Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-08
CHILDREN ARE BARRED.
State Health Board Excludes Them
From Public Entertainments This
Month N'

InOuJH.
During the month of September all
children under 10 years of age are
barred from attending the fairs in Yer
mont and from attending moving pic
ture exhibitions in Windham, Windsor,
Rutland AID Bennington counties.
This is by order of the state board of
health, which held a meeting in Hotel
Berwick in Rutland Thursday night.
Aug. 81, at the request of Gov. Charles
w. Gates. The text of the order is as
follows:
'All children under 10 years of age
shall be excluded from all fairs and
the so-called Rutland carnival shall be
abandoned unless effective measures
can be taken, satisfactory to the local
board of health, by which children un-
der 10 years can be excluded from pub
lie functions both indoors and out.
All motion picture houses and
theaters in Rutland, Bennington, Wind
sor and Wlndham counties shall ex-
clude all children under Is years of
age from all entertainments.
- In towns in which there are one or
more cases of infantile paralysis, all
| children under 10 years of age NAV be
excluded from public gatherings includ
ing churches and Sunday schools at the
discretion of the local board of health.
These rules AUTHORIZATIONS shall
remain il force during the month of
September, 1916. .fu
&C. F. DALTON,
Secretary. Vermont State Board of
| Health.'' tNr
! The four members of the state board
of health, DIR. G. s. Caverly of Rutland,
Dr. g. f. Dalton of Burlington DR.. H.
ID. Holton of Brattleboro and DIR. +. r.
Kidder of Woodstock were in attend
ance besides several fair officials and
| Rutland business men. DR.. Caverlv
stated that the meeting had been called
because of the appearance of six cases
of infantile paralysis within the Dor
ders of the state, and that they did
not desire repetition of the epidem-
ic experienced in Vermont in 1914.
The Governor was a silent listener
to all the facts given by the fair and
city officials and volunteered nothing
until near the end of the session.
DIR. Caverly called on J. B. Estee of
Montpelier, president of the Vermont
i State Fair association, to air his views
on the subject. Mr.. Estee stated that
the Vermont state fair commission was
therefore abide by his decision. How
ever, circumstances did not seem to
point to the cancellation of the fair.
Frank NJ. Wilson, president of the
Rutland Fair association, in the inter
ests of Rutland, bitterly opposed any
attempt on the part of the state board
of health to stop the Rutland fair and
carnival. He showed how it would in
eur a loss of over $4,000 and would
disappoint the people for miles around.
Mr.. Farnsworth, secretary of the
Rutland Fair association, also showed
how the fairs in New York state were
running regardless of the epidemic il
that state. New Jersey fairs and ear
nivals were also being held. If those
fairs, why not Rutland where there was
not one case of infantile paralysisl
The Woodstock fair is being run re-
CARELESS of the fact that case of
PARALYSIS broke out in Woodstock the
| day preceding the opening of the an
nual event. Mr. Wilson and Mr.. Farms
worth were the main factors in keep
ing the fairs for this year.
The fairs affected are Rutland, Yer
mont State at White River Junction,
Manchester. South Wallingford, St.
Johnsbury, Mortified, Franklin County
and BrattleborO.
The health authorities agree that the
disease is usually contracted IN closed
rooms The meeting adjourned at
midnight.