New Britain herald., 1928-05-11
SCHOOL CHILDREN | RECEIVE VACCINE
Only Few Conscientious 0bisc.
 torS-Wll Be Excluded
TO INTERVIEW P. U. C.
Subcommittee Seeking Municipal Ownership Information-Many At- tend First Summer Round.Up-A. M. E. Zion Tag Day.

Practically every pupil in the Plainville public schools has been
 vaccinated in accordance with the
 compulsory ruling passed by the
 school committee last week, Super l intendent Leon C. Staples announced
 today. Less than a dozen children
 have refused to be inoculatcd be-
 cause of conscientious objections"
 he stated, and these will be excluded 1 from attendance at classes beginning
 Monday. The school department
 has no wish 10 frighton or force children into vaccination, Mir. Staples explained. but those who do not sub 1 init to the needle will pcrtorce be
 refused admission to classes for a 1 period which will have to be deter i mined by the school committed If
 the threatened epidemic in Bristol dies down, the unvaccinated pupils
 may be allowed to return to school
 after a week, but if it does not they | may be excluded longer.
 The percentage of vaccinated chill dren here is now almost loo per cent. It was estimated that more
 than 90 per cent had been inocu-
 system. During the present week Dr. George F. Cook, health officer
 and Miss Catherine Daly. public | health nurse, have injected vaccine into fully 100 pupils, the doctor
 estimated today. while many others have been treated by their family 1 physicians. In addition to the ob- jcctors, some half-dozen pupils hold doctors certificates excusinG them from vaccination because of poor
 health.
 Mr. Staples said today that he was
 in favor of the passing of some uni form law regarding vaccination and the uniform enforcement of it. This would end the present minor out freaks Of smallpox which occur sporadically. he believes. by im-
 munizing the entire population. He irtimated that the school commit tee would be asked 10 consider the question Of making vaccination nec-
 essary for all children entering school here beginning next fall, as this would gradually render the community immune.
 First Summer Roundup The first summer roundup Of
 children who are to enter school in
 the fall was held today in the visit I ing nurses rooms under the auspices
 of the Parent Teacher association
 and with the cooperation of the
 Plainville Public Health Nursing as-
 scciation and the state department
 Of health. Early this morning a
 large staff of paid and volunteer
 workers from plainville and Hart
 ford took possession of the nurses l rooms and began to check the
 youngsters for any possible physical
 defects. A thorough physical check up made made, a particularly care | full examination of teeth being car
 ried out by a dental hygienis,. and
 the children weighed. Any defects 1 found were reported to the parents
 in order that they might be cor l rected during the summer and the children enter school 100 per cent healthy in the fall.
 | The professional staff consisted of | Dr. Mary Haskins and Drs Elizabeth Ingraham from the state health de- rartment: Miss Catherine Daily. local visiting nurse: Miss Ruth Olsen. Hartford nurse: and Dr. George F..
 Cook and Dr. Lawrence H. Frost. The following volunteer commit tees Of local women also assisted
 with the work during the morning: Weighing. Mrs. Helen Van Meter
 and Miss Vincent. Recording. Mrs. w. A. Bailey and Mrs. Martin Casey. Histories. Mrs. Cecil Bed
 ford, Mrs. J. x. Mckernan. Mrs. J.
 H. I.aField, and Mrs. w. C. Kramer.
 Hostesses, Mrs. Bollerer and Mrs. Kirk Kyle Attendant at door. Mrs.
 Wooster Williams. Chairman Of
 motor car committee. Mrs. Raymond l Morley. Miss Dorothy Miller was
 the dental hygtenist.