The sun., 1916-08-18
NEARING END
Further n Marked Decrease II
Number Of New Cases.

Number of New Cases.
Another drop or twenty-five In the
number OF new cases Of ~infantile paralysis
yesterday tends to bear out the theory
Of the health oficials-Federal and city
who have been fighting the epidemic
that tho disease has reached its climax
in New York city n is now gradually
diminishing. " O.
The weekly number Of new cases In
the past three or four weeks tends to
confirm this opinion. For the week end
ed July 30. which was then the week Of
the greatest number OF cases since the
beginning Of the epidemic. there were
9s3 cases. The next week a new record
was established-l.l67 cases-and last
week the figure again leaped to 1910. o.,
In the first five days OF last week there
were SIS cases. while the five days this
week have shown a total OF only 653
cases. The deaths for the same period
last week were 22s. while this week
they have been only l5s.
Only 1871 New Cases.
Tho number Of new cases yesterday
Weo ASA ouu tne uedtUS nunlDeTeu SE.
OF the cases 80 were In Manhattan, 10
in The Bronx. 40 In Brooklyn, SO In
Queens n non in Richmond. The
health authorities believe that In Brook
lyn n In Richmond. which were hit
nrst by the epidemic. the disease has
almost run Its course. In Manhattan,
The Bronx n Queens they expect to
have q considerable number Of cases,
but do not believc they will increase
very much more. II at all. over the ng-
ures for yestSDoay.
Deputy Health Commissioner Billings,
who. In the absence OF DR.. Emerson, who
10 At the conference OF State authorities
In Washington. is directing the fight
against the epidemic. said the reason for
the high number Of cases in Queens was
tile fact that 4 large number OF families
ned to Queens from Brooklyn and Man
attain. bringing cases with them. Thir-
J-seven cases In such families have
Aready developed.
Investigation Of Milk.
Although no relation between milk
and infsntile paralysis has yet been dis.
covered. DR.. Billings has ordered An In
v~esttEation OF the milk supply OF Thu
Bronx. Every creamery supplying deal
era Will be Inspected. samples of milk
will be tested In ARCHAEOLOGICAL labora,
tories. and II any indication OF the pres.
ence OF paralysis germs is discovered ar
exhaustive investigation will be con,
Quoted. The inspection IL at presen,
purely precautionary. as no evidence ha,
been presented that milk contains tn.
germs.
Health Department inspectors are Ais,
working In the Brownsville district o.
Brooklyn. where the number OF cases /,
now greatest. In an attempt to discover
means to prevent the spread. DIR. BIZ
inss is preparing n char TO show the re
lation between humidity tempera,ur,
and the number OF cases developing eacl
day. In his opinion hot weather mean
more cases.
The sum of sl0.4G479 has been raise,
TO buy braces and crutches for the chill
dren who have recovered but who ar
crippled as n result OF the disease. DR.
Emerson has appealed for $4,000 10
this work. Twelve more children wer
discharged from hospitals yesterda,
Bone were able to walk alone, and 9th
ers were assisted by braces and spl!nts.
More Volunteers Give blood.
-Four volunteers who have had infap
tile paralysis came to tho Willard Parke
Hospital yesterday to give blood for tn