§ Mr. Dickinsonpresented a petition from Mr. William Towsey, M.D. and others, for the adoption of a remedy to prevent the practice of Inoculation. It spoke of the prevalence of the Small-pox, and prayed the legislature to take efficient measures to prevent children afflicted with that malady from being carried about the streets.
§ Mr. Humesaid, he wished to call the attention of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to this subject. He found that many deaths from the Small-pox had recently occurred, owing to the industrious efforts of certain practitioners, who wished to persuade the public that no benefit was derived from Vaccination. After the public had been put to such expense to render Vaccination effectual, he thought, something ought to be done to prevent children afflicted with the Small-pox from coming in contact with those who were liable to catch the disease, leaving individuals at liberty to inoculate in whatever way they pleased.
§ Petition ordered to be printed.