The Washington times., 1916-07-19

A carrier may be present in the Dis
Tict or may At any. time enter. How
ever. such carrier need not neces-
sarily be a great menace, providing
the proper sanitary precautions are
- Means of Transmission.
The means by which the Infection
of -'fnfantils paralysis 10 ordinarily
conveyed has not as yet been den-
nftsly determined. The disease has
ben known to be carried by the stable
ny. and it has been demonstrated that
the excreta from the nose. throat. and
the t disease q, e penssns ' IN. Ing
thecuon: carriers. persons who har-
DOT the germ in the nose and throat,
and yet, because of an immunity
cal symptoms. are capable Of convey
ing the disease and distributing IL
to susceptible persons.
No The, Health DEPARTMENT is giving
particular attention to stables at the
present time. with a view to the elm
nation Of the hy-breeding places. n nd
urges persons to see that their prem
ises are properly screened against in
NEW YORK, July ls.-The daily
announcement OF the Health Depart
ment showed l2l additional infantile
paralysis cases and twenty i've
deaths. incidentally. It was saa
that In the Mondays figures the
number OF new cases should have
been los instead OF ninety fve.
Health Commissioner Haven Emer-
son, however. appeared optimistic. He
pointed to the los cases recorded on
Thursday Of last week and explained
that the daily average OF the last
three days has been far below the
daily average of last week. He
pointed to the fact that the number OF
deaths was averaging lower than last
week.
Detailed statistics showed 50 new cases
sronx. Ii in Queens and 10 in Rich
mond. or the deaths IL were in r,rook-
lyn. = In Manhattan, ! in the rronx
and 2 each in Richmond ana queens.
disease. with Is deaths.
Nine Adults Attacked.
or the new victims in Manhattan
was John Humphreys, at 81 West Ninth
street. new. street to be invaded by
the disease. DR.. Emerson also gave out
few facts about the spread Of the
epidemic to adult persons. He said
there were nine sucn victims. including
one person OF Htty-two years, one nine
teen years old. three In the Juveniles.
Despite the increase In the number of
cases, DR.. Emerson says that he still
has more than 1000 beds available.
That the disease has not spread with
the rapidity with which the health au-
thorities expected Is said to be due to
the many precautions which DR.. Emer-
son ordered and to the cooperation he
has received from other city depart
ments. DR.. Emerson has insisted on
cleanliness throughout the city and
every means to prevent personal con-
tact with victims.
Mayor Mitchell issued a statement en-
phasizing the necessity of a spotless
town and appealing to citizens to aid
in keeping the sidewalks and streets
clean. The street cleaning force has
been reduced by 25 per cent, he said. 40
that additional men could be used for
flushing the streets. SO II was neces-
sary for citizens to take care not to
scatter litter.
Rockefeller Work Begun,
Or. Alvah H. Doty. formerly health
officer OF the port, who Is administra-
tive officer in charge Of the invest,ra-
ton financed by the Rockefeller Foun.
dation, began his work yesterday. as
sisted by five doctors and twenty
nurses. He will make a study of SCI
number OF cases to ascertain ~ ma