The sun., 1916-08-25
Brooklyn, four in Queens. one IN Rich


has been III, as against 1870 last week.
In lives the epidemic has cost New
YORK city LISP children. In money II al
ready has cost half q million dollars and
probably will reach double that figure.
The Depa rtment OF Health already has
expended S1Oa,lS4.72t for additional EN-
ployses. supplies and the cost OF treat
ment Of children. The cost Of treatment
OF patients In city hospitals has reached
about 500. 900. n additional sums ex-
pended by the departments OF Tenement
Inspection. Police, Street Cleaning. Fire,
Charities and others. with the expenses
Of private charities. probably will bring
the total to date well over half q million.
Private hospitals have been taking In
patients at the rate OF S1.25 q day. al
though II actually costs about 81 to care
for the children. The Federal Govern
ment has appropriated $4,000 for the
use OF the United states Public Health
Service. but senior Surgeon Charles Il.
Banks said yesterday he believed that
only about $4,000 OF this would be
spent in fighting the epidemic hero.
In several towns in Connecticut. in
Guiding Norwaik. south Norwa'k and
Fairfield. the severe quarantine reEula-
lions against travellers from New York
city have been relaxed.
Health Commissioner Emerson said
yesterday that OF the frst 1890 cases
examined only 81 we're Of persons over
Is years. or 5,942 cases In Manhattan
and Brooklyn the Health Department
figures show that only 496 children be-
affected. The disease evidently Affects
more severely the Older children, how
ever. for OF 1888 deaths In the city 204
were Of children between Q and 16.
Fond for Braces Grews.
Or Emerson also announced that the
fund to buy braces for crippled children
who have recovered from the disease
had reached the sum OF s1S.<5S.
The permanent organization NJ the
Committee on After Care OF I~nfantile
Paralysis Cases has been effected. The
officers are: Chairman. Or Thomas ].
Riley. general secretary of the Brooklyn
Bureau Of Charities: vice-chairmar.
Oliver II. Bartine. superintendent OF the
Hospital for Euptured and Crippled 4:
treasurer. James 4. Perkins. vice-presl-
dent Of the National city Bank. anil
director. Or. Donald l.. Baxter. Eastern
editor OF the Modern Hospital
Or. Riley Yesterday sent a letter 10
Mayor Mitchell telling him the commit
tee did not approve OF the suggestion
that "a colony Of convalescent poliomye-
Hts patients be established In Jacob Riis
Park or on some suburban land belong
inR TO the city. The suggestion. accord
ing 10 Mr.. Bsrtine. vlce-chairman. WAS
made by Joseph Hartigan. COMMISSIONS
OF Weights and Measures.
Greatest Need OrthopeAie.
Il am requested To reply.' said Or.
Riley In his letter. that the committee
believes that the city Of New York
should make adequate provision FOR the
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paralysis cases. whether In It's own
municipal hospitals or in private insti-
t%utions.'
lie adds that the committee believes
that the expert services OF srthopedif
physicians and massage and muscle
training by mas~-urs are needed by the
conyalescents far more than fresh air
and sunshine.
Two persons who have had ~infantil'
paralysis gave twenty ounces OF biooc
Yesterday at the willard Parker Hos
pi,al for use in the treatment OF par
alysis patients. one was Miss Hele'
Perry OF lls East Fffty-e!ghth street
/. Miss Perry gave ten ounces Of her b!oot
a week ago. but returned yesterday an
said she felt she could give more. Dr.
Abraham ZinEher extracted from he
veins nine ounces Of blood.
six persons who have had in
fantile paralysis rave forty ounces o
|, blood for the treatment OF cases. al
though the normal blood Is not believed
In the hospital to give as encouraging
results as that Of persons who have hs'
r the disease.
Citizens Commtttee Completed.
> Lewis l.. Delaaeld, Jr.. chairman o
the citizens committee organized for til,
purpose OF obtaining blood serum from
those formerly afflicted, last night mad
public the names Of the other member
! OF the committee. They are as follows
Z J Rowland Auchinc!oss. II r. Had
. don. Jr. Nicholas Kelley. +. Farra
! Bateson. Robert II. Nelson. Jarvis r
Garter. T. II. Marshall. Lawrence i
Ellimln. Gordon Auchincloss, Darrag
:. Park. Ellis W. Leavenworth. Frank
lyn W. Palmer. Jr.. Albert +. Jaecke
and Fraser Brown
, Appeals IN the form Of letters TO PEI
l sons known to have had infantiie par
!, aiysis will lie sent out to-day. TheS
letters will explain that their blood ma
|. be the means of saving lives or prev-H'
ing children from becoming crippled ("
lte. II = explained that the method %
I obtaining blood. which IL practical
= painless, Is ~ insert a hollow needle int
= tho arm at the elbow. The places ~ COZ
> lection Of blood are Willard Parker Hos
I rital, sixteenth street and the Eas
1 River. where Dr, Abraham Zingher wi
r h. from ? until 4 and on Saturdays fror
. until IL. and the Brooklyn office OF tn
, Health Department. al Flathush avenu
1 and Fleet street. where Or, Samuel Far
I nasse will be every day from . until
:. O'Clock
Those who canno come for any rea
z son may telephone Dr. John :. Billings
Deputy COMMISSIONS o! Health. Mt 10
Centre street. and he will send phi,
siCians to the homes ~ the volunteers.
A. n meeting OF the house TO ho,t'
, committee. which has supervision Of IN
visiting nurses. II was announced yestei
y day that thlr,y-two nurses, who's
u services were contributed to the Healt
d, Department by charitable organization
= had VISITED 5000 families IN sections G
brooklyn and Manhattan. The nurse
gave information concerning infant
, paralysis. Two unrepovted cases {
y PARALYSIS were discovered by the nurse
Thirty-six new cases OF infant
, paralysis and two deaths We're reporte
= 10 she state Department 81 Health yes
tarday from the counties outside ~"
. York city, The daily repor Of ~
Roslyn. l.. /. branch of the Health ~
- par,mert was missing. however. Yes
terday's reports brought the total nun
. her OF cases inche State. outside of Ne
" Wi oi,v IN az and the deaths