Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1916 — VACCINATION URGED. [ARTICLE]

VACCINATION URGED.

Rensselaer, Feb. 5, 1916. In the early part of the winter the Health Department and physicians urged vaccination, especially for the school children. This was only partially complied with,. _ there for now an outcropping among the small children. Vaccination is the only mean? of preventing a spread of smallpox because there is sure to be some mild case go around unnoticed, the person having it ofen perhaps not realizing that he has a contagious disease and thus spread it about setting at naught strict quarantine. Rensselaer is no exception to a great many other towns in Indiana, which are having the same experience. It may be that an order wil be issued in a few barring al from school who have not been vaccinated. City Health Officer.

Among the many noteworthy Bradford, England, municipal enterprises for children’s welflare is the juvenile employment bureau. By an admirable system of co-operation between teacher, medical officers and employers the mental and physical capabilities, as well as the pre-dispositions of the boys and girls, are considered in connection with the* opportunities offered in office or mill.