Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21

AILldIlLI6 pct1 ollS S4S 4Aeto 1SeACLASNN Westerly. The wonder is that the dis ease did not make appearance here earlier, as the town is without scien- tific or effective regulations, remain ing in this respect just as 1t has been for years leaving the matter of the public health with a low-salaried su- perintendent of health. This superin- tendent has given quarantine attention to all contagious diseases reported to him, but could GO no more. There has been nothing done to prevent carrying the disease into Westerly from infect ed places, and nothing done in the way of surveillance or investigation of the children who come here from oth- CT places.
 Several weeks ago a daughter of Dr. BaSSS. L. -.---l,-C, ->. J., was taken i'll with infantiIe paralysis at the Rockhaven house, Weekapaug. Lewis Stanton, superintendent of health for the town of Westerly, placed Rockhaven under quarantine, and finally the quarantine was re- stricted to one room in the house. The Baggs child made gradual recovery and was permitted to go on the board walk and beach at Weekapaug. and members of the family came to and from Westerly village at will This may not have had anything to do with the cases that have to do with Westerly.
 Friday night Dr. Michael H. Scan lon was called to 100 Canal street, a six tenement house, and found Mrs. Rose Jurarino, age 25, ill with infan- tile paralysis. He reported the case to perintendent of Health Stanton and the premises were quaTantined. Mrs. JUrarinO has three young chil- dren and all have been in close touch with the afflicted mother. The sec tjOn is thiCkly settled with Italians and Jews How the disease reached there is not known, but several Jew ish families from New York city have
 Veen visiting in the vicinity.
 Thursday night pr. John L. May
 was called to Crofts court to attend
 Edward Larkin, twelve years of age. He learned that the boy distributed newspapers and had been all around town up to Friday night of last week when he became ill Dr. May looked upon the case with suspicion. When he called again Friday morning he
 was Of the belief that the Larllin boy
 had an attack of infantiIe paralysis, and so reported to the health superin- 1 tendent Later, in company with Dr. SCanlOn, Dr. May visited the boy and both agreed, after careful eXamina- ton, that he was affected with infan- tile paralysis in a serious form.
 Late Friday night Dr. SCanIon re- spOnded to call at No. 3 Thompson street. Pawcatuck, and found Vincen-
 70 Feliera critically sick with infan- t14e pStI tlS SIS. u was lllQ0l8lC, and 1 he notified Dr. C. F. COngdOn of Mys- 1 tic. health officer for the town of StOningtOn. Dr. Stanton hurried to Pawcatuck by automobile, placed the premises under quarantine, and imme- diately ordered special officer on l duty to guard the house, and see to it that no one be allowed to leave or enter the premises. Edward Laclaire was assigned to that duty. At noon. Saturday, the Feheri child died There are no other children in this family, but the section is thicllIy populated. AIT. Felicia denied that an uncle of the i dead boy, with his wife and two chil- l dren, from PassaiC, Y. J., had recently visited at No. 8 Thompson street, but ] Superintendent Of Health Stanton of Westerly, has a record of such visita- tion
 Several weeks ago voting girl named Sheffield, a resident of Pawca- tuck, was taken i'll in Stonington bor- ough. and local physician diag- nosed the case as infantile paralysis, and report was immediately made to Dr. COngdOn, health officer. Success ful precautiOn was taken to prevent a spread of the disease from that source
 pr. ConGdOn has since been active in precautionary work, and has been aided by the New London health de- partment. Children from infected dis | JTICtS, bound to StCningtOn, are held up and pr. Congdon notified and given an opportunity for investigation. The family Ofom Passaic, V. J.. that visited in Thompson street came di- rect to Westerly and entered Pawca- tuck in the town of Stonington by way of Westerly. They evidently had clear bill of health from their home town, but Superintendent of Health stanton of Westerly received notice of their coming in order that they might
 be kept under surveillance for a spe- cifed period. The health authorities
 that issued the card from Westerly were not familiar with the geographi- cal conditions here, and did not know that Pawcatuck, in the town of Ston- ington, is just across the bridge from
 Westerly.
 Sunday afternoon nearly all the physicians of Westerly met at the residence of Dr. Scanlon, and few more than two hours local conditions were discussed, and all gave their views in regard to infantiIe paralysis. and the best methods for it's aIIevia- tIon. Plans were discussed in regard
 to checking the spread of the disease.
 and preventative measures were given consideration