New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-30
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
IN ALL BOROUGHS

tients have left the hospitals to date
6 from the Queens borough Hospital, 80
from Riverside, 90 from Kingston Ave
nue. and 3I7 from Willard Parker.
Response to the numerous appeals
sent out by the Department OF Health
and various hospitals for former pa
ralysis patients to give their blood Tor
the preparation of immune serum has
been disappointing thus far, and only
a very small portion of the quantity OF
blood needed has been obtained: To,
further facilitate the work the citizens
committee. headed by Lewis l.. Della
field. jr.. Yesterday sent out letter
10 physicians and heads of hospitals
throughout the city urging them to CO
operate in the task.
Need Of Blood Is Great.
$50 great is the need for the blood,
said Mr.. Delafeld. chat the citizens
committee is willing TO pay, not eN-
ceeding IS in any case, for the expenses
and as compensation for loss OF time
TO persons who will give blood. lhese
payments are 10 be made IN deserving
cases on recommendation Of the Board
Of Health, and apply 20 all VINO nave
had the disease. In any case the com
mittee will provide automobiles to take
the former patient TO \ hospital where
blood may be drawn"
Tn. committee and the Department
of Health have already MADE appoint
ments with eight or nine former pa
tients to take them in automool!es 10
hospitals. No blood was obtained yes
terday by either Bellevue Hospital or
the State Department Of Health, which
has equipped a station at the Volunteer
Al the Brooklyn office of the Health
DEPARTMENT, DR.. Samuel Parnass OBJ
tained eight ounces from two persons,
one of whom was James Dunno, ten
wears old, Of 1914 Eighth Avenue,
BROOKLYN. The other was man thir-
weight years old, who refused TO give
his name. He gave six ounces and
the Dunno boy two.
DR.. Abraham Zingher obtained six
teen ounces OF blood at the Willard
Parker Hospital from Alexander kno-
bel, thirtv-four years old; elghI
ounces from woman thlrty-three
years old. and ten ounces from man
from Louisville, Ky.
Contributions amounting to s744 were
received yesterday by the Department
of Health for the Fund to Purchase
Braces for Crippled Children. Among
the contributors were Miss Ethel Baer
and Bernice, 500; Mrs. W. p. Hamll-
ton, 5000; Frank II. Henry, Mrs. ). H.
Foster, Mrs. Morton L. Tearey, Eliza
beth L. Goodwin, Friday Afternoon sew
ing Circle and Henry W, Guernsey, go
each, and Mrs. Fitch W. Smith, SZ"
The fund now totals sl9,669.49.
DR.. Charles +. Banks, senior surgeon
vice, said yesterday that he 6elleves
the government physicians will have
completed their work in New YORK by
September Is and will be able to leave
By that time DR.. Banks expects the
cases TO be down to about ten day, a
figure which. while not normal, is prac-
tically negligible.
More Cases Outside City.
Seventy-fve new cases of paralysis
were reported yesterday in the state
outside of New York City. Since the
epidemic began there have been 1871
cases and 211 deaths reported to the
state health authorities. Many of the
cases reported yesterday, health on
cials said, were from Long Island
towns and should have been reported
Monday. The cases listed yesterday
are: Four in Yonkers; three each in
New Rochelle and Patchogue; two each
in Lynbrook, White Plains, Troy and
Utica; one each in Eatontown, Skan-
eateles, Mexico, Southfield, Mamaron-
eek. Fulton, Croghan, Fultopyille, New
York Mills, Windham, Ossining, Wins,
Ithaca, Fonda, Summit, Staatsburgh,
East Norwich, Oyster Bay, Great Neck,
Munson, Huntington, East Northport,
Shoreham, Southold. Good Ground,
Babylon, Farmingdale, Oneida and
Gouverneur, Brookhaven, Copaigue,
Sayville, Lawrence, Hicksville, Hemp
stead, East Hampstead, Sea Cliff. Val
lev Stream, Locust Valley, Little Falls,
De Ruyter, Mohawk, Peekskill. North
Tarrytown, Johnstown, Fayetteville,
Randall, Canajoharie, Central Square
and Whitesboro.
One hundred and thirteen new cases
were reported in New Jersey yesterday,
including forty-three from Newark and
seven from Atlantic City which were
not listed in Mondays reports. The
other new cases are: Six in West
Orange, five in Orange, four each in
Jersey City and Kearny, three each in
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