The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-27

here.
 "As long as there is any danger" said Dr. Sophian this afternoon, Eve shall enforce regulations for the pro- lection of the community" As the con. gregation of children, while the epi- demic is raging, is contrary to the recommendations of the Bridgeport board of health, the board will dis courage gathering of children until all peril has passed.
 'It is hard to tell, just now, what will happen" said the expert. ''The epidemic got such an early start that we are hopeful it may die out by the first days of September. From the history of epidemics, however, this seems unlikely.
 While there is any poliomyelitis around here, the general safeguards for health will be insisted upon by the department. It may be necessary to postpone the opening of schoois about three weeks"
 An important development in the situation here today. which will have an effect permanently, was the .an- nouncement of Dr. Sophian that here after the health department will check up every death. in the city for the purpose of confirming or disprov- ing the physicians record on the death certificate.
 '"The only purpose of Q death cer- tificate is to certify that a person came to his death by a certain means. We shall check up every physicians report on a death."
 The importance of this may be judged from the fact that there has -neVtrss been any check |, before on death certificates. The attending physician's signed statement has been accepted.
 Dr. Sophian was greatly surprised when he learned that deaths and their causes have not been reported to the health department. He got busy immediately to find. out the reason why. He learned that vital sta- tistics are recordedat the town clerks office. Inspector c. Howard Dunbar told him the health department didn't get them until the end of every month when they were sent for. At the town clerks office this morning 1t was said a. report is made the health depart ment every week.
 The expert learned that state law requires filing vital statistics in the town clerks office and that an effort for the transfer was defeated in the last session of the Legislature, After conferences with Mayor Wilson and others, he announced this morning that daily report will be received al the health department of deaths and their reported causes and each one will be checked up. "They really should come here." he said. we should have a report of every case. It is . poor method to know that a child has been i'll, but not to know of its death"
 Suspicion that some physicians oi the city have not been reporting con- tagious diseases as required by law and the possibility that some are con- cealine suspected paralysis cases. fear ing treatment of such patients may tn- jure their practice in other lines. re- suited today in decision to bring of lenders to account. When report o1 concealment is received at the health department, the following will be
 
 mailed the physician:
 "It Is reported that (patient's
 name) suffering from (name Of
 disease) was under your care for
 (time). No report was made to
 the health department of this con-
 tagious disease. Penal codc reads:
 "'The following diseases arc
 hereby declared to be dangerous
 met hn
 reported to the health officer:
 Scarlet fever. small pox, diphthe- ria, membranous creup, typhoid fever, typhus fever, Asiatic chol-
 era, yellow fever, cerebro spinal
 fever, measles, chicken pox. erysip-
 elas, whooping cough, pulmonary
 tuberculosis and infantile paraly-F
 sis.'
 "This department desires fur
 ther information from you to ex-
 plain delay in prempt report or
 this ease,
 ''Very truly yours.
 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
 One new case of poliemyelitis was reported today. that of Andre Sequin aged 12, son of Eugene G. LePienIne seouin. a former French Army off cer. new employed as chemist.
 The Seauin child was removed to Hillside ,heme yesterday afternoon af- ter examination by Dr. Sophian and President F. W. Stevens of the health board.
 Dr. c. N. Haskell of the Medical se- ciety diagnostic board reported this afternoon that he had examined six weeks old child in a family named Leary at 1887 State street and the case loked suspiciously like poliomye- litis. pr. H. LeBaron Peters attempt ed to obtain some spinal fluid for a test but was unsuccessful owing to the youth of the child. Another at tempt will be made tomorrow.
 Dr. W. H. Curley reported a case, tubercular meningitis, in a child of five months at 35 West ave- nue. The baby was removed to Hill side home for observation, It had rid- den from the West and the long train journey is believed to have made it Ill
 A death certificate filed in the town clerks office today shows that Jaeh.