New Britain herald., 1928-01-14
7S ChiMrtn, Not Exempt, Alye Not Compiled With Rssdt
 dons y Smallpox PreYeadYe
NAY REQUIRE TEACHERS
 TO BE "SCRATGHED" TOO
Proximity of Middlctown. Where Disease Is Epidemic. Considered When Board of Education Author. ises Superintendent to Take Prop CT Steps to Safeguard Pupils from COataSioa.

CT Steps to safeguard Pupils from
 CoataSioa.
 To prevent an invasion of small pox in this city, Superintendent g.. H. Holmes was authorized by the school board yesterday to take what ever steps he considers necessary. even to the extent of excluding from school children who are not vac- cinated.
 Superintendent Holmes reported taking . census among school chii- dren. He found there are l3S pupils who are not vaccinated. of which 6b were exempt on certificates from their physicians The certificates state that 1t would not be advisa- ble to have the child vaccinated. MT. Holmes asked what particular measures the board wished to have him adopt concerning any of the 7S children if they are not vaccinated.
 According to Supt Holmes most of the pupils who have not been vac- cinated are in the Nathan Hale Jr. High school and the Senior High school. In the last named school there arc out of town pupils from Berlin and Newington. Forty-two pupils are from Berlin and %S from Newington.
 Would Have Teachers Vaccinated
 Committeeman James J. Butler asked if the teachers were vaccinat- ed. Supt. Holmes said he supposed they were. Are they required to be vaccinated?" MT. Butler asked. When he received a negative an- swer he declared that they expose tho children to the disease as much as the children expose each other.
 Were some pupils forced to leave school when the matter of vaccina- ton was made compulsory before?'' Mr. Butler asked.
 "Yes, there were some." Mir. Holmes answered. ........-u-..-s... 2 Then why make flesh Of some and fish of the others?" Butler Asked.
 6upt. Holmes expressed the opin- ion that 1t was not fair to the vac- cinated pupils to allow those who refused to be vaccinated the privi- leges of the school. He said there are parents who will not allow the pupils to be vaccinated aad they will not provide for a certificate to exempt them from the rule. Mr. Holmes felt that if he were to act in 6 matter of this kind. he ought to be backed up by the board.
 On motion of William H. Day, it was voted to delegate Supt. Holmes to conduct complete check-up and to make 1t compulsory that the pupils be vaccinated if he wished
 Middlctown Too Near for Risk
 This procedure was urged by Committeeman George Levitt. who said the rules should be enforced and that drastic measures should be resorted to since Middletown is only about 10 miles from New Britain.
 Mrs. Laura P. Mangan, a mem. ber of the committee. informed the members that one of her children who h attending St. Josephs paro- chial school. was sent home with the message that she must be vac. cinated between today and Monday or she would not be allowed to at. tend school at its opening Monday morning. It was her opinion tha, since the parochial schools were enforcing this measure the public schools ought to follow this course Smart" Pupils Leave Class Earl!
 Permission was granted Principa Louis F. Slade of the Senior Higf school to dismiss all pupils who have completed their studies a short time before graduation, and a similar privilege was given the principals o1 the Nathan Hale and Central Junior High schools.
 The principals explain that thu pupil who is about to be graduated and has completed his studies ha, to stay in school and take up tho time of a teacher who could be help