New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10
Columbia May Start Its
Year Two Weeks Later
than Usual.
WILLIAMS AND
SYRACUSE ALSO ACT
u. S. Surgeons to End
Work as Epidemic in City
Appears to Wane.

An increase oil seven III the HuWpei
of new cases of infantile paralysis and
a decrease of five in the number of
deaths we're shown in the reports of
the Department Of Health yesterday,
as compared with the reports for Fri
dav. The new cases were 50 and the
deaths 10.
The opening Of Columbia University
probably will be postponed two weeks
from September 27, the date originally
set, because of the MANTLE paralysis
epidemic. 1t was announced at the
university yesterday that the members
Of the faculty were considering the
advisability of the postponement, and
that a definite decision would be made
as soon as word is received from Dr:
Nicholas Murray Butler. president OF
the institution, who is spending his
vacation in the West.
The football team, it was announced,
would not be affected by the expected
.ycstponement, but would start practice
on September 20 as originally SEIZED
uled. Several other colleges stated
yesterday that their openings had been
POSTPONED on account Of the epidemic.
Among these are Syracuse University,
which will not open until October 70,
and Williams College, whose opening
will be on October 5. These announce
ments were coupled with the statement
that the football teams of these insu-
tutions would begin their training az
the usual time. But authorities OF all
the schools will make special efforts TO
keep the players away from districts
where there has been much paralysis.
Surgeons Finish This Week.
DR.. Charles f. Banks, senior surgeon
OF the United States Public Health
Service, said last night the govern
ment surgeons who have been on
duty at the railroad stations and
ferries in New York since the
Epidemic assumed serious proper,
tons would wind up their work and
return to their home stations at the
end of this week. The Public Health
station q. Stapleton, S. J., Will be
closed Monday and other outlying sta
tons few days later. 49,.
"The necessity for the certifcation
Of travel our Of New York is pracu,
callv ended" said DR.. Banks, land
there now appears to be no reason why
the Public Health Service should con-
tinue to look upon the prevalence OF
the disease as an epidemic needing
such control The daily number OF
cases has not declined so rapidly as
we had expected in the last week or
two, but sufficiently for us TO see that
the end of the epidemic is at hand.
Figures made public yesterday by DR..
John S. Billings, Deputy Commissioner
of Health. show that the wane OF the
epidemic has been consistent since the
week ended August II, the hlgh water
mark, when there were l,2lO cases ana
297 deaths. For the week ended Au-
gust 10 there were 912 cases and 23o
deaths, for the next week 626 cases
and 233 deaths, for the week ending
September AT cases and los deaths,
and in the week ended yesterday the
decrease continues, only 25l cases and
1872 deaths being reported in the tve
boroughs.
More Cases in Manhattan.
OF the cases listed last week there
were almost as many IN Manhattan
as in any other two boroughs together,
and more than twice as many in Man
haitian as there were in Brooklyn,
which for many weeks was the hotbed
of the plague. Manhattan reported
total of 1853 cases and 80 deaths during
the week, Brooklyn 79 cases and 40
deaths, Queens al cases and Is deaths,
The Bronx 50 cases and 10 deaths and
Richmond cases and only deaths-
The daily averages by boroughs were:
Manhattan, %; The Bronx, 3; Brook
lvn. II; Queens, 6; Richmond, I.
In its weekly bulletin, issued yes
terday, the Department of Health
lists $3.50 cases and 2,074 deaths up TO
September T. distributed by boroughs
as follows: Manhattan, 2,221 cases and
542 deaths; Brooklyn, 4,345 cases and
/ .O6l deaths; The Bronx, SIS cases and
1875 deaths; Queens, 1,029 cases and 2S9
deaths; Richmond, 279 cases and 81
deaths.
At Willard Parker Hospital last
night DR.. Abraham Zingher said he
had drawn blood from the veins of sew
eral former paralysis victims. He
again urged the people of New York
who have had the disease TO come for
ward and permit a small quantity of
their blood to be taken for treating the
children now in the hospitals.
Offices Open To-day.
The various stations and borough Of
fees Of the department will be open to-
day for the purpose of drawing blood
and issuing health certificates, but no
lists of new cases will be given out
To-day's cases will appear in Mondays
reports.
Fifty-fve cases and three deaths
were reported to the State Department
of Health from places outside of New
York City yesterday, as compared with
sixty-four cases and six deaths for the
preceding twenty-four hours. The
deaths were reported from Hancock,
Delaware County; Utica, Oneida Coun-
~, and Cuyley, Cortland County. The
new cases by counties were: West
chester, 8; Oswego and Suffolk. s
each; Ulster and Cortland. ) each;
st. Lawrence, 4; Montgomery and
Onondaga, 3 each; Orange, jefferson
and Nassau. each, and l each from
Duchess, Columbia, Albany, Wayne,