The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-12
Sung to Activity By Public
 Criticism and Warning of Medical Experts, Health Authorities Act to Close Bridgeport Against Dis ease.

Two New Cases of Dread
 Malady Discovered = Po-
 lice and Bremen Put to
 Work Under Mcclellan
 Bridgeport Milk Foul, De-
 clares Dr. Haskell.
 Forced to action by the criti4. cism of the public and the dan ger of calamity Bridgeport health authorities at last today, began taking radical steps to, prevent the spread of infantile paralysis in this city and to' stamp out the epidemic of sep tic sore throat.
 Noted local authorities on epidemic conditions lent their aid in forcing action, so. that today the seriousness of the danger that threatens was fully realized.
 Every policeman and fire-l man in the city was put te work in a house toulouse can, vas to determine where. there are cases and where there are persons who have come from quarantined districts.
 Two positive cases have been discovered, those of Miss Edith Fullem of 96 Union avenue and of David w. Rymme of / 189' Main street.
 Dr. C. N. Haskell. local patholo- gist, shocked the board of health last night when he declared that 97 per cent of all the milk that has been used in the city contained manure dirt. He has made an extended investiga- tion.
 No child under 1 5 years of age will be allowed in the city without health certificate or an examination. as a re- suit of measures adopted last night by the board of health.
 Thirty milkmen coming into the city were stopped today and samples of their product were taken for examina- tiop. 4
 The vacations of all the school nurses of the city were cancelled to- day. Extra nurses and inspectors were employed. The public works de- pertinent was stung to activity. Dr. E. A. Mcclellan was given charge of the city's health.
 One more case of infantile paralysis has developed in Bridgeport, having been transmitted here from New Ha- ven. The new victim who has been placed under quarantine in his home is David William Rymme. aged 3h years, living at 1S9 Main street.
 Superintendent John H. Redgate to- day placed the entire police depart ment at the services oxS Dr. Edward A. ley has been detailed to act as an aid to the city health officer during the threatened epidemic.
 Rigid measures were taken this morning to prevent the incursion of further cases from quarantined dis tricts when railroad entrances, boat landings and trolley lines and road-- ways leading into the city were under supervision. At noontimeA today an- nouncement was made at the health board offices that the city was closed to all children under the age of 15 years, not having certificate of good health from the city of their depart ure, or passing the physical and oral examination of the police and nurses.
 These points of entrance will be guarded day and might:
 Boat line-2 nurses and one police- man.
 Railroad station-2 nurses and po- licemen
 Ash Creek bridget nurse and po- licemen.
 North avenue at Mountain Grove cemetery-1 nurse and one policeman.
 Stratford avenue at St. Michaels cemetery-1 nurse and one policeman.
 The guards will work in relief shifts of fours hours each. Other means of entry will closed as necessity arises.
 Difficulty was experienced this morning Dy- UT. MCl/clGdu Tn getting nurses and inspectors Only three of the five nurses deemed necessary at this time had been employed to noon- time and no inspectors or physicians able to give their entire time had been obtainable.
 The new temporary nurses are Miss Annie Light, 259 Black Rock avenue. Miss Tillie Schack, 1.4Ss Fairfield ave- nue, and Miss Mary B. Brady, 1,oss Fairfield avenue.
 Orders were issued by Dr. McLel- Ian that the vacation periods of all school nurses would be cancelled and that if not granted this summer addi- tional pay would reward their ser- vices as in New Haven and elsewhere. Inspector Henry Kallmannsperger. who has already departed on a vaca- ton was ordered by telegraph to re- turn to this city immediately.
 A corps of inspectors were dispatch cd upon . apecial tour of meat-mar- kets fruitstands. restaurants. grocery stores, etc, with instructions peremp- torily to order necessary sanitary.