The sun., 1916-08-27

In Seward Park. on Tuesday in Hamil-
ton Fish Park. or Wednesday in Tomp-
kins Square, on Thursday at the Barrow
street pier. on Friday at the East Thirty
ninth street pier. on Saturday at the
West l3Oth street pier. and ON Sunday at
both the East 115th street and the East
Fiftieth street piers.
+. NJ. Dawson OF ~ Exchange place
notified THE SUS yesterday that there
was no case OF infantile paralysis.at l5a
East Eighty-second street. as announced
by the Health Department. The house.
which Is owned by Mr.. DAWSON, has been
closed since May Is.
Fifty-seven cages OF infantile paralysis
and nine deaths from the disease were
reported yesterday to the state Health
Department from various sections OF the
State exclusive .; New York city.
Eight Of the nine deaths were In
Syracuse. where the dicase has obtained
q sudden footho!d. Eighteen new cases
were reported from Syracuse yesterday.
although most of the cases reached the
notice Of the local health authorities
earlier In the week. The ninth death
was at Yonkers.
Thu other cases were distributed as
follows. Yonkers. 4: Manaket!ng. 3:
Floral Park and Blue Point. . each /:
Pine Plains, Peeksk!ll. Gouverneur
Schenectady. Montgomery. Lafayette.
Pleasantville. J~ohnstown. warwick. Port
Washington. Seaford. Rockville Centre.
Comeck. Halesitc. Illumination. Sou'hold.
Smithtown. Northport. Laurel. Medford.
Walden. Blooming Grove. Rochester
fMonroe county,. Osweso, Er.ev!i!e.
Morr!sville, Penn Yam and Randall l
each.
College student Dies.
Thomas Hays. 20. OF +s Vineyard ave-.
nue.. Yonkers. a college student. died
yesterday at Yonkers Of the disease.
In order to save other children from
becoming crippled like themselves SIX
young inmates ~ the summer home or
ST. Giles the Cripple, at Hampstead. l..
l., gave blood yesterday for the treat
ment OF i~n.antile paralysis cases. mere
are seventy inmates OF the home all OF
whom have been crippled by ihiahtie
paralysis. and al old crough - under
stan were eager TO give their blood.
Only six, the oldest and heaithiest OF
the inmates, were permitted to make the
sacrifice. however. one OF the SIX was
a girl, Jessie Huyzk, 1G. The others
were Nelson sheridan. 16; Earl Jane
SON, Is: Stanley Fadgett. 10; Harold
Butin, Is. and August Regal, -.
Or. Robert Lount. 20 years Old. health
officer OF Hampstead. suffered a stroke
OF paralysis yesterday. HIS WORK mas
been almost ceaseles5 night ana uay
since the outbreak of the epidemic. DIR.
Henry NJ. Warner was appointed tempo
rary heath officer.
The county authorities OF Suffolk re-
celyed reports Of nine new cases OF par
! a,ys,s and one death in the county yes
terday. Four OF the new caess are IN
Huntington, three in Brookhaven and
one each in Southhoid II Smithtown.
In Nassau six new cases were reported.
Floral Park having had two. and New
HYDE Park. Port Washington. Seaford
and Rockville centre one each.
DR.. George NJ. Draper. head OF the
| Roslyn branch OF the state Health De-
partment. Is advertising for the blood
OF persons who have had infantiie par
alysis. About u dozen persons have re-
ponded 30 far.
Justice serves as AcOlyte.
Supreme Court Justice william ].
Carr, who has a summer home at Good
| Ground, recently performed the duties
of altar boy at the Catholic church
| here, as children are not permitted on ac-
| count OF the epidemic to enter cnurches'
A plea for assistance in supporting
the laboratory at Cedarhurst which has
been established for infantIl" paralysis
work In being circulated In the Rocka-
! way peninsula district. II. Hobart
| Porter Of 8 Broad street IL treasurer
Of the organization supporting the labo-
ratory.
Another case OF infantile paralysis
was reported yesterday to the health de-
partment of Montclair.
The number of cases Of ~infantile
paralysis In Connecticut since the out
! break of the epidemic Is +19. according
TO figures issued yesterday by the state
| Board of Health. Eleven new cases
were reported yesterday.
Sunday schools will not be opened to-
| day In Baltimore. as an order forbid
ding them has been issued by the health
authorities. There were eleven cases OF
paralysis last week IN that city.
No public or private schools will be
allowed TO open In Delaware until after
september Is. Sunday schools are In
cluded In tho order.