New-York tribune., 1916-07-12
Children's Society Withdraws.

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Children's Society Withdraws.
Ernest K Coulter. superintendent Of
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, yesterday notified
Leon G. Cooley, acting Police Commits
sioner, that owing to an order issued by
the Commissioner of Health the So
ciety will not take charge of children
under sixteen years of age who are ar
rested. This developed a serious prob
lem for the Police Department, mas
much as the inferior courts act speciii-
cally provides that such children shall
be sent to the society's rooms if they
are arrested during the hours that the
childrens' courts are not open.
Mr.. Cooley Immediately ordered Max
Schmittberger, chief inspector of the
department, to take the question up
with Mr.. Coulter and endeavor to make
some arrangements for the care of the
children, as il is not possible under the
/ law for them to be locked in cells at
the police stations. If no plan can be
/ developed, it is probable that the police
I will have TO release many children on
! their own recognizance and put the
! others in the care of police matrons at
, the various stations.
Commissioner Cooley called the po-
lice captains Of the city into conference
yesterday at noon and instructed them
! 10 redodble their efforts 70 see that
their precincts are kept clean and that
all possible breeding places for paraly.
sis germs are destroyed or disin-
fected. They were also ordered TO dis
perse all gatherings of children, and
with the members of the Home De-
fence League, to note particularly
whether children are being permitted
to attend moving picture shows anC
report violations of the orders Of the
Health Department in this respect to
the Commissioner of Licenses.
Work along the same lines was begur
in the Fire Department yesterday, wher
Commissioner Robert Adamson ISSUED
a general order instructing the mem
bers of the departments medical stat
; to visit the firehouses and acquaint tn,
fremen with the measures that shoul'
be taken to prevent the spread OF th'
. disease. At the Department OF Stree
Cleaning Commissioner John I. Fether
ston said the streets of New York ar
cleaner now than they have been II
many months.
Every man in the department hai
entered vigorously into the cleanup
never seen the streets of the East Side
so clean as they are now. The people
down there are beginning to learn thei
lesson, and there is a marked lessenlni
of the practice of throwing garbage ant
refuse out of windows. II persists il
some quarters, however, and to-day w
were compelled TO clean Allen Stree
seven times. The street cleaners were
out all night Monday, and almost TO ;
man they have volunteered TO give ul
their vacations, at least until the epi
demic is under control
Hospitals Eager to Help.
Dr.. Charles F. Bolduan. of tn,
Bureau of Public Health Education
said yesterday that the Department o
Health is receiving every day offers O.
beds from private hospitals should thu
city hospitals prove insufficient 70 hole
the victims of the disease. These hos
pitals, which have offered a total o.
$50 beds. are the New York Nose
Throat and Lung Hospital, the Babies
Hospital, Lebanon, Methodist Episcopal
Presbyterian. st. Francis. German. ST
Vincent, Orthopedic, Mt. Sinai, Ions
Island, and the charity hospital.
Greenpoint, Kings County, the City ant
METROPOLITAN on Blackwel's Island
and Swinburne Island. There are few
cases at present in these institutions
with the exception of Swinburne Isl
and, where the Staten Island victim!
have been taken Most of the case!
are row at the Kingston Avenue Hos
pital, the Willard Parker and th'
Riverside.
AT the Kingston Avenue institution
DR.. Bolduan said. force of Is doctor:
and 90 nurses are working, with 8 am
balances; at Willard Parker are II
doctors. 100 nurses and ambulances
and in Brooklyn a field force Of "a doc
tors and 40 nurses are handling the
calls. The l55 cases reported in Brook
lyn yesterday were culled from 260 re-
ports Of suspects sent TO the Depart
mont Of Health.
Dr.. Lucius T. Brown, head of IN,
Bureau of Food and Drugs, said that
his sixty-fve inspectors are making
good progress in their work inspecting
soda stands, stores and various places