New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-03
Federal Experts Say This
Feature of Paralysis
Has Passed.
CALL FOR LIFTING
OF BAN ON TRAVEL
Marked Decrease i'm Cases
Reported Both in City
and State.

The infantile paralysis epidemic
showed marked decrease in the num-
Der or new cases in the reports issued
yesterday by the Department of Health.
Sixteen new cases and six deaths were
reported on Sunday, and ten new cases
and eight deaths yesterday.
Members of the government corps Of
research workers. sent here under DR..
I. II. Lavlnder to study the infantle
paralysis situation, were unanimous in
declaring that the epidemic feature Of
the disease already had passed.
Coincident with the announcement
that the epidemic was over. DR.. Charles
h. Banks, senior surgeon for the Fed
eral Public Health Service, which con-
trolls interstate travel from New York,
telegraphed Surgeon General Blue
recommending that travel inspection
rom this state be discontinued. In re-
spouse to his telegram DR.. W. c.
Rucker. assistant surgean general, left
Washington TO determine whether such
action would be feasible He will reach
this city to-day. after having made in
vcstgations in Philadelphia and Balti-
more.
Three States Lift Quarantine.
According to DR.. Banks, Florida lift
ed the quarantine on September 80. and
Pennsylvania on October I. and New
Jersey will do the same to-day.
A most encouraging drop in the num-
her of upstate cases of infantile paraly-
sis was indicated in the weekly bulletin
of the State Health Department issued
at Albany last night. 1t showed ninety
new cases in the state outside OF
greater New York for the week ended
Saturday. as compared with 1874 for the
preceding week.
Reports OF forty-two upstate cases
and two deaths were received for the
forty-eight hours ended at . p. m. yes
terday. The deaths were in Canadea,
Allegany County, and Saugerties, Ul-
ster County. Cases were reported from
the following counties; Westchester,
10; Oswego, Z; Allegany, Suffolk and
Ulster, each; Broome, 2; st. Law
renee, Oneida, Steuben, Madison, Mas
sau, Schenectady, Onondaga, Washing
ton, Warren, Otsego, Chautauqua,
Montgomery, Rockland and Orange,
each.
Cases in New Jersey.
Forty-siX new cases were reported TO
the New Jersey State Health Depart
ment, with two new municipalities af-
fected, it was announced at Trenton last
night. These are Raritan Township,
Hunterdon County. and Manasquan
Borough. To date the total number OF
cases in New Jersey has been 3,7O6, af-
fecting 3l5 municipalities. The new
cases reported are: Trenton, 9; New
ark, Jersey City and Elizabeth, each;
Princeton and Plainfeld, 3 each; Hack
ensack, Ewing Township, Hamilton
Township and Linden, 2 each; East
Rutherford, Burlington, Florence, South
Brunswick Township, Irvington, Orange,
Raritan Township, Manasquan, Madi-
son, Highland Park and Upper Penns
Neck Township, each.
The lowest number Of cases in one
week since the outbreak of the cpl
demic were reported in New Jersey las,
week. Essex County led, with 81 cases.
while Mercer County was second, with
33, IL of which were reported from
Trenton on Saturday.
New cases and deaths were reported
Yesterday from these addresses:
New Cases-Borough of Manhattan.
% Sixth Avenue, 43O West Twenty
fifth Street, 2l07 Amsterdam Avenue,
PIP East l03d Street, 4l6 East Fifty
second Street. 222S Amsterdam Ave
nuc. 492 Manhattan Avenue. S43 West
Forty-ninth Street, 600 West 10th
Street, 2Ol Avenue B.
Deaths-Borough Of Manhattan.
43O West Twenty-ffth Street. 10G
West 1881 Street, 43S East Sixth
Street, 2l07 Amsterdam Avenue, 301
West Forty-fourth Street, 324 East
10th Street, 100 West l0Sd Street, 2iJ
East Fifty-frst Street. eos East lO5th
Street. 430 East 73d Street.
New Cases-Borough of Bronx.
1855 Washington Avenue. 435 East
hath Street, SIS East l39th Street.
l4i7 wilkins Avenue. 1865 Prospect
Avenue, West Orchard Street, City
Island. 1853 Minford Place.
Deaths-Borough of Bronx.
1929 Bryant Avenue.
New Clses-B0rough of Brooklyn.
IFS Avenue |, 1873 Baltic Street, 100
Nichols Avenue. $40 Stone Avenue,
1898 DeKalb Avenue, 220 Stockholm
Street, PIP Kingsland Avenue, 1870
Reid Avenue.
Deaths-Borough of Brooklyn.
i73 Fort Glen Place. 2S42 West
Twenty-third Street, l09 Nichols Ave-
nue..
New Cases-Borough of Queens
None.
Deaths-Borough of Queens None.
New Cases-Borough of Richmond.
% Arlington Place, Mariners Harbor.
Deaths-Borough of Richmond
None.