccination by
December u
Immediately upon issuance of the order,
DIR. William j. Orr 81 LeWcs, president of
tho State Board of Health. accompanied
by DR.. William r. Mesaick and other
physicians, proceeded 10 mako "a canvass
Of Indian River district q h0t -c-io-
house Cpuvass was fnade Of tho injected
territory and every man. wofnau aud
child was forced 10 submit Twp rosi.
dents ~ thc district refused t0 submit
and warrants were sworn out for thcif
arrest before lusnoc ~ the Prace Stewart
of this cltv Clerk 0f tho pcaco Prank
w Lawson. ono of the most prom.nrri
and influential mon % this district
ono " the men for whom "a warrant ra-
issucd and tho other Was Cor0Dc
&c rgc x Walls, a brother of former
10 Detective Frederic Wailg ~ ihs
c.,y Clerk ~ tbo Ponce Lawson tbi',
not wishing iu appear . gIolIf0f Y tfr
tho fart thli about seven mrfnLcrs IN. h.e
family Ferc -ici from ,arcju4tior atf
that ~ did not want 81 b, SICK ht
same tirpo because here Nou'd br fe aHt
tp attend % hem Roth iofH 3cco-dnr
- their contention. proposed % hD y1r
oiuofcd, but Tho tlrrr 1pgo nfrf hr IFc
health nficial, wYsuot c1uVaniontf frr fnrv
Moreover. Clerk ~ thc tfacr iaw-or
strengthened hi5 ovoue. hcetper rf ~
fart ha' E Fl,yond Wrgh' hi- drpuf
and p rnruihcr ~ ~ f,cprgofprn poard
Hcalth htd been varcln3frd and pr irr
best Interests pf Z ~ office hs believed iha'
j. would bc hcsf N woit hort rnr unf
Mr. Wright had begun ~ recover
~ disease had hrcn p fndian Rtv,y
district vrnce last summer but mar
residents rouidn't bc convinced otherw
Than that II ia "Cubsn' N v7rc f~h
Ihcy fat rs recognize the f9cf that there
are four forms 0f znnallpov and hat tHt
physicians have pronounced the fhc nld
cst form They EXPECT the peoplc rs s.e
from L as they did the au D many
sections ~ thu country, If II II euahno
EXPERT rowYTRwg p1AGvosf-
rhc disease graduaTiy commenced wors.
ing ITS way north and finally sv rasea
broke ont here ~ he roinred ec+ tlernert
The fart waa reported to the local 1oard
af health md On December 3 X rrtaran-
tine wav placod m The hones where the
patients acre suffering Fealizmg that
the people would not believe that thr dia-
ease vag smallpox. brIt was form IF ss.-
called itch Ike the local Board ~ Health
acting upon suggestion from Cjtv oincli
sent for Dr samuel Woody IF Ihlladni-
phia. connected with the Phlad-iphia
Municipal Hospital n como down ap
diagnose he disease Dr Wo0dy IA rf-
garded az 0ne III the most eminent small
Dox specialists ln The East having tad
twpntv Years experience in handling
the cases ~ this character n Phlladelphla
I)r Woody arrived here az Nom IN De-
cernber i3 and visited the Infected district
of he olty and Immediately pronounced
the disease nailpov MANY people
without further warning, voluntarily zor
varcInated.
City Council, acting tpon the advice
0f Or Woody, who oniv charged 215 for
hi. services. instead ~ 5000. rs has nfrn
reported throughout The Eastern section
If ~pssex county together with he Board
0f Health, took overv precautInnaFy
measure "a keep the disease aonEnca
Guards we're placed II the quarantine dis-
trlct day and night and already ilI-
amounting to nearly 1000 have teen pre-
scnted ~ CITY Council Following NJ,
vzit oi Dr Woody IN saturday Dc-
cember lI. 8 meeting 81 the local Board y
Health was lcid hat night and u vas ie-
rded '9 request the citizens ~ gef wac
cinated announcement WAS made gn n,.
churches bv members ii the board thai
the disease had Oeeu diagnosed tv fhe
speciaIlSt IS -msllpog and the cooper
ftnr ,t hs E....F,ty. tt.4l .4.ff.rrt
WHAT DREW THE CROWD.
one week later the ~tat.. Board
Health .ssUed ne compulsory vaccination
order Dr I. :. louRcil -ecretaTy o
the state Board, WAS here on Monday lu.
swore oit warrants lor the arrest oi suu,
81 the prominent citizens, among rtcm
beng former Representative y alter RoacI
member Of City Council Dr. IOuwsA
returned 70 Kent county 0u i1le~d..s l.
Mr.. Wells came down to carry ou. the
work 0t sWe4ring oUI warrants for iDc
arrest of all who had not complied witu
the adICt. Stores and other iplsincss
places were visited and the NAMES
several prominent citizens we're sec,rel
for whom warrants were 70 ne s7uctl
he time fixed for o hearing Tor Counc,l-
man Waiter Roach. VINO from the aegln-
nmg Has persistent in refusing - e,
vaccinated. vas believed - he people
be on Tuesday nIght md early u j,
evening large crowd asst uGic8 ou t4-I
Market street, near the home oi Nag
trio Stewart before 2hom fhe Htrs1
WAS sworn out together Wlth other
Whom & he crowd assembled near the ohio.
of Magistrate Stewart ald ; was learuo.
{ hal 40 bearing would .t given Coaucli-
man Roach they proceeded - ths 8rire
Hotel across TIE Public >qu4re eher.
had been learned hat Mr. Wells WAS 'of.-
ping What happened there + Re
known. sJut L i said most Ni the feU
Was here through curiosity
). ID. Townsend Guest 81 honor