New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
Advises Board Poliomye-
Iitis No Longer Men
aces Children.
FAST SIDE DOCTORS
PROTEST ACTION
Question Laid Over, but
Classes Will Begin
September Is.
nr Haven Emerson, Health Commits

sioner, yesterday tolu lne e|"VN'
that poliomyelitis Is no longer
menace to the children of New YORK.
and that the schools OF the city may
safely reopen on September rs.
He appeared to address posra
divided against itself in the matter OF
the further danger Of infantlle par
alvsis. After he had finished speaking
three lower East Side physicians, DR..
7. Iefrak. DR.. Charles Spivacke and
DR.. NJ. Girsdansky, protested against
N. Judgment of the Health Commits
sioner and in broken English begged
the board 70 "give the little kids
chance. They took the ground that
possible hot weather later IN the
month might bring back the epidemic
in almost its former strength, and
that the board had no right to take
chances with the lives of the children
of the city.
Joseph Barondess, School Commits
sioner, headed the opposition against
accepting the dictum Of the Board OF
Health. declaring that the board
couId not afford to assume the re-
,ponsibility for the life Of a single
child.
DEPENDS on Health Authorities
William G.. Wilcox, president Of the
board. said that it had been ms poicy
throughout the epidemic TO leave the |
question of the re-opening OF school
with the health authorities. Upon the
recommendation of Commissioner Leo
Arnstein, the question was put on the
table for further consideration at
special meeting. There IS little doubt, |
however, that the schools VIII open on
September %.
"Poliomyelitis has reached the point |
where il is, in our opinion, no menace
TO the school children OF the city, Ut. /
Emerson said. eve consider 1t en-
tirely safe to have the schools reopen
on September %"
Charts Show Declines.
He produced charts TO point out the
decline of the disease. Since August q,
the height of the epidemic, until now
there has been q steady decrease IN
the number of cases, q decrease noted
alike in each borough. The number OF
deaths last week was twenty-ene,
against thirty-fve the week before. =,
"If the Health Department SHOULD
put itself on record as advising further
postponement in opening the city
schools in this particular epidemic 1t
would be necessary to do so in other
communicable diseases, IN most Of
which there is larger number OF
fatalities than in poliomyelitis,' DR..
Emerson declared.
Protests against reopening the schools
were read from several parents as
hot = f.
Gates Of health must be presented by
all children whc return from plague
districts in less than two weeks before
the reopening Of school.
Decrease of Seventeen Cases
The infantile paralysis report yes
terday showed a decrease Of seventeen
cases, compared with the report OF
Tuesday. but the number Of deaths was
the same. The full report for yester-
day showed ten deaths and eighteen
Commissioner Emerson expressed
yesterday his appreciation Of the 10y
atty and hard extra work Of the 1900 .
employees Of the Health Department
during the present epidemic.
Announcement was made yesterday /
by Fordham University that its fall .
term would begin September %, and /
that its preparatory school would open /
on September &c.
Thirty-eight new cases Of infantile .
paralysis were reported to the State !
Health Board yesterday in New Jersey. /
The total number of cases reported Is
34l1, affecting 29S municipalities.
The eight-year-old granddaughter Of
Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Chester gave a
quantity Of her blood yesterday to save
the life of the young grandson Of A .
w. Green, OF Greenwich, Conn. The 1
young giver Of the blood was stricken /
with infantile paralysis five years ago, /
and is partly paralyzed.
The number of cases OF infantile .
paralysis reported TO the State Health
Department yesterday from sections
outside Of Greater New York dropped .
20 forty-two, from sixty-six recorded .
on Tuesday, with one fatality.
The comparative report follows:
New Cases-Nlanhattsn.
$3.50 Bedford Street, New York
Founding Hospital, SO West Ninety /
eighth Street, 1875 West 124th Street,
1853 East Forty-sixth Street, 764 Colum- ,
bus Avenue, 528 West l31st Street and !
34l East 123d Street.
Observation-Disclosures
AIS West Thirty-ninth Street, $50 J
East Eighty-fourth Street and 1866 /
Third Avenue.
New Cause.-The Bronx.
2ool Prospect Avenue, 2065 Crotona /
Avenue and 1855 East 233d Street.
Deaths-The Bronx.
81 East 18TH Street, 1888 Cas.lehill .
Avenue, 897 Beck Street and 1867 Brook /
Avenue.
New Cases-Brookiyn.
New York Avenue and Lincoln Road, I
IS Monroe Street, 99l East Ninety !
third Street. 1857 Willoughby Avenue, 1
1873 New Lots Road and 20l9 Bergen |,
Street.
Deaths-BrookIyn.
None.
New Cases-QueenA
Lawrence Street, Astoria
Deaths-Queens.
1886 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, and /.
1896 Woodhayen Avenue, Richmond /
New Cases--Richmond-
None.
Deaths-Riehmond.
Camp Pratt, Woodland Avenue, Pleas
ant Plains.
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