The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-07
iNFANTlLE PARALYSIS
State Board of Health Takes Steps to
Protect Vermont Children.

protect vermont ChIldren.
Burlington. July 7--At the regular
monthly meeting of the State board of
health, held yesterday afternoon, steps
were taken by the members of the
board towards protecting Vermont chill
dren from possible contact with infan-
tile paralysis which they might catch
from children who are brought to this
city from New York where an epidemic
is raging. The following statement
given out by the board explains itself.
infantile paralysis epidemic polio
myelitis) is prevailing to an unusual
extent in the city of Greater New
York.
Families in that city in which there
are children will naturally take such
children as far as possible into the
country The State of VERMONT has
unusual reasons for taking extraor-
| dinary precautions against this dis
ease. Infantile paralysis is generally
recognized as contagious disease and
| one that may be spread innocently by
persons who have no clinical symp-
| AOlllof III ONhtl MOluNt ny uUVl liNt
cases or healthy carriers" The
State board Of health OF this State
deems It reasonable under the circum.
| stances to make the following rules
and regulations; therefore. under the
authority of the Vermont statutes, the
following rules and regulations are
| promulgated:
mo child under the age of 10
| years shall reside in this State for n
period of more than "a hours without
being reported by an attendant. parent
or guardian to the health officer OF the
town or city where such child is, pro-
vided such child has been in the city OF
Greater New York since the goth of
June, 1916.
2.-lt shall be the duty of every
housekeeper, manager or proprietor OF
every hotel or boarding house where
such child is domiciled to Immediately
report such child giving the name and
age, to the health officer of his city
or town
| 3.-Every such child shall be sub
jected to quarantine for a period OF
two weeks from the time such child
was last in the city of Greater New
York.
4.-The health officer OF every towr
and city TO whom such a child Is re
, ported shall Immediately serve writ
} ten notice upon the head of the famil,
in which such child is; this writer
notice shall contain a copy of thes,
= regulations and an order signed b,
such health officer requiring such chill,
to remain on the premises in which |
9 is at that time for the specified time o
e two weeks after last leaving the cit
+ of Greater New York.
= Each health officer to whom sue
| child is reported shall require of Tn
S attendant, parent or guardian of sue
G child, a certificate in writing, dul
signed by legal raetitioner of med
# cine, certifying at the nose an
h throat of such child has been tho
oughly washed with solution of
r teaspoonful of common salt in pin
+. of water once day for period
o three consecutive days, before u
e premises are released from Quarantin
e 6-No child under 10 years of ar
s. shall enter any house so quarantined.
IA placard containing the VOL
n quarantine shall he suincinet g,
,r dence to all persons that the promis
N are quarantined for the purposes
o. these regulations.
'e Nothing in these regulations shG
be construed to prevent other mel
ie bers of household In which there
III u child as above described. who h
w left the city of New York since Jul
20, 1916, from attending to their usu