The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-03
SUSPECTED CASE ON
SOUTH FOURTH Street
Little Boy Affected With Disease
Showing Some Symptoms of
Infantile Paralysis.
MAY FORM SPECIAL STAFF
Drs. Mcclure Newton and Emit
May Act in Treatment OF Disease.
State Board Finds Alexandria COun-
ty Slow in Cooperating.

The appearance yesterday of a sus-
across the street from the Jacobini
home on South Fourth Street in
which there was q case imported from
Newark, n. j., raised the fears of
DR.. E C. Levy and his staff that 1t
may be another of the virulent cpl
demic type that claimed tho Jacobini
child a victim to the disease The i'll
child is Benny Seay, eight years old,
son of J. A Seay, of 116 South Fourth
Street.
DIR. Levy investigated the case. and
while the child showed some of the
symptoms of infantile paralysis, the
health officer was inclined to the be-
lief that it was not the disease. Later
in the day DIR. Henry s.. Stern, Dr.
Levy's assistant. visited the little boy
and last night he stated that while
nothing could be stated positively
about the case. the chances were it
was not poliomyelitis.
A second suspected case was re-
ported from Church Hill, but investi-
cation promptly made disclosed the
fact that the child was suffering from
typhoid fever
May Form Special STAFF.
DIR, Levy has under consideration
the forming of a special staff for the
handling OF the dread disease. to
which he would appoint DR.. Mcclure
Newton and DR.. n. r. Emit, who
had given special study to the malady.
If anything like an outbreak of the
disease started. DR.. Levy said. he
would provide special quarters for the
patients.
DR.. Ennion G. williamA State
health officer. last night reported that
three cases of paralysis had devel-
oped In the State yesterday. one case
in Danville. one in Washington Coun-
ty. and the third in Louisa. All of
them are Of the sporadic type.
Alexandria Not Co-operattng.
Failure of cooperation on the part
of Alexandria County in enforcing the
state quarantine laws, has caused DR..
Williams to take the matter up yigor-
ously with the Board Of Supervisors
OF the county. and II better assistance
in keeping the disease out OF Virginia
is nU given by the county authori-
ties. 1t is likely that the State will
step in to enforce the rules OF the
department Alexandria County Is
just opposite Washington, and the
main automobile roads entering the
State pass through 1t, which en-
phasizes the necessity for every pre-
caution to be taken by the county to
prevent the entrance into the State Of
persons who may be Infected with
polfomyelftts This county - wealthy,
and Is well able TO maintain the neces-
sary star to enforce the quarantine,
but the Board OF Supervisors appear
not to be willing to make the appro-
priatton. and fail to realize the I'M
portance Of the law. Means to foroe
action by the county authorities will
doubtless follow a continuance Of the
present situation. All OF the other
counties on tho northern border arc
cooperating splendtdly. Or. williams
stated.
So wen are the railroads co-operaA-
ing with Ahe State Health Department
for the enforcement OF regulatio ~
that no dffIlculty has occurred In
keeping persons from entering v1r-
ginfa who are not within the guar
antine measures. A large number cf
them have come TO Virginia ports who
would not be permitted to hand, and
they hsve been returned to their