Arizona republican., 1916-07-08
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NEW YORK, July Health au-
thorities OF New York decided late
tonight to abandon for the present at
least, 4 plan decided upon in the
afternoon, to appeal to the American
Red Cross for nurses to aid in
stamping out the scourge of infantile
paralysis in this city which since
June !, has caused 1876 deaths among
children. Health Commissioner En-
erson said he was now Of the opinion
it would not be necessary to ask for
outside aid as the hospitals Of this
city have agreed to extend their help
more freely
/ The call for help was sent out after
/ a day devoted by health authorities
and the most prominent physicians Of
/ the greater city to a discussion of
means by which the spread of the
disease can be checked. Some en-
couragement was found in the fact
that fewer new cases We're reported
today than on Thursday and We'd
nesday.
Dr. Emerson declared that one of
the steps he had decided upon was
the prosecution of persons who have
failed to report cases of the disease
they have attended
Another serious phase of the sit
uation was reparted today by the as
sociation for improving the condition
Of the poor. which has found that in
the congested districts of the city
frightened mothers have interned
their children in their tenement
houses, in many instances with win
dows closed. Such action. it was
pointed out. is likely TO have serious
effects not only or the children ~
on adults as well.
Childrens reading rooms in the
public libraries have been ordered
closed as precautionary measure
= and the order barring children from
the moving picture theaters viii not
8 be modified until conditions improve
: Fairgrounds in various parts of the
e city were ordered closed earlier in
the day
Additional assurances We're given
2 today by the United States public
z health service that every possible aid
e would be given the municipal author
: tiles in carrying on their work. Six
J officers already have been assigncS
] to the task Of tracing germ carriers
Y Secretary of the Treasury McAdoc
{ Informed Mayor Mitchell today that
e after a conference with Secretary o.
; Agricultural Houston. the latter hat
. agreed to do everything in his power
0 to facilitate the entry into the coun-
c try of shipment of monkeys from tn,
= Philippine islands, which are urgentl,
h needed for research work in connec
d tion with infantile paralysis.
j. Fresh air work for the children 0
g the city. il was said today. was bein!
T. done on the close cooperation witt
J. the city and state health department
Before children are sent to the coun
Il try they are carefully examined h,
d two physicians and regular visits ar
C made by doctors and nurses to fresl
air homes.
Inspectors who are at work in al
five boroughs Of the greater city de
clare that never in their experienc
have they found such sincere effort
- Hi'uc III tIe HoiileS OF lHe poor
'e follow the instructions of the hellt
department.
% Mothers were told to have the
:. children get as much fresh air a
- possible but to keep them away fror
other children.
DR. Emerson frankly admitted tha
~ his department had been unable {
determine the actual cause of th
- epidemic. All theories which previ
- ously had been held, apparently hay
been disproved he said Proper isC
lation seems to be the only hope
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