The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-09
.SCOURGE CARRIERS
WILL Be WATCHED
Health Service Plans to Study
All Persons Near Paralysis.
To Clean All Railway Cars.
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that for the thorough cleaning Of every |
railroad car leaving New York
but mecSa sse f" Cleaning sS Which viii Be-
so thorough as to rid them Of all In
sects: will be all that Is asked Tor al
ing was with Surgeon General Blue,
who has been In the hospital, ana
has hitherto taken no active part In
the infantile paralysis work, with Dr.
surgeon X ssnsr: w ana h pr Ss' smp
son, assistant surgeon general.
DR.. Fuckers Report.
DR.. Rucker went over with these
associates all the work the Public
Health Service has done SO far ana
made recommendations a. to further
efforts.
This work." DR.. Rucker said. "di-
vides itself into two parts-those
things done In cooperation with the
health authorities in New York. and
those things done directly by the
Public Health Service to prevent the
Interstate spread Of the disease.
Under the first head our nrst step
will be to undertake scientific re-
will include field Investigation. both
in New York and at outside points.
This line OF inquiry will deal with
large groups Of carriers.
in the Individual distribution OF the
disease. by laboratory and field study.
That That is we will study Individual car
"This latter study will be made par
ticularly to determine two things
how long q contact is infective, and
how long an infected case is infec-
This means that we desire to fnd out
how long a carrier who comes In con-
tact with a case is likely to infect others,
and in respect to those who have had
tho disease. how long they will be car
riers.
"In the study OF the spread Of the
disease we will study vermin and house,
hold pets. and discharges Of patients and
carriers"
Interstate Plans.
DR.. Rucker said that. In regard to in
terstate work. nothing definite could be
said now. as several different plans are
being considered. These will be taken
up at a meeting. probably at II o'clock
tomorrow. of the general board Of the
Public Health Service.
This board will make its recommended
ton to the Secretary OF the Treasury.
1t is understood the recommendations
will include two important points.
one Is some system nnn ny
| OF New York will be reported to health
officers at the place they are going. The
other Is the thorough mechanical clean
ing Of cars of all railroads running out
OF New York.
those exposed to the disease also Will
"Our Definite problem In. relation to
| the prevention OF the spread Of the dis
ease outside OF New York is that Of the
carriers" said DR.. Rucker.
Plan to Ship Monkeys.
Efforts are being made today to ar
range for the shipment north of some
monkeys in Savannah, Ga. Tho rest
OF the country is being secured for
monkeys" DR.. Rucker said, for use
both OF the expert psychologists Of the
Public Health Service and of the Rock
Teller Commission. which 10 studying
tho disease.
Though permission has been granted
by the Secretary OF Agriculture to
bring in monkeys from the Philippines.
where the kind that are wanted are TO
be found. It will be more>than a month
before these can be had. Panama also
has been asked TO supply monkeys for
experiment purposes.
Reports asked for from State health
officers and from public health service
agents are coming In rapidly. and q
wide area Of the country already has
These reports showed cases a. fol-
lows:
Louisiana-One in May. two In July
in New Orleans: elsewhere in the State.
three in May and four in June.
Illinois-Four In Chicago, two In
Standard. and three others In the State
Ro;Iroodc to Coonar.ta
Illinois further reported that trans
portation lines running from New York
had agreed to cooperate in an effort to
keep cars clean and to watch suspected
carriers.
Later a telegram was received saying
that two cases OF the scourge have de-
veloped within the last few days at
Blue island. Ill.
Ohio-Thirty-one cases from January
l to May 81: four in June. These were
in Cleveland. Columbus. and Toledo.
New York State-Twenty-four ir
the cases in New York State are
Pennsylvania Philadelphia. two
Pittsburgh. one.
New Jersey-Trenton. four cases ir
June; fourteen In July.
Arizona. one case.
Iowa,-Several isolated cases,
California. one case in San Francisco.
Connecticut, three cases. One each ir
Bridgeport. Stamford. and New Haven
Recent death in Stonington. Hundreds
OF refugees from New York are beinl
closely watched for evidence of the
disease.
Indiana Is taking special precaution.
. and no cases have been reported there
yet.
Baltimore, one death at Johns Hop
kins University Hospital. one suspected
case In Anne Arundel county.
Michigan, twenty-one cases from sew
enteen counties since January ]. In De-
troit. four deaths and three other cases
since June l.
Ten Cases in Minnesota.
Minnesota, ten cases in 1915.
Mississippi, twenty-five cases.
Cincinnati. one case in March.
One case in Oregon in May.
Two cases In Bristol X. J., ont
death.
Two cases at Newport, r. ].
One case South Dakota In juno.
II Virginia, one case at Luray. ont
, case near Ceres.
Wisconsin. four cases at West Bend
: two at Manasha since July i; MINI
cases in June.
,, Two cases in Little Rock county. Ar
! kansas.
B Massa chuseets four cases in July