Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-10
EPIDEMIC CAUSES
19 MORE DEATHS
Total Fatalities From Infantile
Paralysis in New York
Now 224.
EIGHTY-EIGHT NEW CASES
Several New Jersey Towns to
Prohibit Nonresident Chill
dren From Entering.
NEW CASES

NEW YORK. July ?.-Ninctccn more
deaths from infantilc paralysis in New
York City for the twenty-four hours
ending at 10 o'clock this morning were
reported by the department of health
tonight. making the total fatalities
224 since the epidemic started Eighty
eight new cases were reported to-day,
against ninety-fvc the day before
The total number of cases now has
reached $50. The mortality rate is still
about 90 per cent.
Several New Jersey towns have
served notice that nonresident chill
dren under sixteen will not be per-
mitted to enter.
UNITE IN EFFORTS
TO PREVENT SPREAD
Federal and city health authorities
here are uniting their efforts to pre-
vent the spread OF the disease to out
lying districts. and, 1t was said, are
urging the railroads to cooperate.
DR.. Haven Emerson. health commits
sioner. announced that offers of ac-
commodations i'm ten private hospitals
have been accepted. and. beginning this
week. volunteer relief stations. with
nurses in charge. and will be opened all
over the city.
Every street will be cleaned each
night. In the churches to-day pastors
read from the pulpits bulletins advs>
ing parents how to guard their chill
drcm against the disease.
MATS ouT COURSE
TO FIGHT SCOURGE
WASHlNGTON. July 9.-Dr. William
raj
United States Public Health Service
returned from New York City to-day
and laid before Surgeon-General Rupert
Blue and other officials his report on
the infantile paralysis epidemic in the
great city.
Dr. Rucker went to New York with
six other Health Service experts to CO.
operate with the New York health au-
thorities in lighting the dieases.
With Commissioner Emerson and
others, he mapped out the course tho
Public Health Service will take in its
effort to help check the epidemic in
New York and prevent its spread to
other States
Two of the most comprehensive steps
recommended by DIR. Ruckcr. which will
be laid before the general board of the
Public Health Service tomorrow. are
the plans for study of each individuai
person suspected of being Il carrier. and
that for the thorough cleaning of every
railroad car leaving New York.
Later these care may be disinfccted,
but mechanical cleaning. which will be
so thorough as to rid them of all in
sccts, will hc all that is asked for at
this time.
DIR. Fuckers conference this morn
ing was with Surgeon General Blue,
who has been in the hospital. and has
hitherto taken no active part i'll the
infantilc paralysis work, with DR.. 4. II.
Glennan. who has been acting surgeon
general. and DIR. W. G. Simpson, as
sistant surgeon-gencral.
GOES OVER ALL WORK
HEALTH SERVICE HAS DONE
DIR. Ruckcr went over with these
associates all the work the Public
Health Service has done SO far. and
made recommendations AS to further
efforts.
This work." DIR. Rucker said, "di
vides itself into two parts-thosc
things done in cooperation with the
health authorities in New York and
those things done directly by the Pub
lie Health Service to prevent the inter-
state spread Of the disease.
will be to undertake scientific re-
search into the carrier problem This
will include field investigation. both in
New York and at outside points. This
line of inquiry will deal with large
groups of carriers
I'VE also will consider the factors in
the individual distribution Of the
disease. by laboratory and field study.
That is. we will study individual car
riers.
This latter study will be made par
ticularly to determine two things
how long contact is infectivc. and
how long an infected ease is infcc-
tive.
This means that we desire to find
out how long II carriel-who comes into
contact with Il ease is likely 10 infect
others, and in respect TO those who
have had the disease, how long they
| will be carriers.
in the study of the spread of the
| disease we will study vcrmin and
household pets. and discharges Of pa
ticnts and carriers"
DIFFERENT PLANS
BEING CONSIDERED
Dr. Rucker said that, in regard to
interstate work, nothing definite could
be said now, as several different plans
arc being considered. These will be
taken up at IL meeting. probably at
IL o'clock tomorrow. of the general
board Of the Public Health Service.
This board will make its rccommcn-
dation to the Secretary of the Treas
ury. II is understood the recommcn-
dations will include two important
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