Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
THTRTY-ETGHT STATES
ENLISTED IN WAR ON
NFANTTLE PARALYSIS
sanitary and Railway Chiefs
and Heads of Health Services
Meet to Devise Means of
Cooperation
UNCLE SAM AIDS WORK
ns Samuel G. Dixon, Of Pennsylvania,
Among Conferees at
Washington

-rAetIrNGToN, Aug. Undetermined
,as,r ont at any cost the prevailing epi-
p.s,ic OF infantile paralysis which today
uTsastsns the child life OF the nation. which
Imears from 30 states, officials Of big rail-
JIM systems and the responsible chiefs of
way r,biio Health Service began a two-day
u ae,ss Of conferences here today. Before
s,..,,rrrnent Is reached tomorrow It is ex-
y,sd that coordination and cooperation
state agencies which will effectively
u,o,on out the plague will have been ar
anged A free exchange OF views and
sdontlon of plans to be rigldiy observed was
,bs opening tenor OF all addresses. The
t..ssions were executive.
IN the absence Of Surgeon General Ru-
.s Plue who was detained in Virginia
In sprinEs by illness, todays conference
ros called to orCcr by Acting Surgeon Cen
val a. II. Glennan, of the Public Health
ear,loe Secretary McAdoo. of the Treas
e,. se Under whose jurisdiction the Public
,,.yn,,b Service is made brief address, as
.,,sIng the conference that the Federal
Cnvarnnent was ready to do everything
oe.sIble TO help the States In handling the
,pnfontIle plague. Acting Secretary Byron
!, Newton. also Of the Treasury Depart
nent. spoke briefly.
NJ william Colby RuclCcr, assistant sur
.,nr general of the health service, was
saieoted TO preside over all the sessions
!, the conference. DIR. g. 70. Banks, In
sharge of the public health work In New
york 10 prevent the interstate spread of the
disease told of the work which his depart
rnent has sought TO do. Tho work of re-
.sorcb TO learn the causes OF the disease and
sre nreyentive means to be observed ad-
nittedy obscure in the highest medical cir
eies was reported on by Dr. G. II. Lavinder,
also OF the Public Health Service. who has
been at work in New York for several
,yeeks past Five-minute reports were
tl,a tarI Gtntn TaDregAntn
present, their reports showing that. while
there are scattering cases of infantile pa
ralyss throughout the country, the center
of the epidemic is in the east particularly
New York city and environs.
Included in the personnel OF the repre-
sentatves of the different States, for the
most part State health officers, are these
physicians:
Alabama-=Glenn Andrews.
Arzona-E +; Palmer
SsiSSsaiRimis SSssSssii5ai- JOIN 3. niF'ISSs;n z Bissn
BfsylstrGdfee Bfssirylostr Of eoiamba@w III SFen!a C. woodward
EaS:$s7H HISIS;al:1 i Il. SiSis a,ssdi. Rr'a'
iSMsnhSn[X ksntucksmX. NoerM p Mccormack and John G.
'%ffSssislsIanP-99'osyFo %sis youDs Bowling.
.S:ssSa@fssa ssa.efISSs sSsSISSS9 H#;rSS5l, SSSsfsush'ln.
Mississippi-C. Il. Stingily.
Missouri A. u. Adcock.
Nebraska-E, A. Carr.
New Hampshre-I. A. Watson.
New Jersey. Il. Price.
New York; II, Williams.
North CaTolina-w. $. Rankin.
Ohlo-F G. Boudreau.
Oregon--D. N. Roberg.
Pennsylyenia--S, q. Dixon,
South carolina--J. A, Hnyne.
Tennessee--P. d. Jenkins.
Yifginia-E. q. Williams.
Washington--T. d. futile,
y Vest ViTEiniar-C. r. Werlich.
Wiseonsin-c. ~ Harper.