Evening star., 1941-09-11
Survey Of Suburbs
Shows No New Cases
Of InfantiIe Paralysis
Prince Georges TO Allow
Parents to Keep Their
CHILDREN From School

4 Asurvey of heaKt 6fhcers in five
Jurisdictions today disclosed no new
cases of infantile paralysis in near
by Maryland and Virginia.
Health officials said the number
of cases now stands at 19 for Prince
Georges County, Md: six for Mont
gomery County. Md: two for Arling-
ton County, Va: six for Fairfax
County, Va, and three cases in
Alexandria, Va. The one new case
reported today was in Prince
Georges County.
While Virginia has had fewer of
the cases reported than Maryland,
the number showed an increase for
the week ending last Saturday, the
State Health Department at Rich
mond said.
Actual Increase Denied.
Health officers in nearby areas
were quick to point out, however,
that this does not indicate an actual
increase in the disease In the State.
To cite one instance, the six cases
In Fairfax County, which have oc-
CURED during the last two months,
were not shown on the State report
until last week, probably due to hos
pitalization In Washington, DR.. r.
G. Carpenter, health officer of that
county, explained.
: The State report showed Is cases
were reported last week as COM
pared with five for the week ended
August 80, the Associated Press re-
ported. However, there were IT
cases reported for the week ended
September Z, 1910, the State report
showed, indicating decrease from
last year.
OF the Is cases reported in Vir-
ginia last week, about dozen were
from Northern Virginian counties
which probably occurred throughout
the summer, DR.. Carpenter said, but
were not reported promptly because
of Washington disqualification.
In Cheverly, Md, where anxious
parents had the Cheverly-Tux
School trustees close the institution
for one day only, Tuesday, less than
so per cent of students registered
attended classes yesterday, Lee
Quinn, president of the Cheverly
Citizens Association, said
There were 191 students registered
and yesterdays attendance was only
81 pupils. Mr.. Quinn said. Parents
are voluntarily quarantining their
children In this area. where one of
Prince Georges cases has been re-
ported, he added.
County Rule Relaxed.
The Prince Georges County School
Board will make no objection
when parents keep their children
out of school because of the out
break of infantile paralysis cases,
Nicholas Orem, superintendent of
county school announced yesterday.
Revealing the policy of the board,
Mr.. Orem said that children enter
ing late will have their names en-
tered on the roll books the day they
enter even though parents sent in
the children's names for enrolment
on the opening date. Mr.. Orem
pointed out that marking pupils
present when they were not attend
ing classes would constitute a falsi-
fication of records. He said that re-
quests for school appropriations are
based on attendance records, which
must therefore be kept accurately.
State law requires attendance un-
less reason can be shown for abb
sence, but Mr.. Orem said the at
tendance officer had been instructed
to relax enforcement of the law
during the outbreak.
Children are allowed Is days, un-
til September 23, to enroll without
being regarded as late entrants
under state law, Mr.. Orem said,
pointing out THAT the emergency may
b over before that time.