Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-18
THREE CHILDREN
DAYS VICTIMS
OF VICIOUS DOGS
Epidemic of Rabies Is Feared as
Cases in Hospitals
Increase.
ONE ANIMALS HEAD
SHOWS HE WAS MAD
Board of Health Watches Horse
Which Killed Canine En-
emy in Fight.

Three more persons were victims OF
the dog-bite epidemic today They
were:
Leo sivitersk. twelve years old. OF
81 Boyd street.
Austin Johnston. fourteen. OF 42C
South Eighteenth street.
Frank Stewart, three. of 149 Norfolk
street
Since October there have beer
twelve cases treated at the City Hos:
pital. A number of other children
who were bitten We're treated by pri-
vate physicians and at the other hos
pitfalls.
The seriousness Of the situation is
increased by the fact that there is nc
legal method bv which the dogs re-
sponsible for the epidemic can be
killed. The Board of Health has
power merely to order a dog placed
IN the city pound for observation. II
il dies while under observation its
brain cen then be examined for
rabies. If. however, it does not die
the authorities are not privileged to
kill 1t provided the legal tax has been
paid.
Many Cases Treated.
At the City Hospital alone the aver
age number OF dog-bite cases is three
or four every two days.
The Stewart boy, youngest of to-
days victims, was playing near his
home, in Norfolk street. shortly before
noon, when a stray mongrel sprang al
carried by his mother to the City Hos
pital, Where the wound was cauter-
lied
Leo Siviterski, too, was bitten while
at play in front of his home. He
went to the Fourth precinct police
station and showed his swollen wrist
and lip TO Lieutenant Opel.
What sort of a dog was 1t that bit
you?" asked the lieutenant.
1T looked like black setter" said
the boy.
As he spoke he happened to look
out of the window. A dog was run
ming alang Seventeenth avenue.
why. there it is, now!" exclaimed
Leo.
The dog took refuge in a hallway al
1877 Livingston street and the Boarc
of Health was notified to send an in
spector for it, was said in th'
| neighborhood that the animal wai
owned by a. Rubin at that address.
Bite In Answer 10 Whistle.
Austin Johnston. the third victim
| today, was at Fourteenth avenue ant
/ Twenty street, when he saw q
friend of his across the street. Ht
| whistled Instead of attracting tbs
attention of his friend he aroused {
dog resembling an Irish terrier. Th'
animal bounded up to him, and John
! 4 i -, v.fs - 10
A. he did so the animal snapped a
him and inflicted a deep cash on tbs
calf of his left leg.
The owner of the dog refused poin
blank to kill it when requested to dS
so by the boys mother Mrs. Heller
Johnston. The police advised Mrs
Johnston to report the matter to th'
Board of Health.
The analysis of the brain of the dos
that was killed by Jim" horse, il
the stables of the Builders Materia
Supply Company. in defendint
Brownie" the companys watchdog
showed that the animal was rabid.
The discovery may be the deatf
warrant OF Brownie" and Jim
won't have any chance to interced'
or interfere in behalf of his canine
friend Brownie" was bitten by tbs
mad dog. and is now under observa-
ton at the city pound. No sign o.
the rabies have yet developed II
Brownie"
II is not believed that Jim" was
hitten In the fight but the Board OF
Health is watching the horse, too.
The dog that terrorized the teach
ers and pupils of the Central High
School Thursday has not shown any
sign of rabies as yet 1t bit Ralpt
Centanni. seventeen, Of so Cutler
street.
At the Pasteur Institute. in New
York, today il was said that hydro
phobia knew no seasons. The cases
are distributed fairly evenly through
the year. There have been a few
ca ses from New Jersey this month
but not from this city, where the
treatment can be administered at tht
City Hospital.
Actual cases of dog-bite are mors
frequent in winter, however, although
the average number of rabid animals
IS about the same. The increase i;
accountable on the score Of the pri-
walton street dogs have to undergo
in the cold weather. This hard life
makes them bad-tempered
Rabies itself is a disease of tbs
DRAIN ana Is very C0hlaSl lOuof MUS
cases of rabies in dogs are said Il
be directly traceable to the eommu-
nication of the germ by drinking wa
ter, food or contact.
The cases treated at the City Hos
pital since October are:
The cases treated;
October Il. Sidney Rosenblynl, thir-
teen, 124 Springfield avenue; bitten ir
the left leg and neck.
October 10, Louise Wiebolt, twelve
months. 109 Dickerson street; bitter
in the neck by a pet dog.
October Is, John Lewis, sixty-three
40 Brenner street.
October IA, Joseph Mehlman, eleven,
224 Bank street.
October 10, Walter Pelz, twelve. OF
$50 South Eighteenth street.
October S, Samuel Stetcher, nine
of 14s Boyd street.
October Z, Joseph Hardenbrook
sixteen. of Is Camden street.
October Z. Patrick Gallery, sixty
four. of 33s Elm street.
October Z. Charles Ossese, eleven
of 80 Broome street.
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