Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-24
COLCHESTER CHILD DIED
 FROM INFANTfLE PARALYSIS
Autopsy on Body of Myra Taylor Cor
 reiterated Diagnosis.

The death of NIyra Taylor, 16 year old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Charles Taylor, at their home in Colchester at 4.30 o'clock Wednesday morning was followed by an autopsy performed by Dr. Edward J. HOwland of Colchester and Dr. Owen O'NeilI of Willimantic, who had been called in consultation, and their findings corTOborated the di- agnosis of infantile paralysis. The child had been sick for three days and in the family are four other chil- dren who are all sick and whose cases | look suspicious to the physicians. One is years old, the others about G. 3 and 12 years, one boy and three girls. The children are only mildly i'll and a def1nfcG diagnosis of paralysis had not been made Wednesday night. MT. Tay- Tor is a, farmer and lives a mile out of the village and it is believed his chill dren have contracted the disease by playing with some of the New York summer boarders who earlier were al- lowed to come to that town unrestrict- ed
 There is another mild case of in fantile paralysis in Colchester, the 6 year old son of Dr. A. L. Stebbins, the dentist.
 In this city there was nothing of | interest 10 report, pr. BTOphy said 1 Wednesday night.
 The county fair people have been ! WOnUCTln2 WEGLEeE CI1lUIGl WOul0 DG l barred this year from the grounds, but ! if no cases develop in Norwich it is not 1 likely that the children from this Gsty l and town will be kept from the fai8, while health certificates, together with l fair tickets, will admit other children
 under Is from towns where no tnfantile 1 paralysis exists.
 | The voters of Salem in town meet ! ing Tuesday night tabled a resolution l to establish a quarantine prohibiting l children from infantile paralysis in | fected districts from entering the l town. It was the opinion of the vOt- 1 CTS that these precautions were un- 1 necessary in view Of the fact that all 1 the surrounding towns had special | police Cn guard at the various en- l frances. The selectneh were in 1 stTucted tO ascertain when the schools 1 in other towns would open before any | action should be taken on the matter l Of opening the schools
 1 The opening of the Vocational high | school in New London has been de- l of Tuesday, Sept. ,, as at first plan ned. This is the same date as the | opening of the public schools. 1 The opening of the Vocational high l school was postponed two weeks on 1 account of infantiIe paralysis. While | the situation in New London is not | especially serious and no change for 1 the worse is anticipated, yet the school authorities deemed it advisa- l ble to defer the opening a short time 1 and open the school in conjunction with the public schools.
 So far as is known now, the public l schools in New London will open on 1 schedule time. The school board has | taken no steps toward deferring the 1 opening from the date originally an | nOUnced according to it chooI calen- | dar and unless the situation becomes l more serious than 1t is at present, ii 1 is probable that the opening will not 1 be postponed.
 A physician was called to New | street Tuesday evening to attend a 1 two-year- old child which showed | general symptoms of infantile para l Lysis. The health department was no- tified and Health Officer Chipman i Acting Health Officer R. E. Black and l Dr. William D. Cronin went to the ] house to examine the child and after
 a consultation the physicians decides 1 that the child was suffering from 1 toxic gastro intestinal trouble. Inspector Frank Savage held threC l children on the 4.07 train from New l York Tuesday afternoon and one or i the New London line steamer Wed nesday morning. All were coming tc 1 New London and were compelled tC | return. The three children with theil ] mother returned to New York on the
 steamer Chelsea Tuesday night and 1 the other child, a boy 14 years old
 was sent back by train Wednesday l morning.
 Three hundred and eighty sever
 cases of infantile paralysis is the to-
 tai number of cases in this state, ac- l cording to Dr. Black of the state
 1 board of health Wednesday,. New ] eases reported since Tuesday are
 l Trumbull, Morris, East Haven. Nortt
 ] Haven and East Hampton, one each: | Greenwich, two, Bridgeport, three, ana
 l Stamford, four, making 14 in all.