New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24

seventy pounds, and that rule alone
would disoualify any Of the children
at Willard Parker. We have drawn
blood from no persons who have been
patients during this epidemic. Several
convalescent adults have offered their
blood. but their offers have not been
accepted. | might further state that
we do not draw blood from minors
without obtaining the legal consent OF
their parents or guardians"
Commissioner Emerson was not in
clined Yesterday to be alarmed over
the increase in the number Of new
cases and deaths. Despite the larger
figures. he reiterated his belief that
the epidemic is dying out.
Daily Average Decreases.
"Tbe daily average of cases last
week" he said. twas 1874. For the
first two DAYS of this week the aver
age was los. and for the first three
DAYS ia. This would certainly indi--
cate a falling off. and may be regarded
as sustaining our conviction that the
endemic is burning itself out. Our
charts show a decrease from 1.2lO
cases for the week ending on August
u. when the epidemic reached its
crest. to 912 cases and 2S6 deaths last
week"
Physicians of the Department of
Health and the United States Public
Health Service were greatly interested
Yesterday in reports from PhiIadeipnla
that DR.. George Dixon, head OF the
Pennsylvania Health Department, had
succeeded in inoculating MONKEY
with infantile paralysis by means OF
germs found on common house ny.
Dispatches quoted DR.. Dixon as saying
that the monkey developed very
pronounced paralysis, and that virus
obtained from the animal Will be used
TO inoculate another monkey. II the
second animal contracts the disease
it will be regarded as strongly indlca-
tory, at least, that the fly is a car
rier of the germs Of pollomyeiltls.
"If the observations reported are
confirmed" said Commissioner Emer-
son. ait will prove a new point IN the
theory of the transmission OF the dis-
ease. and will definitely involve the
house fv as a means of carrying 1t.
School Opening Postponed.
Commissioner Emerson asserted that
there is no likelihood of the public
schools being permitted to open before
September rs, at the earliest. The
Commissioner and William G. Wilcox,
president Of the Board OF Education,
have also agreed to postpone the
registration days from September 6, Z
and s TO September 20, 81 and %.
The Department of Health issued
figures yesterday showing that of the
GAS families in which the first 1000
cases of the disease appeared, only
/ POT, or 336 per cent, had more than
one case. Two cases were found IN
each Of 205 families. three cases IN
| each Of twenty families, four cases In
/ one family and five cases in one lam
( lily.
In the Borough of Richmond IA of
| the families affected have had more
I than one case, in Queens Al per cent,
| in The Bronx IA per cent, in Brooklyn
| 3.4S per cent and in Manhattan 1.3
per cent. These figures seem TO indi-
cate. it was pointed out, that the per
centage of secondary cases is smaller
in those sections Of the city which are
most densely populated.
at is very probable" said Commits
sioner Emerson, that if cases of mild
illness i'm families where paralysis out
breaks later occurred had been fol-
lowed by laboratory study of the spinal
fluid many more secondary cases
might have been discovered"
Brace Fund Growing.
The fund to provide braces for chill
dren crippled during the present cpl
demic reached S16,105.6S yesterday,
when contributions totalling $l,12775
were received. Among the contributors
were Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, $3.50;
II. w. F.. $3.50; Mr.. and Mrs. W. Willis
Reese, $3.50; Mrs. J. B. Swami, $50;
Mr. and Mrs Charles c. Burlinghame,
$50; Mrs Samuel Hof, $50.
A new record for cases in New York
state outside the greater city was es-
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