Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-29
RAILROADS ADOPT PLAN
FOR AIDING QUARANTINE
Confer With State and CITY Health
Authorities on Its Practical
Application.
TO REQ UIRE CERTIFICATES
Will Be Collected by Conductors
From Each Passenger Under Six
teen From, or Passing Through
ParnlySis-Infected States.

| Paralysis-lnfected States.
Plans for enforcing the absolute
quarantine declared by the State Board
| or Health against all children under
sixteen years of age coming from New
! York. New Jersey and PENNSYLVANIA.
| In order that Virginia might DO pro-
tccted from the ravaSes of infantile
| paralysis. were discussed yesterday at
ternoon MT conference of railroad Of
ficials and health officers y rough
draft OF the regulations was made but
the work Will not be completed until
| to-day. when instructions will be Is.
sued by the railroads to conductors and
station agents throughout the State.
The conference was held In the offices
| or the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
officials of the Richmond Fredericks-
burE and Potomac Railroad also talk
ms part. The City Health Department,
together with the medical staffs of the
two roads. discussed the reCula lions
| adopted ny the state BOARD of Health,
and advised the legal departments Of
! tho two railroads what steps it would
be necessary TO carry out the provisions
OF tho quarantine.
LEGAL DEPARTMENTS
WORK on FINAL RULES
Although the meeting was an extend
cd one. details were so numerous that
the work was not completed last night
The railroads. however. have a work
Ing basis on which to found their rcEu-
iations and orders to conductors and
station agents. Tho legal departments
Of both roads were at work last night
drn fling tho final rules
The southern Railway was also an
interested party to the conference and
Will practically follow the course of
tho other two roads. s. d. KiZcr, CITY
ticket Fol1
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio and the
Richmond, Frederick shurg and Poto-
mac railroads. securing a copy OF the
rough draft of regulations adopted late
yesterday. Mr. kiZcr left Richmond at
$50 o'clock last night for Washington.
where he conferred for some time last
night with II. r. Cary. general pas
senger agent of the Southern.
II is probable that tho southern
VIII take the same action as the other
two roads. and adopt the identical mea-
sures. From what could he learned in
Richm ond yesterday the other roads |
entering the city also preparing
to enforce the ruling of the health de- !
partment. but no officials OF either the |
Atlantic Coast Line or Seahoard Air |
Line railroads had been advised what
action headquarters officials were taxi
Ing in the matter.
President l.. L. Johnson. of the Nor
folk and Western Railway. issued a
circular few days ago advising the /
travelling public that quarantines
against infantilc paralysis had been |
declared by several states. and that in !
every instance tho passengers affected
should provide themselves with tho |
necessary health certificates. other !
wise. he stated, they could not he han
died over the Norfolk and Western.
PREPARE THREE FORMS
OF HEALTH CERTIFICA /
Al the conference yesterday. after |
health officers had described fully what !
the quarantine OF the State Board Of I,
Health required, the railroads decided |
to require three forms of health rcrtifI- |
Gates. 10 be signed personally ny the |
children In every case The three forms |
of health certificates are:
!. For children passing into Virginia
from affected districts.
For children travelling from an
Unaffected district through an affected
district into Virginia.
3. For children travelling from affect
cd districts through Virginia
These health certificates Will he col
lecicd by the conductors or ticket col
letors on every train. who will hc re-
CURED to file them immediately witA
l'r. F.nnion g. Williams. State Health
Commissioned. The State department.
III turn. Will advise local health au-
thorities ut once of any suspected chill
drcn who have come within their iurjs-
dictionS.
In this way will local health author
ties he able to enforce the order OF |
the state Health Department.. which
rcHuires that every Virginia child r.-
turning home from any of the three
states which have been barred. must ho |
Hnafahtineh for period Of two weeks !
NO CASE or VIOLATION
HAS BEEN REPORTED
That the health authorities OF IN.
state VIII have little trouble In en-
FORCING the provisions OF the n,ar
rantine Is Indicated by tho fact thar
UP TO the present time. after four days
OF quarantine. no violation of thc
regulations has been reported 10 Tho
ONCE OF Commissioner Williams
Guards viii lie secured AS soon 40
possible I" patrol the northern Dor
der ana turn back those children who
may attempt Ia come into Virginia
over the automobile highways. For
TINS purpose, DR.. Roy r. Flanagan.
assistant TO tho State Commissioner.
Is now In Northern Virginia solicit
ing financial aid from the counties on
the border.
No new cases Of the disease were
reported 10 the Health Department
yesterday. The report came in, how
ever. that tho case of the threc-ycar-
old negro child in Caroline County has
been finally diagnosed as intantile
paralysis The child has been III for