(26) years, from 1811 to 1836 inclusive, previous to the repeal of the law requiring the immediate removal of cases of small-pox from the city to a place of security, there were but thirty-eight (38) deaths from this disease, and for many years in succession not a single death. Since its repeal, in the thirtytwo (32) years which have elapsed, from 1837 to 1868, inclusive, — nineteen hundred and thirty-six (1936) persons have died from the same cause. This will appear more plainly by the following table: Can any argument be required stronger than the facts cited above in justification of the wisdom and necessity of provisions similar to that of the old law in their effort to isolate persons suffering from this loathsome disease, and thus prevent their endangering the lives and health of the community. But if this cannot be attained, a thorough enforcement of the provisions of existing statutes, already quoted, relating to vaccination, will accomplish very nearly the same end. As the years roll on, and the experience of the profession accumulates, this great truth becomes more and more evident, that vaccination carefully and thoroughly performed is a sufficient and safe protection against small-pox. We enforce cleanliness, and by stringent ordinances, promptly executed, strive to purify our streets and by-ways so as to diminish the sources of disease; but to all intents and purposes suffer laws equally important and vital to our health as a community to remain a dead letter on the statute books. I would again most respectfully call the attention of the Board of Health to this subject, with the hope that some measures may be devised to remedy the evil, and reduce the large number of unvaccinated persons in our midst. The business of the office for the year ending December 31, 1869, is as follows, viz. : Visits made to persons at the jail Examination of persons appointed to the police Number of deaths from small-pox during the year All of which is respectfully submitted. WILLIAM READ, M. D., City Physician. 1,079 56 5 CITY OF BOSTON. IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, March 21, 1870. Ordered, That the following rates of toll be, and the same are hereby, established for the East Boston Ferries, to take effect _on and after the first day of April, 1870. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST FERRY. Foot passengers, each Children under n years of age free. A package of fourteen tickets for twenty-five cents. LIGHT VEHICLES. Pleasure carriages drawn by BOSTON 2 cents. 1 cent. 1 horse, with not more than two persons and driver 10 cents. Every additional passenger two cents each. 5 cents. Carts and wagons drawn by 1 horse, and not weighing All loads measuring more than 25 feet in length over all will be charged the same rate as drag wheels. TRUCKS AND CARAVANS. Drawn by 1 horse, and weighing not more than 2,000 lbs. 20 cents. Drawn by 2 horses, over 2,000 and not exceeding 5,000 lbs. 25 cents. Drawn by 3 horses, over 5,000 and not exceeding ,000 6,000 lbs. 35 cents. Drawn by 4 horses, over 6,000 and not exceeding 7,000 lbs. 50 cents. |