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![[FACE OF CAROJ PRINCIPALS MAY SIGN TICKET IF CHILD HAS BEEN REGISTERED VACCINATED. 5l?is Certifies tl?at HAS BEEN VACCINATED. Date Or Principal, School. [BACK OF CARD.] By recent legislation the presentation of this Certificate filled by some reputable Physician is made a condition precedent to admission to any school in Louisville. Parents or Guardians can have their children vaccinated by City Physician free, by signing this card. Teachers are required to report all unvaccinated children, through the Principal or Superintendent, to the Plealth Department. The first year these tickets were issued for distribution over eight thousand children applied for vaccination. Last year only about four thousand applied, showing a reduction of fifty per cent in the number requiring vaccination. While not favoring compulsory laws generally, I hold that no one should be permitted to endanger the health and life of a community by his ignorance or neglect. The rights of private foolishness, in rejecting what is known and in believing whac is preposterous, should not be allowed to assert themselves to such a baneful consequence. The general problem, of which Jenner’s discovery was a particular case, has been grasped in a manner and with results which are simply unimaginable. The results are calculated, not only to arouse public interest, but to excite public hope and wonder. Dr. Jenner’s suggestions first met with much hostility.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22350962_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
