Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-08
Number of Victims of Infan-
tile Paralysis Is In
creasing Rapidly.
TAKE STEPS TO CURB 1T
Illinois State Health Officials
Plan Campaign Against
Dread Disease.

Springfield, Ill, July S.-Two cases
of infantile paralysis at Blue Island,
Ill. near Chicago, were reported to the
state board of health at noon today.
The Illinois state board of health
today began the preparation of book
let which will contain the gist of every
known publication on infantile par
alysis and will be distributed broad
cast through the state.
The booklet, according to DR.. c. st.
Clair Drake, secretary of the board,
will be written in a non-teChnical style
and will appear early next week. 1t
will explain how to detect the disease
and how to avoid contracting or
spreading the infection.
New Case at Chicago.
Chicago, July S-One new case of
infantile paralysis was reported today
and one of those reported yesterday
was declared to be infantile paralysis.
Dr. John Dill Robertson, commissioner
of health, said there is no great exodus
from New York to Chicago and that
there is no probability Of the disease
spreading TO Chicago in virulent form.
Madison, Wis, July Six cases of
tnfantile paralysis have been reported
to the state bureau Of vital statistics
thus far this month. Four were at
West Bend one at Menasha and oRe~sst
Deerfield. One death from the malady
occurred at Menasha.
East ST Louis, ILL.,, July S.-Three
cases OF infantile paralysis have been
found in East St. Louis, according to
a statement made by Health Commits
sioner McCraCken today.
Spreading Rapidly.
Newark, \. J., July 8.-One death,
the second this week: two new cases,
making eight this week. and two cases
were this morning report of the in
speCtOr.
Hoboken registered it's first case to-
day.
Experts at Work.
New York, July S.-Assistant Sur
geon General w. c. Rucker of the fed
eral public health service came here
today from Washington to direct the
six experts assigned by the national
government to help combat the cpl
demic of infantile paralysis.
DR.. Haven Emerson, city health COM
missioner, declared that it would be
impracticable to prevent parents and
children from leaving the city even
though they came from infected dis
tricts.
Children under Is have been barred
not only from moving picture shows
but from all the amusementS at COney
Island except those in the open air.
Sixteen Fairgrounds streets were
closed today.
The chiidren's rooms in the public
Libraries and all Fairgrounds sand lots
were also closed.
Is Die in 81 Hours.
During the "a hours preceding 10
o'clock today infantile paralysis killed
Is children in the Greater City, 13 of
this number dying in Brooklyn.
Peterson, \. J., July S.-TwO chill
dren were taken to the isolation hos
pital today suffering from infantile
paralysis.
Lawrence, Mass. July S.-One case
of infantiIe paralysis was discovered
here today. The patient is boy.
Another case is under treatment in
Fall River
Ohio Children Victims.
BeIlefontaine, Ohio, July 8.-The 49,
year-old daughter of Frank Harris of
this city, today contracted infantile
paralysis.
Louisville, Ky, July.-One case of
infantile paralysis, child of two, was
here today.
Columbus. Ohio. July 8.-To fore
stall an infantile paralysis epidemic in
Ohio, the state board of health has ad-
vised all municipal and township
health officers to take immediate pre-
cautionary measures against the dis
ease.
There are known to be only four
cases of the disease in Ohio. Two are
in Cleveland. one in Toledo, and one in
Columbus.