The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1921-07-28
HEALTH OFFICER REPORTS
ON VACCINATION ORDER
Board Of Supervisors,
Claiborne County, Miss.


In compliance with your instrue-
ton and law passed at July meeting
OF the Board, and after having given
due and ample notice ot your having
passed COMPULSORY vaccination law
for the town Of Port Gibson and ad-
1acent territory | have completed
the vaccination, as near as | can. /
first called on the State Board OF
Health tp giVe me 4 ruling as TO who
should be Gaecihated under this law.
and their instruction was, due to the
universal exposure, to vaccinate all
unvaccinated persons who had not
had exposure, and to reyaccinate ali
who, had not been successfully with
in the past Ave years,
1 notified the negroes to meet me
at the court house in the town of Port
Gibson, on the morning Of July 10th
and begun the vaccination on them.
as the infection was almost entirely
confined t9 the negro population. I
met them there from day TO dav and
until ! had carefully examined and
vaccinated tsnch az needed it) the
entire eelored population of The town
and adjacent plantations.
never saw more ready and will
ing response to a law than these ne
groes showed MANY asked IA ba
vaccinated who really lived too far
from aer the town Il to 51 be of any real dam
vaccinated all together .775
and examined and excused ,224
Making a grand fetal ..........a..99 999
After having completed the yacci-
nation Of the negroes, /, through
courtesy 10 the physicians Of Port
Gibson, called on them to assist me
with the vaccination of the white peo-
pie Of the town, explaining to each
that there was only fee Of 25 cents
to each vaccination. All agreed to
assist me- and afteE hapifig given due
and ample notice through the local
paper, and from the pulpit &c each
church in the town, requested them
70 meet either Drs Redus, Nav or
Bailey at their Offices or myself at
the court house on Saturday morn
ing, July 10th, for examination and
vaccination (havlng given to each
physician instructions as TO who
should be vaccinated and who ex-
cused), we all four vaccinated and
examined all during this date; and
not having the essponse from the
people thar ! expected, / called up
each preacher in the town and re-
iuested them to thoroughly explain |
70 their audiences the next day, which |
was Sunday, the reason why we were |
gaccinating and who would have to |
De vaccinated, and to request each
white person in the town to report I
% Drs. May, Bailey or Ressas at their l
)ffices or nayself at the court house \
IN Monday morning, July is, for ex- |
animation and vaccination. We all /
'our vaccinated again on this date.
1ut still being dissatisfied with num- |
Der who reported; postponed all I
yacclnatian toF one week and wrote 1
lengthy article in the local paper,
explaining IN detail everything in
connection with the vaccination and |
warned all who failed to take advan-
age nf this last opportunity that they
would be laying themselves liable for /
and fine.
We all four begun again on this
asst notified date-July 26, and vac
mated up until o'clock P. NJ.
Now, / beg to notify you that I i
lave exhausted every reasonable
means 10 give TO the town Of Port
Gibson a complete and thorough vac
;ination, but fear there are many
whites who, have Wilfully ignored the
aw and are still unprotected.
/ have not checked up my two lists.
which win shpw when complete just I
Who is still unprotected. This / will
10 and submit to you at your regular
august meeting and I shall deal with
he offenders as the law and your
Board direct.
The following is a list Of the ones
Who were vaccinated and excused BY
.ach phvsician.