Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-27
No More Infanti|e Paralysis Reported
Six Year Old Child From Scott Hill District Colchester Re- mains Unchanged Backus Hospital-HealtF Officer Brophy Finds Policeman John Donovan Kept Busy at New London.

With nothing that suggested infantile paralysis, or even an approach to 1t, brought to his attention on Wednes- day, Dr. Edward J. Brophy, health of l fcer could report last evening that this city renains untouched by the New York epidemic that has spread into so many other Connecticut com munities. The rigid exclusion of chill dren from foci of infection that has made this enViable situation possible is being maintained actively by the health officer. Dr. Brophy went to New London Wednesday to see how Officer John Donovan of the Norwich police force was faring. Officer Dono- van is holding the first line of defense against the entrance of children under 16 from New York, Bridgeport and the other places where the epidemic has made inrOads, and pr. Brophy found him having a rather busy time of it. The big policeman is just the man for tho job, however. He is there at the station when every train pulls in and he keeps an eagle eye on every child under the age stipulated in the health officers joint warrant. In every case, if the child desires to continue to Nor wich, it must show a certificate of health from the city or town whence it came and a statement in regard to infantile paralysis in that place. But the officer has had to turn back com paratiVely few, because people are gen. eraIly acquainted by this time with the measures of exclusion most of the Connecticut cities have adopted in the fight against paralysis. Still, Dr. Bro- phy continues to get scores of letters a day asking for the conditions of ad- mission, and telephone inquiries are coming in frequently enough to make the doctors days fairly strenuous ones.
 At the BacIlus hospital Wednesday the case of little year old HiIda Simon, brought in Tuesday evening from the Scott Hill district, COlches- ter, was followed with interest by the physicians. The child showed little change in condition, and Wednesday night was comfortable, with no mani fest signs of paralysis and no fever.
 Dr. Rowland of Colchester, family physician to the SimOns, found on Tuesday, when he reported the case to Health Officer Dr. J. NJ Klein of Col chester, well defined paralysis in the muscles of the face, neck and, to a lesser extent, of the trunk. Dr. How land threw light on a possible means of infection when he said Wednesday evening that the Simon family had had several children from Brooklyn, N. Y, with them as summer boarders for the last two weeks. None of the New York children showed any signs of ill., ness, however. Three weeks ago at Leonard Bridge Dr. HOwland saw an other well marked case of infantiIe paralysis which was placed in quaran- tine and is making a good recovery.
 Dr. Edward P. Brewer is the present visiting physician to the Backus hos pital, and he attended the child We'd nesday. He found, he said. that the little girl was in a rundown cOndi- ton, but infantile paralysis had not developed and there was some doubt as to whether it would manifest itself.
 In New London Wednesday there was no change in the infantile paraI- ysiS situation and Health Officer Dr. E. c. Chipman said there were no new cases either from New London or sur rounding towns and all the patients at Memorial hospital were in good con ditiOn. There are six there now, Diana