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street and Helen walters years olu' -
| 1921 Paschall street u,,,on
January Is 116 the two victims OF toods
beinp Tsadorp Kalck 16 months olo, OF fVo
dickinson street First Ward ana owen
Goldberg 4iO2 North Darien street. fortS-
third Ward. ,.,o,,.,
E,lorsnce wetzcii years old of los Sootn
3sth street was removed to the Munlcipai
Doctor Dixon declared that the entire
membership Of the State Board OF heal.n
was elated over the fact that tne , sNua,'''
gives indications Of being under control
"Onlv eight new cases have Developed IN
,be state " he said And none at all at
bristol. where we feared the epidemic would
get beyond our control The morUIns
newspapers stated that two new cases hau
been developed there. but these were az. cs1.S
known for some time but not made puoiG,
So virtually no new cases have developed.
Doctor Cairns Chief City Medical IN
snector. is still waiting for Atlantic City 10
inform him Of the extent OF the plasus
AT the Eeacoast resort letter addresseu
to the Board Of Health OF that c''E "'' '"''
2S, is still unanswered
SEEKING CERTIFICATES.
Az room II in the city Hall Building
there is n continual lineup of mothers WIN
hobiog ,vbo are anxious for health Certin-
Gates so that they may be able TO leave
tho state and be assured that when they
return they will not be Inconvenience py
,bo quarantine This lineup today con.
sisted at no time fewer than 15g women OF
all ages races and conditions 'PIhe health
officers in giving the certificates were nanuI-
canned bv the fact that a number OF ply
sicians I'm the papers addressed TO the city
authorities had failed to state the name
age street address and destination OF the
applicant.
New Jersey, Il was announced, VIII pc
gin its campaign of retaliation against
PENNSYLVANIA on August 10, when no one
from this state will be allowed to enter
New Jersey without a health certhcate.
The quarantine was made to INCLUDE
Wayne Junction and the Baltimore ana
Ohio stations today. Or. j. VI, CampDeIl,
SIP Spruce street, chief of the BlOloglcal
Department of the state Board OF Health,
has been placed in charge of the medical
inspectors in Philadelphia. He said that
the department was doing its best to stop
the epidemic with the least inconvenience
TO the public.
Complaints have reached the offices Of
Dr. Samuel G., Dixon State Commissioner
of Health, against the methods pursued by
the health authorities in Camden with the
quarantine and several charges have been
made that their methods are so loose as
almost to nulify the effects of the quaran-
tine in the regulation of the traffic between
Philadelphia and Camdep. This matter Is
being investigated thoroughly today
CAMDEN OFFICIAL AROUSED
DR. John f. Leavtt Camdens health
officer denied the statement attributed to
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon. Pennsylvania Com
missioner of Healths that the Camden au-
thorities were negligently attending to the
matter of health certificates.
THAT statement places us in an awk-
ward light" he declared. And / want to
say that the certificates here are just as
good as any Dixon could issue. His in
ference that boys are selling our certificates
at the ferries is untrue. Every person who
receives a certificate is thoroughly examined
either by myself or by DR.. w. NJ. Iszard
II Pennsylvania persists in her attitude,
that every State except herself
is contaminated, that it is time for us
over here TO operate quarantine. so that
can remain true in her iso-
ation."
Physicians here are awaiting with inter-
est definite information on the success of
a new treatment administered to sufferers
of infantile paralysis in New York. This
treatment consists in the injection Of a
serum taken from the bodies of children
who have been stricken with the disease but
who have recovered. 1t is used just as dlph-
iberia antitoNin.
Blood is drawn from a person who has
and is allowed to settle. The
serum, which is culture of the germs,
forms on top The problem facing physi-
clans who are experimenting with the serum
in New York is that they have been unable
to find an animal to inoculate with the
disease for the purpose of obtaining the
and not enough blood can be
drawn from human being to be of univer-
sal practical use, as 10 cubic centimeters
injected in small doses is necessary to effect |
/ cure. |
DIR. Theodore lie BouteiIer, of this city.
Who is an authority on the disease, said he |