Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-29
IhFANT|LE PARALYSIS
DANCER HAS PASSED
Stntc Board of Health VIII Tai
Quarantine ON No
& rCmbcv /.
NO RESTRICTIONS ON rEAvEi
commissioner Williams Says Depart
mcnt Hopes SO Know More "f Nj
lure and Character of Disease Be-
fore Another Summer.

Believing that the danger OF iniantIio
paralysis spreading TO Virginia is now
larrclv past. the state Health Depart
mcut will raise Nirginia's quarantine
against children under twelve years
OF age from New York. New Jersey
and Pennsylvania on November L.
Unless unexpected circumstances a'iSe
the prescription viii stand remove"
after midnight Tuesday
The decision OF the board Was AN
nouncsd yesterday by State Health
Commissioner Enuion g. Williams. ANA
follows AN Investigation OF several
weeks into the prevalence oil ihiah'iie
paralysis in the North. the dis"p-
pcarauvc OF the disease from cities
and States where II WAS epidemic and
a steady decrease i'll the number OF
scattered cases since the onset OF cool
weather has convinced the board that
The danger has largely abatcd and
tha; restrictions on the travel OF chill
drcn viii not be necessary after the
end -. tho present month
Tho state said Commissioner VIII
liams yesterday. should be prof"nndl:
grateful that il has thus far escaped
the raVaEcs Of this terrible ptaSu. OF
.chldhuod. Whether we shall have to
tight il again next year * Il question
that only time viii settle Ii IL does
appear. We hope 10 have further i'm
formation regarding il by ihat time.
and tn he able TO combat il Skill
full, If il does not ;,pucar we Will
have further cans. for rejoicing.
Il want to impress upon everybody
this most important fact. As the
germ OF iniantilc paralysis is carried
from the sirk ana the carriers, 10
HEALTHY ,biIIrnu tho best way vu
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