Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-28
PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC
Under CONTROL, SAYS
CTTY'S HEALTH CHIEF
nr Krusen Thanks Public and
Newspapers for Cooperation
in Battle Against
Disease :
CALLS FIGHT WONDERFUL
,Ar1,s FIGHT WONDERFUL
Record of Baby Paralysis
From Midnight to II a. NJ.

peIIef that the infantile paralysis cpl
,.n,,c Is under control in city and State
-..s expressed this afternoon by Director
y.,een He said that the splendid co.
..oration of the public aided. in a large
measure, to bring about the good results
50 far obtained.
Tho director also expressed thanks to the
.snaners for their aid in getting nurses
nricklv when they were most needed. There
aso now enough at the Philadelphia Hos
sitaI for Contagious Diseases to meet the
situation.
,s evidence of the quick progress made
~, the city in checking the disease, Doctor
Trsen pointed out that there are 4i2
eoses in this city at the present time, while
New York city has had 1000 cases.
noctor Dixon was equally optimistic that
,agregation and quarantinng as means of
cbecliing the disease have been vindcated.
Doctor Kruacn, Doctor Dixon, Doctor
charIes n Mills and others will confer
With members of the Board of Education
,onorrow or Wednesday, in order to decide
upon a date for the opening of the public
schools.
according to statistics we should now
- In the midst of a great epidemic" Doc
,or Dixon said today. "As matter of
tact we are holding our own at least. And
when YOU remember that Philadelphia is
closer to New York from physical, social
snd commercial standpoints than are other
esnters of contagon in this State, the
record of philadelphia is wonderful"
ALONG TRANSPORTATION LINES.
Doctor Dixon said he believed the dis
.ase was carried along the lines of human
TRANSFORMATION. To illustrate, he pointed
ont that Scranton and wilkes-Barre, with
simiar railway connection with New York,
are next to Philadelphia. the largest centers
AZ infection. other cases are scattered
along lines of transportation, he said
Doctor Dixon expressed disappointment
that some Sunday school authorities in
Pennsylvania towns took except ons to his
order closing Sunday schools entirely.
81 am sorry they view it that way" he
said But it's the only way
Three deaths and four new cases were re-
ported today, making the totals 129 deaths
and 442 cases.
Today's deaths, giving, when known, the
date disease was contracted, were
HELEN o'DoNNELL. years old. 4416 North
Eighteenth street.
FRANK DI poMENIco; 8 months old. s2s South
LIE ROY KENNEDY 3 years old, 2140 South
Flfty-seventh street. August "A.
The di Domenico and Kennedy cases were
reported today. Other new cases:
Gfatz street August IS.
ANNA MCCARTNEY. . years old. 2527 North
Waterloo street.
Two new cases, reported in Camden to-
day were:
FRED KELLAR. . years old, $40 Mechanic
AMY ORCHARD, 10 months old. 71s Woodland
avenue.
Walter r. Buckman. president of the
Philadelphia County Fair, to be held We'd
n "a
rector Krusen that "A day planned for chill
dren would be abandoned, and that no
persons under 16 would be admitted
The following seasonable suggestions to
parents were issued by Commissioner
Dixon
The temptation of unripe fruit Is
not the only danger which wise parents
must guard their youngsters against
at this time of the year. Owing to the
extreme heat and the variety of diet
1t Is not at all unusual for children to
develop serious digestive disturbances.
These are among the first symptoms
OF infantlle paralysis as well as numer-
Gus other diseases of children. The
exact relation of this condition to the
disease has not as yet been determined.
The unnatural fermentation might help
the germ of nfantile paralysis to multi
ply For this reason ii Is especially
important that intelligent supervision
should be exercised over tre diet of
children.
All food should be cooked. They
should not be permitted to eat white
bread in excessive amounts and sour
bread should never be fed TO children.
Too many sweets are apt to upset the
digestion at this season of the year.
With bottle-fed infants care should
be taken to keep the milk at a tempera-
ture of from 40 to 60 degrees until II
IL prepared for feeding. The nipples of
the nursing bottle should be sterilized
before they are used, and the water
which babies, in common with all OF
u.s. require in unusual amounts during
the hot weather should be sterllized by
boiling.