The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-14
iRpckefe eller, Institute Expert will Order Closing of The atres to Child ldren Under 16
 Meets Bridgeport Phy- lsicians Tonight. Beck Special Appropriation at Once for the Erection of Building Suitable for car rying On the Department Work.

{ with the arrival here, of Dr. Abra- ham sophian. expert on infantile par hlyxis connected with the Rockefeller hnstitute of New York city. the minds iEof tic city ofiiciAls today are occu- Ipfsd principally with the problem of Ipres6rvinE tho health of the city.
 [. Dr. Sophian has ssbeen instructed to lproceed with free hand, in his plans Z s&0 prevent tho spread of the infantile 's3paraIysis epidemic in New York city, |lto Bridgeport. He has met Mayor
 W1lson, and this afternoon at press {Aour he' was in conference with the 6eqds of seveghl city departments N lWhoao braneho6 of the city govefn- I61aut have been asked to cooperate with the health department.
 # pr. S6phiAn's policies, as outlined ;to1ay, will be to spread general infor-
 ntion as to sanitary measures, to eff }1oc& competett organization to sec dfzat sanitary rules are enf6kced. and ]to lnstall and maintain comprehen- |dfxe system of records in the health ]GGpartment 70
 \ 6eidsntal to thsss general .ulans. he a14 n6veoate mlny means d..s4reyeu- f1 ek mo spread of diseasc. fgf the eddeto ureeent- Not the least rad-
 1o1l lof thee v his al1vocacy of q plan (o @&str1ct theatre managers from ad-
 l1iffing children under 1S, until dan- xiG6r Of epidemic has pGsscd. { z n connection with the visit here of DR. Bophian. 1t b the plan of tho Ihealth department to seek, at once, . ]1pecla1 appropriation from the board 3tf<apporti6nmeut, to carry on sanitary lWork Among the projects or tho
 a1fh board 1s the erection Of build Itn&{ euitable as . home for the health l4eDp prtmenS with equipment for 1ab- j4r4tory work, bacter1ological research. md statistical records. This will be N iAtscuGged It . meeting of the board
 {dnieht whilel DE sophian is in con-
 Terence Nitk the Bridgeport Medical
 No new cases of the disease have
 been found in Bridgeport since yes- aj jt1rday, although one case has been Dlreported from Stepney. which will
 recaive cIose attention today by the Ipa1th inspectors to see if proper
 1n6aaures are being taken h that VI town to prevent communication of q the disease to the hundreds Of chil- dren known to be resident there and also to Bridgeport by indirect trans J Imtssions ~a~ssFh1l x The Gtepney case. is that of Walter fEAirchfld, aged IF, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Y who arrived there by automobile
 Monday with other children His ipreeent home is understood to be uh-
 der quarantine.
 \ It was learned today that David William "Rymme," ther 8 h yeaKs old jvictim of infantile paralysis living at 1S9 Main street, is none ofher>S than
 the son. of David Ryan, better known n as the Fighting Blacksmith. of West
 Haven, and Irene Cook of this city ( The boy's correct name as announced < by members of the family today is
 David William Rynne.f It's condition
 as passed upon by experts from { Bridgeport and New Haven Is said to be excellent under the conditions and
 full recovery is hoped for.S He will be quarantined for some weeks.
 ! The first act of pr. Sophian upon
 arriving in the height ot the storm "A yesterday was to>call upon the mayor. 4Wh0 PIAced him in charge of the epi-
 demic prevention fnd offered the CO., 2 sloperation of every city department.
 Later Dr. S0phian met with the board
 of health members and discussed the
 general situation. Dr. Edward A. Mcclellan then turned over the detail
 work of inspection and investigation
 to him. Praise was given Dr. Mo-
 Lellan for the manner in which he v had shut off entrance into the city { by boat, rail and road to suspected x persons from other cities.
 A meeting of the board of health is
 planned for tonight when details of
 the coming campaign will be dis
 cussed. At the meeting of the Bridge
 port Medical association tonight the { pfsysicians of Bridgeport will be ask
 ed to co-operate actively in the pre-
 vention of disdhse and to appoint an < advisory diagnostic committee and a hospital board to arrange for the care of possible cases and their daily ffattentioD. N
 At tonight's meeting of the health board the disposition of known and ' highly suspicious cases will be con- eidered. It may be necessary to de- mand isolation of all those cases that 7 have not means for careful quarantine
 1h the homes. Plans also will be laid (Continqed on Page 2.)