Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-11
COLCHESTER CHILD DIES
 FROM INFANTILE PARALYSIS Harold Posner Succurbs to Dread Characterization Case Reported.

Disease-Another Case Reported.
 Harold Posner. the Colchester child brought here some days ago suffering from infantiIe paralysis, is dead. The child was paralyized in both lower limbs and from the first it's condition was serious.
 Thursday another case was reported ir Colchester. The victim is an months old child. The attending phy- Thursday night that he had been given permission to bring the child to the BaCllus Hospital, but that he had not heard from the parents of the child brought here. The baby came to Colchester from New York.
 No More Certificates Here.
 Thursday City Health Officer Ed ward J. BrOphy said he would not is sue any more certificates to enable Norwich children to visit in cities, towns or places where there is in fantiie paralysis.
 The health officer says it is Q very easy matter for children here to vi35it in some other locality where the dis ease is epidemic and then return 10 this city and bring the disease with them. It is the intention of Dr. BrO- phy to keep the child paralysis out of Norwich if it lies within his power. a wish to visit where no case of the paralysis has been reported.
 The local situation remains un- changed.
 New London is to adopt still more stringent measures for the exclusion a safeSuard during the infantile par alysis epidemic. These measures will be aimed at keeping out of New Lon dOn children from the surrounding places.
 It is intended to follow the exam pie of Greenwich, this state, to make the entrance of children into the city against the orders of the health off Ger a nisdemeanOr and punishable by law. Health Officer Edwin c. Chip man has learned that people from Colchester and other places in this section, becoming frightened at the situation in those places, are seeking admission into New London. During the past two or three days the health officer received applications from peO- pie with small children to be allowed to come to New London to stay. The requests were denied and 1t is in tended if the orders are diSregarded, as has been intimated might be, the ease, to have the offenders punished by law. With this end in view, the local health department is securing a copy of the TegulaU tons in force in Greenwich in connection with the ezz- ciusion Of children.
 The situation in New London cOun- ty is considered quite serious despite the strenuous efforts of the health authorities and the stringent embar- go which has been in force. The embargo has done much to prevent a general epidemic but it has been wea akennd by the lack of cOOperatfOn on the part of Colchester, North Ston- ingtOn and Chesterfield in the precau- tjOnaTy measures when first adopted. The failure on the part of Colchester to adopt the exclusion regulations has permitted many children to enter the county from the north, rendering the precautions of the southern sec tiOn useless to a large extent.
 Wednesday Harry BaslaW, two years old, was stricken by the disease in Salem. where he arrived four weeks ago from New York and the child was admitted to the contagion ward of Memorial hospital Wednesday night The child developed the disease in Q few hours.
 Mrs. Frank Rosa and two children who moved to John street, New Lon don. from St. Louis. Thursday, were quarantined by the health department as a precautionary measure against possible irfantile paralysis. Mrs Ro- sa and two children were in the in fectGd district of New York for a day en route to New London. and exposed
 
 is was deemed advisable to place them under quarantine for the usual three weeks.
 A woman and two children came to New London on the 1-14 express from New Haven Thursday. The two chill dren were held up by Inspector Frank SaVa @e and the woman claimed that she had been staying in the Elm city a month and displayed health certi- ftCate- Her statement was corrobor- ated by telephone by the New Haven health authorities and the party was permitted to enter the city.
 Owing to prevalence of infantile paralysis the health authorities in St0nirgtOn on Thursday issued orders forbiddtng all children under Is years of age from entering the place from any locality excepting the towns of North Stonington, GrotOn and West erIy.
 It would be a very difficult matter and probably would not accomplish anything, if an effort were made to keep out the children of the town of Gloton. just across the bridge on the to keep out the children of Westerly just across the bridge from Pawca- tuck. For this reason and because there are no cases of infantile par alysis in any of them, the bordering towns are excepted from the quaran- tine.
 Dr. Congdon intends to see that these restrictions as regard other places are compiled with. A heavy penalty will accompany the non-ob- servance of the quarantine. Children coming into town must present sat- isfaCtory recommendations as to their health. as to the district they came from. etc, the principal object of the quarantine being to keep out children from New York city and other places where the Taralysis is quite prevalent.
 Cecelia-Oh, this is so sudden, MT. Jones!
 MT. J.-Sudden? After eight dances and a joy ride? It's slow for mel Life.