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Show EXPERTS FIGHTING TO SAVE CHILDREN Germ of Infantile Paralysis May Be Isolated; Situation Situa-tion Is Improving. NFW YORK, July 12. While Health Commissioner Emerson declined tonight to discuss the report that a New York physician had succeeded in isolating the germ of infantile paralysis, paraly-sis, great importance was attached by medical men to the meeting of physicians physi-cians tomorrow night, which will be devoted de-voted to a discussion of the disease, which has cost more than 250 lives in this city since the epidemic began. Among the speakers will be Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Foundation, who is devoting his energies to a study of infantile paralysis. It was semi-of-fieially admitted that scientists have progressed so far that they are testing a culture in which they believe they will find traces of the germ and ultimately isolate it. There was a feeling of optimism in the health department today not only because be-cause there were fewer cases reported than yesterday, but also because no new areas were invaded and because all agencies combatting the epidemic are working in complete co-operation. Dr. John Dill Robertson, health commissioner com-missioner of Chicago, who came here today to-day to investigate the situation, declared de-clared his department had not been called upon to treat an unusual number of cases of infantile paralysis. A conference of physicians and city officials, called by Mayor Mitchel, was held this afternoon to devise additional means of fighting the epidemic. A special spe-cial committee, headed by Dr. Flexner, was appointed to undertake the work. Out of a total of 1440 cases since the epidemic developed, there have been 2S" deaths, it was officially announced by the lepartment of health tonight. In 1207, It was pointed out by health lepartment officials, the epidemic o( in- (Continued on Paga Two.) EXPERTS FIGHTIPIG TO SAVE CHILDREN (Continued from Page One.) fantile paralysis here continued throuEr flout fl-out the summer and until lute In September. Sep-tember. The total number of cases reported re-ported was L'500. There were 500 deaths. W T I7K E S - B A R I ! E . Pa.. July 12. The first case of infantile paralysis in Luzerne county, that of a 3-year-old boy. was discovered today at Plymouth, near here. The boy's illness was diagnosed by several physicians. TOLEDO, Ohio, July 12. The first death from infantile paralysis since the epidemic started in Xew York was announced an-nounced today. The victim is Mabel, li-months-old daughter of a laborer. Seven other cases are under surveillance. CINCINNATI. Ohio, July 12. The first case of infantile paralysis in this city, that of a 7-nionths-old child, was reported re-ported to the health department today, death claiming the victim shortly afterward. after-ward. The case was in a thickly populated popu-lated tenement district. NF.WP.ERN, Tenn.. July 12. News was received here today of the death from infantile in-fantile paralysis of tiie 7-year-old son of Greeley Donier at Yorkville, near here, on Monday. NEW" ORLEANS, July 12. Announcement Announce-ment was made by city henlt h authorities authori-ties that three cases of infantile paralysis, one of which rpsulted fatally, had developed de-veloped in New Orleans. |