Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21

l To it's growing list of Infantile par 1 aIysis cases, Colchester added another
 on Sunday, bringing the total from 1 that town six today, three of whom 1 have died. This case came in in the i morning and at 10 o'clock at night an i other paralysis victim, this time an l8 ! months girl from Brooklyn. Six cases ] are now occupying different rooms in the isolation building at the hospital and while the two Ch@%oren brought in on Sunday are considered both to he in q serious condition the four Oth CT little patients are doing very wei and improvement can be noted in all The new Colchester case is that of a i've year girl, MOllie Herman, and i on notification by Dr. Rowland, the hospital ambulance was sent up into inc country and returned with the | child Sunday morning at Il o'ctocN and Sunday night at the hospital It was stated that she was na very Se- riOus condition.
 eases in Colchester. and the severe tvDe of infection which some oL them have manifested it is evident that that town presents one of the pressing health problems of eastern Co!lL9c .5 5lct. tL | And while that Colchester failed to e-l in line with the ri@ld rules or
 5isease from invading this sectieE1, and which has }.oi->--t so etHiIIl S'.Jts from invading this section, and which has worked so admirably in N0fWlch and other towns, it is only IaIr I0 say that Colchester has awakened to Cle acute stage of affairs and that llle proper hygieniC measures seem 10 pc being enforced there now. The fact that from the colony ot children above FitChVille from when 2 raraIvtic child was taken somewhat over two weeks ago there mas s'5en no sign of the spread oI the In1eclon is gratifying ta Health O1C6r Abel who has been keeping d strict eye on conditions in his town and cOOperat- ing to his utmost with the other heaILh officers of the county.
 Dr. BrODhy had nothing to report of this city Sunday night that was at all unsatisfactory. The healJh guards remain at their stations doing effective work and as another Weeh begtns every effort will be made to
 follow the program that has been laid down to keep Norwich free rom Warming that the infantiIe paralysis epidemic may appear next summer unless drastic measures are taken 10 control it's course, was given to the national conference of public health officers by the special committee named to recommend ways mad means for it's suppression.
 The committee recommended tnat
 
 uniform health certificates of the re- moval of all children under l6 years | of age from epidemic areas The quar- ] autining of one state or community l against another was diSapprOVed. | The committee recommended that l during the unusual prevalence of in fantile paralysis schools should 0 go, i opened without medical suQerVI 9SksL JJ" | a health authority.
 When schools are opened the ! El-1 lng rTf07N F4T l should be made with high schools, pro- i ceeGiug to lower age groups no more i rapidly than complete medical exam l nations can be made.
 Certificates r3r interstate travel, the ] committee held, should be SIgned by | federal or state health officers. i "Certificates of private physicians | will not alone be a sufficient basis for the issue of a permit to travel" the i report said.
 ] Permits for interstate travel should 1 be based on medical examination. Ii i is believed that the federal govern l ment can perform all the duties O+ ] notification and CeTtifICaLlOn required | in interstate relations in case of uS- l usual prevalence of infantiIe paraly- ! sis"
 ! Regarding measures to deal with ep- l idemics, the report recommended: Immediate report of au cases and ! exchange of weekly reports between | state ard federal authorities.
 i Daily observations for two weeks Ot 1 all children under 16 years cid leaving ] an infected district.
 Isolation of all diseased persons and i attendants for six weeks.
 II Hospital treatment, when possible II Private funerals for victims.
 Prohibition of assemblies of children in public places during an epidemic. II Suppression of lilies and the common drinking cup and q general educational
 
 tiOn, with particular instructions of ! parents and children concerning per
 sonaI hygiene, especially of the mouth ] and nose
 Eighteen new cases of infantne pa ! raIysis were reported to the state ] health board Saturday from various i local health officers throughout the