Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-23


oreanizations of this city met in the rooms
NJ the Emergency Aid Society, 1928 wal
nut street, at II o'clock this morning to
work out cooperative plans to fight infan-
te paralysis Contributions totaling 1855
we're made at the meeting, thus bringing
the total tund 10 pe useu py the women
70 s1s21.09.
This money will be used for hospital
.ouipment clothes for the afflicted children,
sheets pillow cases, soap, laundry articles
and for general field work and perhaps
Cor the services of trained nurses, a number
of whom are needed. according to DR.. Will
mar Krusen, of the Department of Public
Health and Charities, who addressed the
meeting. All of the S355 collected today
was designated to be used for laundry
expenses at the Childrens hospital Wynne-
field. -.,--
siven by the public-spirited women of this
rIty to that in New York and thanked the
women for the excellent work they are
doing.
1--WE will need from $4,000 to 100000"
bs said. to care for the suffering children
when they come out of the Philadelphia
Hospital for Contagious Diseases. 1 appeal
10 YOU on behalf of these children. small
nroportion of the children come from homes
Of educated persons who realize the need
for immediate treatment.
But larger proportion come from
homes of uneducated persons and from the
homes of the poor. We must have central
place to care for the children OF these.
There is also an imperative need for more
trained nurses to do our field work"
The meeting today was called by Director
Krusen, the Emergency Aid Society the
Childrens Hospital and the Pennsylvania
women's Division for National Prepared
ness The organizations which sent repre-
sentatves to the meeting follow:
Philadelphia Home for Incurables, Social
Service Hospital of the University of Penn
sylyania, New Century Club, Woman's
Democratic Club, Social Settlement and Day
Nursery of South Philadelphia, orthopedic
Hospital, Pennsylvania Press Association,
Y w. c. A., Quaker City Motor Club,
College Settlement. an organization Of all
churches of the Fortieth Ward.
House of st. Michael and All Angels
for Crippled Children, Lovers of Children.
Emergency Aid of Germantown. Organized
Charities, Child Federation, Visiting Nurses
Society. University Social Service Club,
Civic Club, Anti-Suffrage Society, Philadel
pha County Suffrage Association Children's
Aid Society, Children's Bureau and Presby
terian Hospital.
Philadelphia section, Council of Jewish
Women; Catholic Day Nursery, and Society
TO Protect Children from Cruelty.
The contributions today were: Phladel-
phia General Chapter, Pennsylvania
women's Division for National Prepared
ness, 800; visiting committee of the
County Branch of the Children's Hospital,
$780, the Anti-Suffrage Society, 500; Mrs.
James Large, $50 and Mrs. Evan Randolph,
SIS. Mrs. Large specified that her contribu-
tion should be credited TO the Women's Ma
tiOnal Preparedness Division.
Mrs. ]. Willis Martin, wife of Judge
Martin, presided at the meeting. Among the
others who spoke were DIR. John X. Mitchell,
Mrs. ]. Gardner Cassatt and Edward s.
Sayers. At the close of the meeting many
women volunteered their services to assist
as clerks, in distributing literature or in
collecting money
Every one of the 5000 milk men and
farmers who ship milk into Philadelphia
must furnish Chief Milk Inspector d, c.
Clegg with a clean bill of health. showing
that his farm is free from infantle paraly-
sis and every other disease which may be
carried by milk.
This announcement was made this morn
ing at the milk inspection department,
Room 513 City Hall. 1t Is the newest
movement on the part of the Department
Of Health and its allied departments made
In an effort to save the babies and prevent
spread of infantile paralysis, which caused
fve additional deaths today. No new cases
were reported this morning
Five hundred letters have been sent to
the 500 wholesale millSmen in Philadel-
phia, who have creameries and milk sta
tions throughout the State, asking them
to cooperate in this step TO prevent the
bringing of ipfantile paralysis into Phila-
delphia. These letters have been sent out
within the last 10 days.
They read as follows:
slr-owlng to the spread OF infantile
paralysis in Philadelphia, 1t is neces-
sary that you secure from each OF
your farmers a clean bill of health
Immediately. which certificate is to be
sent to this office promptly on receipt
OF same. Yours truly,
(Signed) d. c. CLEGG,
Chief Milk Inspector
READY RESPONSE TO LETTER.
'The response we are getting is really
wonderful" said Inspector Clegg In speaking
OF the hundreds of answers he has already
received. Daily I receive scores and hum
dreds OF answers. The way the milk dealers
of the city and the farmers throughout the
State are cooperating is inspiring. People
little realize how splendidly they help in such
movement.
Some dealers have written me saying
that in case there is any infantile paralysis
on any OF the farms from which they are
getting milk they will nav the farmers for