The sun., 1916-08-17
EPIDEMIC ON WANE;
SCHOOL DAY SEPT. 20
Health Officers More Optimis-
tic as New Paralysis Cases
Show Decline.
ONLY 1873 FOR THE DAY
Warning Reiterated to Par
ents to Keep Children Away
From %Playmates.

With thirty fewer cases. Of ~infantile
paralysis yesterday han the day be-
fore and a drop Of i've deaths officials
N the Department OF Health were opti-
mlstlc enough to Ak September rs as a
tentative date for tho opening Of the
city schools. This Is two weeks later
'han originally scheduled and will be
entirely dependent upon the subse-
quent course Of the epidemic.
Health Commissioner Emerson sug
gested the date In a letter written to
william O.. Wilcox. president Of the
Board OF Education. at the same time
announcing that two weeks notice would
be given before the schools were actu-
ally thrown open. Mr.. Wilcox concurred
In Or. Emerson's recommendation. but
said the epidemic would not AFFECT the
opening on September IL Of the training
schools for teachers. which OF course
10 not admit child pupils.
While the disease in New York
city. according to Commissioner Emer-
son, seems to be slowly burning Itself
out the epidemic continues TO obtain a
stronge hold on the rest OF New York
state and In New Jersey. State Health
Department reports indicated last night.
In New Jersey. out OF 500 municipali-
ties. ia are affected. OF the 1.765 cases
In the State 100 have been reported from
Newark. Yesterday eighty cases de-
veloped In the State, with twenty-seven
In Newark and four In Jersey City.
Three More Deaths Up state.
Three deaths from the disease and
nifty additional cases were reported Ia
the New York State Department OF
Health at Albany. not including New
York city. This makes a total OF las
deaths and Lib cases In the state. The
deaths were reported from Antwerp.
Highland and Campbell. New cases
distributed as follows: Highland and
oyster Bay. 5 each P~oughkeepsie. 4:
Campbell and Hampstead, . each and
old A riington. Peekskill. Antwerp.
Geneva. Freeport. Sheriff.. Pine Bush,
Livingston Manor. H~urleyv!l!e. Locust
Valley. Spring Valley. Webb, Hyde Park.
Liberty. ~Pleasantville. Kennedy. Pu-
iaski. P~atchogue. Babylon. Tarrytown
and ~Craryville, I each.
Because OF this rapid spread OF the
disease in the outlying sections an emer-
gency meeting of representatives. OF the
health departments in th.rty-eight States
has been called for to-day In Washing
ton. Senior Surgeon Charles +. Banks
and Drs. Wade II. Frost ard G. II. Law
!nder OF the United States Public Health
Service left New York yesterday to at
tend this meeting. Ways and means for
establishing uniform regulations to pre-
ven, the spread OF the epidemic and the
best measures for ending II will be dis
cursed In detail.
For New York city Health Commits.
sioner Emerson announced that twenty
two more children were discharged from
hospitals as cured. making the total thu
discharged, th!rty-seven. The number
OF new cases yesterday is distributed as
follows; Manhattan, - The Bronx. IL /:
Brooklyn. IS Queens. rs, Richmond. 4.
making a total OF 1873. Eight deaths
occurred In Manhattan, six In The
Bronx. fifteen In Brooklyn and five IN
Queens. a total OF th!rty-four. The total
number Of cases Is now $3.50 an, deaths
1897.