Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-28
NO NEW CASES
 FOUND IN COLCHESTER
InfantiIe Paralysis Situation Seemed to Tighten Over the Week End.

The infantile paralysis situation in
 Colchester seemed to tighten over the
 week end and no new cases had been
 round and no further deaths reported
 on Sunday evening.
 In the family of Allan H. Brown on
 the West road in CoIcheste rthe four
 children are still sick, and in addition
 Mrs. Brown, their mother, had signs
 Sunday that indicated a mild attack
 of the disease. One of the 3 months
 old twins, Allan H. Brown. IT., has a severe attack of paralysis, having lost
 the use of both legs and the little girl, Winifred, 8 years old, is also seriously ill. The other twin. Alice, and Law
 renee, 2 years old, are getting over
 their mild attacks. The four children
 of MT. and Mrs. Charles Taylor of Colchester, who last week showed
 symptoms that suggested paralysis, are getting very much better.
 A hundred more certificates were is
 sued on Sunday by Dr. Brophy and his
 clerk, 45 of them at the steamer Block Island before she went down the river
 in the morning.
 In this city there were no new de- veIopments in the last two days. The
 five cases in the hospital appear to be doing we'll
 The opinion was expressed Saturday by Dr. John T. Black, secretary of the state board of health, that the epidemic of infantiIe paralysis in the state was subsiding. He based his opinion on the fact that there week than last. Two new cases were reported from Orange, one each from WatertOwn and Glastonbury, and three from Colchester This makes the total number of reported cases in the state 413. But the officials in the office of the board say that a mum Der of those which have been report ed turned out to be merely suspected cases and that the number of posi- tive cases in Connecticut does not ex- 1 ceed 404. Saturday forenoon a report came into the office that five of the cases reported from Colchester were not on diagnosis shown to be cases of infantiIe paralysis at all. The i Woodstock case turns out to be something else than the eDidemical disease.
 There are prospects of the schools 1 of Mystic, both sides of the river, commencing at the usual time this 1 fall, the west side school on Monday, Sept. II, and the east side on Thurs 1 day, Sept. 5. Committeeman George l H. Miner has decided that there is l no reason thus far, as least, why the l Mystic academy should not begin on | time and he has engaged the same | teachers as served last year: Miss | Fiedler, Miss Collins, Miss Chace, | Miss Brown and Walter E. Hammond, principal and teacher of grade eight | In reference to the possible danger | from exposure to infantile paralysis
 Dr. c. F. Congdon, health officer of i the town of Stonington, advises the l mothers to keep their children off the
 street and out Of the trolley cars and
 warns them that if the children are 1 sick and especially have nausea, ,vom- | iting, loosenessu of the bowe1s, pains | in the muscles@or bones, to call a doc l tor at once. Don't invite company
 he says, especially from infected local 1 ities, and concludes his advice with | the observation that mothers can do
 more good now for the children by needing this advice than they could 1 ever do by shouting for equal suffrage
 or attending pink teas and leaving the youngsters to shirk for themselves.