Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A Desperado in pianers.

"A CeSPefaoO Tn QiapeFSs H MT. Editor: Under the above cap- ton the New York Suns editorial com ments on the action of the New York Health Boards officials in raiding the home Of Mrs. Anton Anderson and kid mapping her 19 months old son. who was suspected of being afflicted with pollomyelltis, will prove interesting to your readers. The article follows:
 Robert Anderson, aged 19 months. whose dastardly conduct in being sus- pected Of having infantile paralysis had aroused the patriotic spirit of certain Health Department doctors, lay in his crib at the home of his par ents in New York avenue, Jamaica, fragrant babbling criminal His fel- low conspirators, three reputable. old fashioned doctors of the old town, had abetted his arrogant villainy by as- suring his mother that the sons lame ness was caused by accident, no dis ease. Encouraged by such assurance 50 simple and ancient that it must
 be false-the mother had slammed the door in the faces of a health de- partment doctor and nurse who came to take the culprit away
 Was the health department to be discouraged by such a skirrnish? Was the hysterical campaign Of 8, sad sum-
 n1er to terminate with the bang of @ door and no further publicity? No, million bacilli. no! The depart ment dctors massed their forces on the frontier of New York avenue, but
 the board of strategy decided that
 the army of tFree or four doctors was
 too small How many allies could
 be got in the shape of policemen
 The police have been much occupied with strikes, we are told; so much occupied that the traffic posts were
 neglected. So only dozen cops could be spared. The allied army studied the case of Mackenson at Dobrudia What did that great general do when the Rumanians slammed the door in | his face? Why, he made an encir2ing l counter attack, according to Berlin. That was the thing to try; an en- | circling attack. | Miss Ruth Johnson, the aunt of the infant archffend, happened tc leave the kitchen door open, which is salient to be eliminated Directed by [ the general medical staff, well in the
 rear, policemen rushed bravely in
 unprotected by barrage, and the cit adel was theirs. The mother, cowed
 by the brass buttons. carried the dia- I pered desperado out to the ambulance 1 and the magnificent victory of the l health department was complete h Some decoration should be struck
 off to comrpemorate the day. There were times in New York when doc l tors who accomplished a feat so splen- l ulQ WOulQ nave Hdu pinned upon them l the Order of the Tin can. As for the policemen, probably they were obey | ing orders. We have nothing to say l to them. We leave that job to thei1 | efficient wives.
 An effort will be made as a result of the forcible removal of baby Ander-
 son to the Queensporo hospital as g l poliomyelitis suspect, to have 1egis- lation passed in New York state re-
 stricting the power of the Board oi l Health. The Hillside Civic asocia- l ton Of Jamaica is behind the move l ment.
 Lawrence T. Dresser, a lawyer en- gagged to start the legal steps by which 1 it is intended to force the Health De- 1 partment to return the infant to its
 mother was busy preparing the pre- l liminary papers in the application to l the supreme court.
 l A w. DAVIS. Norwich. Sept 29, 1916.