The sun., 1916-08-21
BOY OF II GIVES HIS
BLOOD TO AID BABES
His Mother Also Volunteers
Serum for Fight on In
fantile Paralysis.
CASES FAST DECREASING
Health Officer Emerson and
Assistants Greatly Encour-
aged at Outlook.

Health Commissioner Emerson and his
assistants in the fight against infantils
paralysls were much encouraged yester-
dsy when the new cases reported from
the Ave boroughs numbered only I0S. as
COMPARED with l34 on Saturday. and the
number Of deaths dropped to 20 from 80
m the previous day. Last Sunday there
we're ~ cases and 90 deaths reported.
Manhattan was the borough In which
ne drop In cases was most decided.
From SO on Saturday the cases dropped
10 81 yesterday. In Queens there was
also 4 large decrease. the cases number
,ns only II yesterday. a. compared with
Is on the day before. Brooklyn had 20
Cases yesterday. five less than on the
prsvious day. but The Bronx. with IL
cases reported. gained three. and Rich
mond, where no cases developed on Sat
urdsy, had two yesterday.
IN al, the boroughs but The Bronx.
where the number remained the same.
the deaths decreased. The greatest drop
Gas In Brooklyn. where there were only
sx deaths yesterday. as against Is on
saturday.
Continued Drop Expected.
Health Commissioner Emerson said
ina, In view OF the low average main
,aIned throughout last week there was
great hope that the epidemic would con-
iInue TO drop In the future.
There have been 7.llO cases Of infan-
tile paralysis In New York city since the
outbreak Of the epidemic. and l,611
death have resulted. Many children
are ouarantined In their homes. but 3.740
are in hospitals. OF this umbe only
81; are In private hospitals. There stu
remsin 44s vacancies. and as children
are now being discharged daily ron the
ho.pi,als there Is nc likelihood OF .
scarcity OF beds.
At willard Parker Hospital a number
cf persons came to ofer their blood Il
save children from death or permanent,
disability. Mrs. Anna NJ. Corrigan OF !
CLAYTON place. Jamaica. brought her
,l,yen-ycar-old son to the hospital. The
noy. who had the disease when he was .
years old gave two ources OF blood. from
which vii, be extracted the immune
serum which has proved helpful In
number OF cases.
Mother Also Gives B1ood.
Mrs. corriean. although she had never
had the disease. volunteered to give
normal blood to aid the sick children
ur. Abraham Zingher. who Is testing thu
eject Of injecting serum from norma
blood into the spines OF diseased children
accepted her Offer. The theory On which
tie use Of normal blood IL based Is thai
Stree many children and most adults ap
near 10 he immune to the disease. thii
immunity may be due to a~nti-bodies II
the blood.
Another Adult Dies.
John stewart, IS. chauffeur for W. n
thompson. a copper magnate rcsidIn,
n Yonkers. died yesterday OF infantil'
paralysis after "A short Illness IN 81
Johns Hospital. There have been M
teen deaths and forty-two cases II
yonktrs.
Eight cases Of ~infantile paralysis ant
one death were reported yesterday II
Suffolk county. l.. !. Five Of the case
and the death were in Huntington
Northport Village. East Islip and Ba!
Shore each had ono case.
In Nassau county NM new case
were reported yesterday. Three case
are In oyster Bay. two zach in Law
renee and Port Washington. and on
each IN Brookville and East Norwich.
The opening OF the public schools o
Bloomfield. y. j.. will he postponed from
September j to October 9.