The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-03

any doctor or hospital can do for the disease in its first stages that amounts to much. The absolute things that the child must have, the rest, peace of mind, quiet, sleep and nourishment to assist nature while she is developing her own antitoxin to check the attack.
 for it is a disease of the nervous sys- tenn, is fright Or shock, yet these poor victims were forcibly removed from their loved ones and taken, in a state of terror, to the various pest houses
 As result, the epidemic regis tered twice the usual death rate and injury was done to many others that can never be atoned for.
 Infantile paralysis is not, in the ordinary sense of the term, con- tagious disease. It does not respond in the slightest degree to any known luteiy nothing that Mas been discoV- cred that will prevent or check an epidemic of it.
 I could forgive the health officials who were responsible for the ban lbarous things that they did, if they had been ignorant, but they knew that there was absolutely nothing that they could do. The people were wild with panic, they demanded that they do something so they made believe that they knew and treated the epidemic as if it were conta- gious. In order to magnify their of flee, they did those cruel things
 May I remind you of how nearly friendless we lame children are. The State Board of Education has no program for us, no knowledge con corning us and apparently no inter est in us.
 The recent Child Welfare Commis- sion although it took two years for it's Investigations and spent S1O,OOO, had nothing to present in its report concerning lame children.
 It is only because few know and fewer care that I, lame g1rl, have to make this protest instead of some influential citizen.
 I do not wish to seem harsh but I am trying to voice the cry, the eN- ceedingly bitter cry. of the lame children Of Connecticut and I wish
 You see, dear Governor, It in uhe habit of this State to -re-elect its Governors. This whole weary pus, mess of getting bill drafted ana he all done over again. We do not want to have it count for nothing second time. because of your veto' so please tell us what you are Wi ling that the State shoulo oo TOT 1lo lame children. provide for mercifully chIoroIorn m ing such lame children as are nkely
 
 a burden on the State? Such leg islation would be more humane than the present attitude of neglect. and' heIieye me. there are many lame children who would welcome such means of escape from being nIe- long burden upon their friends, rom a. useless career or perhaps oecoiu- l ing at last an inmate or the pooi house. 1~+ b.1,e +hed esirab1e merit of being econom- ical 4 wore willing that the State should rebuild the Newington Home when receives crippled children. Of course won were. for something had to De done Immediately. The equipment England The buildings are unsan- itary, fire traps out of repair, all most ready to fall down. The in. mates are already under the care or the State, there is no other place to send them, and they cannot live III tents When the Home is rebuilt, II will not afford room for the care or a fourth of the lame children who might be benefited by proper inst1- have a long way to go and will re- quire a greatly increased endowment before it can hope to reach the stan dards of real Hospital Schools es- tablishe-d in other states for lame children.
 would remind you that the state only sends to that institution, accord ing to the statute, 'Pauper and 1n- digent Lame Children" and such County Homes-not only because 0Nay