New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-11
Find Children Forced Out
of Country Spread Dis
ease Returning Here.
SLIGHT DECREASE
IN CASES REPORTED
parochial and Private School
Opening Dates To Be Changed
Capital Conference Called.

The United States Public Health Ser
vice Yesterday joined with the city
Health Department 70 meet new men
ace in the spread Of infantile paralysis.
There have been cases in which chill
sren from New York were taken i'll
with the disease while visiting in the
country. Some Of these. with their
narents have been turned out of hotels
or boarding houses and forced to re-
turn 10 New York, travelling on rail-
roads or steamboats,. Eventually the
cases have been brought to the notice
Of the Health Department.
Department officials asked the Fed
eral health service 70 give all the aid
i, could in stopping this means Of
spreading .he disease. Most of these
sick children have been brought to the
city from places in New York State.
over intrastate travel the Federal SER
vice has no jurisdiction. but orders
were issued yesterday to the West
Shore and New York. Ontario & West
ern railroads 70 re 70 carry chill
dren apparently i'll. These roads pass
through New Jersey in reaching New
York State points.
Baby Turned Out at Night.
A case where a sick child was turned
out Of boarding house in FallsbuTg,
Sullivan County, at 4 o'clock one morn
ing is described as Outrageous" by
Dr. Haven Emerson, Health Commits
sioner. This girl was bro-ght to New
York by train and carried to Willard
Parker Hospital. where she died few
hours later The Health Department
as a result Of Investigations, unearthed
the history Of the case yesterday.
Paralysis victims requiring after care
will be permitted 20 come to New YORK.
but not until at least one month after
the onset Of the disease, and then rot
by train or steamboat.
One hundred and seventy-fve new
cases Of infantile paralysis were re-
ported 10 the Health Department yes
terday, a decrease Of eight from the
Wednesday figure Brooklyn had 50
cases, Manhattan "a, Queens 80, The
Bronx II and Richmond 3.
While the decrease was too small 20
be considered significant, it was hoped
that marked slackening in the cpl
denies spread would be revealed in
tO-day's report-a hope based on the
comparatively small number of sus-
pected cases awaiting diagnosis yes
terday. The cool weather, il was said,
would not only help TO check the dis
ease. but would also lower the high
mortality figure. Thirty-eight deaths
we're reported yesterday.
All Schools to Open Late.
Parochial and private schools, as well
as the public schools, are TO remain
closed until danger to pupils from the
disease is over. The Rev. Joseph f
Smith. acting superintendent Of the
parochial schools, said yesterday every
wish Of the Health Department would
be observed, and that the 100000 pu-
pills would not be permitted back until
the public schools were reopened.
Commissioner Emerson S@lh ItotSi
day he expected the private schools to
remain closed without dictation from
the department. If attempts were
made to reopen them before it was
thought best by the health authorities,
summary orders for them to close
would be issued, he said.
Senior Surgeon Charles +. Banks
and DR.. c. H. Lavinder, of the United
States Public Health Service, were
summoned 20 Washington yesterday by
Surgeon General Rupert Blue for a
conference % the epidemic situation.
Housed toulouse Canvass On.
The house-to-house canvass to seek
cases Of the disease was begun yester-
day In Manhattan and Brooklyn. Only
q few nurses were sent out yesterday.
They Will fiji out cards giving a report
ON each family, the number Of children,
the number of pets, whether there are
ycrmin on the premises and general
report on the sanitation Of the home.
Within a few days several thousand
persons will be at work in this inspec-
ton campaign, in which charitable
organizations and the Prudential, Met
ropolitan and John Hancock life in
surance companies are cooperating. 1t