Show U. U S. S Doctors Attempting To Halt Parrot Disease 5 Deaths From Dread Fever Reported in Last 24 Hours I WASHINGTON Jan 15 Associated Asso Associated crated Press With Press With a growing H list t of fatalities from the mysterious disease dise ue of parrot fever or or- psittacosis psittacosis psittacosis federal health authorities concentrated today upon an effort to prevent any further further- spread of the malady o FI deaths were reported within tho last twenty four hours bringing bringing bring bring- ing the total number to eight The most 11 recent victims were Roger Moser Bu Buchanon chanon Yonkers New York Mrs L Leon eon on K F. Swears Johnstown Now York one ono person In Queensborough Queens- Queens borough New York whose Identity vats waa not revealed rc tl l Mss Miss s Catherine Toledo 0 O. and Mrs William Wil Wil- William liam llam Burns Burn Baltimore The Tho deaths of Mrs Irs Percy Q Q Williams Wil wn liams of or Toledo Toldo Mrs rl William Shields of and Mrs I Louise ulso Schaeffer ot or Baltimore were reported previously In a addition twenty-six twenty cases cues were reported In New York Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- Maryland and Ohio Ohio at Brooklyn one at Yonkers four in Queensborough one ono nt at Johnstown Johns Johns- town three at Toledo two t at Pittsburg PUts Pitts- burg five at New Haven at Baltimore and four at Aberdeen Md Several other teases in these states were reported as ns either virtually virtually virtually vir vir- recovered ere recovered roco or On the assumption that the tho th disease dis- dis ease easo cannot be communicated from person to person but is contracted only from parrots who ho are arc themselves themselves them them- selves s afflicted the tho health officials confined their activities to tracing out the tho Infected birds Tho The belief was advanced that the present outbreak came from a ft sin sin- glo shipment of ot parrots which reached this country shortly before Christmas although the possibility that the birds became afflicted after reach reaching In Inthis this country la Is not being overlooked o |