Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-25
BIG CROWD FAILS
TO SEE CHILDREN
CURED OF PLAGUE
Little Convalescent Taken
From Hospital to Wynne-
Il field-Still Crippled
PARENTS TAKE OTHERS
But Four Homes Are Dark
Where Scourge Has Taken
Lives

Seven little victims of infantile paralysis
who 'weathered the storm" were taken to
day from the Philadelphia Hospital FOL
Contagious Diseases to the Childrens Hos
pital branch at Wynneheld, prepared t
receive the convalescents.
No one was allowed to see the little
convalescents as they we're bundled into
an ambulance that called at the hospita
door shortly before noon. crowd OF
curious men and women waiting at the
lodge gate craned their necks for a sight
of the first recovered" victims. but their
curiosity was not appeased.
The children, who still are crippled, will
be treated with every device known to sci
ence. Mrs. j. Willis Martin, of the emer-
gency aid committee announced today that
inquiries to the best means Of treating
the convalescents have been sent TO 20 or
ganizations. including the Rockefeller In
stitute At the same time the children
were being conveyed TO the country hos
pital, a further contribution of S292 for
the hospital fund was announced.
Those sent to the Wynnefeld Gonzales
cent Hospital:
JOSEPH KARRAL, months old. 2o4is stamp.
TEEopoEE ANGELES. IS months old, 2ai
HARRY BRILL. II months old. 4o3 Gaskill
WILLIE RUBENsTBIN. 8 months old. 5I1 Fed.
Twelfth street.
AL5BEEET ToHiHE gS9Es old si,s oi5 street. isao
East Erie avenue.
SEVEN SENT HOME.
The little convalescents were not the
first to leave the confines of the hospital
at Second and Lu2Srne streets. Seven
others, more lucky than they, were sent
home quietly by the physicians yesterday,
It was announced today. Six homes, for
two of the patients were brother and sister,
thereby were frightened only as homes can
be frightened by happy contrast with
homes where the plague did its worst
The seven tiny patients passed through
the ordeal of paralysis unscathed except
for weakness. II Is probable that in after
years, when they nave grown into MEN and
women, no trace of the paralysis or its
after effects will remain physicians said.
The lucky seven" sent home:
MARY BALDINo. is months old. 1890 South
eERTRUpE OMAN 6 months old, 4Os7 North
REGINA NELSON 8 months old. I2s West
,Mtshart stysetoss,y,
CLAYTON .sPsNGLER. 8 years old. Ala North
ALICE ,TYEER.. so months old, 2sls North
RIcHARp TYLER. III years old 2sla North
4 discordant note in the constructive
work of curing the victims was struck by
the report of additional deaths and new
victims claimed by the plague today. There
were four deaths and three new cases, rails
ing the totals TO 112 deaths and $50 cases,
The deaths:
MILDRED MILLER. 81 months old. 2s44 Flora
street.
JOSEPH JACKSON is months old sos North
Twsnty-sxth street
HELEN HOLT. years old 329 Horton street
ROBERT MALONE. years old. 5s4s Matthew
street.
The Miller case was newly reported to-
day. The other new cases:
FLORENCE LAsKEY. II months old. 2244 West
Louden street.
ROBERT LoUGHERY. % months old. a24s
West Louden street.
SCHOOL OPENING POSTPONED
A request that the school officials of
this city cooperate with the health au-
thorities in the proposed postponement OF
the school opening September came today
from Doctor Samuel G, Dixon State Health
Commissioner, at Harrisburg.
The message from Doctor Dixon to Henry
r Edmunds, president of the Board OF
Public Education, was in the form Of a
query as 10 whether or not he would be
willing TO defer the opening of the schools
President Edmunds, who already has de-
clared himself as willing to take any steps
the health authorities consider necessary
at once took steps TO get into touch with
DR. John p CARRIER, superintendent of
schools, who is. at Buck Hill Falls.
September IS is the date set for the OPEN
ing of schools, according to the present
plan. The health authorities are consider
ing extending the no-school period should
the epidemic fail TO decrease in violence.