Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-24

state Health Commissioner Samuel G.
Dixon, who has gone TO Harrisburg to
direct the state fight against infante
paralysis, announced today that some def
mite action regarding school opening prob
ably would be taken today. lie is still
working over the details Of the question he
said.
Doctor Dixon in discussing the apparent
Increase in cases of infantile paralysis in
Philadelphia, said this morning, THE public
gets false impression from the daily re-
ports on infantile paralysis by the city
health authorities In the 30 cases reported
yesterday the actual onset of the disease
Is from August 10 August 21.'
Already he has virtually decided, after
conference with a. u. Glenn deputy Sec
rotary of Public instruction IN Pennsyl-
vania, to keep closed the schools outside
of the cities, and Harry II. Edmunds, presi-
dent of the Board of Education here, ex-
poets to get order at any time applying
TO Philadelphia and other cities.
1t has already been virtually decided
TO keep preparatory and private schools
closed until the situation mends
II have no notice yet but I expect one"
said Mr.. Edmunds, who is to have a con-
ference on schools next Wednesday with
and Charities Doctor. Dixon has full au-
.hority to close any school at any time.
The arrival of "a monkeys to be used as
subjects in experiments in infantile paraly-
sis was announced today at Doctor DiXons
office here. The experiments will take
place in the State laboratories at Twentieth
and Arch streets.
APPEAL. FOR NURSES.
An urgent appeal for nurses to aid in
rip for he number
the Philadelphia Hospital for Contagious
Diseases was issued today by Dr. Wilmer
Krusen, Director Of the Department of pub.
lie Health and Charities.
I'VE want nurses, we need nurses and
we must have nurses" said Director
| Krusen, ''At least 20 additional nurses
are needed within the next As hours"
There are 225 cases of infantile paralysis
in the hospital in addition to the other
regular patients, with not half enough
nurses in attendance. The staff is tremen
dously overworlled, physicians said. Most
of the little victims of the plague require
| constant attentions they are too small
| to make known their wants
one death and one new case were re-
ported today making the total lO3 deaths
and 364 cases
The death
| EDWARD SMITH, 4 years old 1855 South Ca
The new case:
HELEN DAWSON, ii months old Laboratory
| 4 raid in South Philadelphia on milk
| dealers was conducted this morning by Rob-
| ert SINNERS State Dairy and Food In
| spector, and Ferdinand Hublutz, Charles
! HUT and ID. c, Cegg, of the City and
| State MIX Departments, with the result
| that 100 samples of milk were taken. Milk
| stores and wagons We're visited during the
delivery hours this morning. The samples
| were taken to City Hall TO be analysed by
| DR.. William C. Robinson, city chemist for
| traces of infantile paralysis germs and un-
| cleanliness.
S2O7 ADDED TO FUND.
Contributions of S2O7 were received today
| by the emergency aid committee, 1928
! Walnut street, for the convalescent hospital
| at Wynneheld. making a total of $4,000 so
| far received.
A communication to Director Krusen
| from the Pittsburgh superintendent of
schools said that the schools in that city
| would be opened September 5, as usual,
| cording to present plans. The high schools
| and upper grades, 1t said. would not
| be affected by the epidemic but the chill
| dren of the kindergarten and first and sec
| ond grades would be required TO pass phys-
cal examinations before being admitted.
| The cooperation of the Bureau of
| Weights and Measures in reporting insan-
| tary conditions was offered to Director
Krusen today by George +. Holmes, pres-
dent of the County Commissioners. The
| offer was accepted. The inspectors of the
| bureau in their regular rounds will make
| observations of conditions and report any
nuisances that might handicap the fight
| against the epidemic.
| Five men were fined $3.50 each today by
| Magistrate Harris at his office, 1925 Market
| street charges made by Harry q,
| Forbes. chief inspector of the Bureau of
| Health that they killed chickens on their
| premises. The men were:
| f. Klenigman, 1910 South Seventh street
| Joseph Klohr. I'LL Reed street; NJ Dorf-
man, 1223 South Seventeenth street
| Thomas Bcchie, 1928 South street, and f.
| Roscoff, Seventeenth and Dickinson streets.
| This makes total of 80 cases prosecuted
| this week part of the campaign 10
| check the spread of infantile paralysis
| ANOTHER MONKEY IN FLY TEST.
| Dr. Alexander Garcia, of the State lab
| oratories at Twentieth and Arch streets,
| expects TO kill today the monkey that de-
| veloped infantile paralysis after exposure TO
| germs carried by flies brought from an in
| fected room at Bristol. Pa, by Doctor Dixon.
| Another monkey will be inoculated with
| virus taken from the diseased one Then,
| II infantile paralysis develops in the sec
| ond monkey, Doctor Dixon win consider
| that it establishes the theory that flies
| carry the disease.
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