The sun., 1916-08-25
PANIC BLAMED FOR
PARALYSIS DEATHS
HObOken Health Officer Says
Trifling Ailments Are
Rushed to Hospitals.
URGES GREATER CAUTION
Continued Decline In New
Cases Here Greatly EncOur-
ages the Physicians.

"Ses thc Z
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pr' Joseph II. y. Stack' ffeaith Com-
missioner Of Hoboken, yesterday ex-
pre.sed the opinion that n rreat number
~. .In.--- IN. -,.,-- .n-.... 80.
N'''e" wiz" Trims 80
pcen rusned TO contagion wards III Ne"
York city. Hoboken and other nearby
c,t,e. and tom. q, IN. mistaken belief
- - - ,-.--.,.
'"a' '"ey were 'u"er'"s i''"' "'""''e
paralysis. After a few days In the hos
pi,al. the Health Commissioner said, the
oh,,ro, oro,.N, ,or,r.o, Oh. d,..o..
~ ' ~
mus preventing the MISTAKE !" u'aknoS's
from becoming known.
Or. Stacks utterance came as q result
of criticism which has been made OF him
as a result Of his refusal to order a sus-
pected cases In Hoboken Immediately TO a
contagious hospital. The case OF Fred
nounced suffering from infantiie paraly-
SIS at White Plains by Or. Amos OF the
itockeieiier ihstituto' ana was sent nome
10 hoooken IN an automobiie. was cited
by the Health commissioner as an ex-
ample Oh q mistaken diagnosis.
BOY DOOrbell.
When pr Stack ca,led a., IN. home NJ
the hoy a, 200 part av.nus IN examine
him the door was onened in rcsponse IN
his rlnr NV Tho chiid h,r.e,f The hoy
was not suffering from the disease oc.
cording TO the Hoboken Health Commits
.inr.r .na 4. ,n., 81. v,,. =, ~ 1900.
ana ,o.I,n. n. u.ua.am n,,ar haa,,hs
chi,d ""' INV '
~ a, M, ,.u. uo., 90. u,,.t,.
nm n s,,r a.b, whon ,na,r oh,,,r.n ~
,ayer g., -, - s'.s..
,snto, ho.ri,a,." NJ Co.. .a .I
bcIiey, r,,nv children ar. in ;n.,itu,,o,,
that are MOI, sun.rinv Sror, inSan,ls
paralys,s ard nm ~ tho fi,m he,,sf
! that A srea, MANY were rushed To con.
,ag.on hospitals not only in this county
! and state. hut in New York civ ana
| other ,iaces. and AT the time ,hev were
taken 10 these institutions they never
had II but surely contracted 1, after a
few days contact with other cases.
Even Experts Mistaken.
",, our .r,,,.,, u,.,u.,. ..
c,rno, ,.u -. ,h. 20, 49,,
'he u,sease Is spread now can We ex-
Of health to max. a diagnosis ON ars,
Seeing , child. and then rush the child
TO n con;asion hosp,tal where there !,
a true case OF ~infantile p~aralysIso In
other words. II ain physiclans In
infan,lle PARALYSIS make mistakes. wh,
should our local Board OF Health be.
come panic stricken and risk a child in
d contag!on hospital and not give tho
child half a chance for i,s life7
This terrible haste 10 my mind 1.
all wrong, especially when this disea NJ
has not been definitely decided to Ia
contagious and II is not known how
IL ~ t-ansmitted.
Judging from the large diminu.lor
In deaths repor1ed from diarrbpaI from.
bles in infants under ON. wear 40 IA,
thi. rummer and the mortality I'm mi,
3 group from infantile paralysis. I an
of the opinion that a majority az ,h,
~supposed paralysi, cases are mistaken,
diagnosed and that they are A form a,
di.rrhra heIicve that n uator,,v M
dnced 10 a rrsa, .x,cn, h, IN. ch',,ro,
with sastro-enteric disturbances bein:
snstched from their parents and sub
Sect.d 10 a complete change OF diet anC
surrouEd!ngs."
Chiid Forcio'y
Ia order 10 a Corneliu. Wilson. .
years old said 10 h. suffering from In,
faptiia pa-aiysls from his home thra.
nn,lce,pep c,btr had oyer /, fenra orr
throueh n window into The house n, az.
FIf.y.four,h s,rce, Rrooklyn nv,
draee.d IN. child from, the arms ~ nj,
aun, Mrs .Jenni. Dasno,,. according :,
the wonan
Mrs DasnoI, ,ss.rtsd v.s,.rd,, ,h.,
M. chi,d Vas M, .uwsr,ry ,ror InT,n,,I,
r,r.ly.ls n, ali hu, ,,n,o,y ,rnn, nnn
,ui.Inr. NJ n uuht.r, ~.
u,,i,h p.n,r,u.,, ant, ,ha, 3D.. til
was ronvsis.cent frow mo dis.ao am'
was a m.rac. ., On" h..,,h 20
ch,ia,.r Wv ~ "'"'
nv E-.r, l. c,,,. ....
,o,. "a. Uo,,,n D.nar. p":s'
,ba, no had hssr nr.ssn, 49,, ''n au',
was taken away. but, said he did not Sc,
tered Tho house ~. saiI no, .yar,,
had been done IN a lern, wanna ~
| n~euouncea IN. c..s
ever sen, postmaster OF ba'
Snole' hnu '''Ian M~c',lh'e!' represent
.nh a .u,"'e' ~ I.H.u.'.s u 'ne'r 'nwn
wol.'. ." ,o"n nra''" n"hrd OF
Wo"u"; IN. ~ nerer,'' onarah
~ suspe...u '""s o
..rn. ., I~' u s,ss ~
Nj, n'Saur assnr,.d .,h. 80. "'N'r,
MI, not, .v.n ali - rhvs Pe.eon
,'at. ,h,,dran fnr go ~, 1911
a,o,,, s.e .n"''u'