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PANTHER
FOOTBALL TEAM OVERCOMES POLIO QUARANTINE; PLAYS SEVEN GAME SEASON
ALTON
EVENING TELEGRAPH
OCTOBER
12, 1944
QUARANTINE IN
JERSEYVILLE TO
CONTROL 'POLIO'
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Additional Case of Infantile
Paralysis Found At Carrollton
A poliomyelitis quarantine
that threatened to spread northward closed down Jerseyville's schools
Wednesday and restricted nearly all children under 21 to their own
premises, probably for two weeks.
While regulations issued by City Health Officer Ed Porter at advice of
state department of health representatives closed schools and kept
children from leaving their own yards, it placed no restrictions on
churches, theaters, and other public gatherings beyond specifying that
children should not be admitted.
The restrictions were invoked yesterday afternoon following diagnosis of
the fifth case of infantile paralysis to be found within the city,
itself, in the past week, and the sixth case in the immediate community
surrounding.
After state health department officials acting in the Jerseyville case
visited Carrollton this morning it was decided to permit schools to
remain open pending further developments.
A football game between Carrollton and Jerseyville high school teams
scheduled for Friday night was postponed.
Meanwhile, the season's first light frosts in spots over the surrounding
countryside gave promise of an early end to the thread of an epidemic.
In Jerseyville the quarantine order while excepting non-student workers
between 17 and 21 sufficiently to allow them to work, nevertheless was
designed to keep them at their homes for all other purposes.
It exercised a crippling influence on newspaper delivery service stores
and other establishments employing young people during after school
hours.
The order was invoked after a series of meetings between the City
Council public and parochial school officials and city and state health
authorities.
An original proposal to close picture shows and churches was amended.
Persons of 21 and over may continue to visit the shows and churches as
heretofore, but all persons under 21 are to remain on their premises
unless engaged in work at their customary place of employment.
The regulation bans residents of the surrounding rural areas from coming
to picture shows or visiting the city during the period of quarantine
unless such individuals are above the age of 21.
The confinement of minors to their own premises will be strictly
enforced and members of the Illinois State Police will be assigned to
Jerseyville to assist in the enforcement of the quarantine regulations.
Notices to parents of school children explaining the regulations were
sent to the homes Wednesday evening.
All theaters and places of business were asked to cooperate in
preventing minors from entering their places of business.
PANTHERS, HAWKS GAME POSTPONED
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The football game between the
Jersey Township High School Panthers and the Carrollton Hawks scheduled
for for Thursday, has been postponed due to the polio outbreak in the
Jerseyville locality.
Of three new cases reported in this locality Tuesday, one was a member
of the high school student body.
ALTON
EVENING TELEGRAPH
OCTOBER 16, 1944
2 MORE 'POLIO'
CASES REPORTED
AT JERSEYVILLE
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Total Number Now is 8----
Quarantine Strictly
Enforced
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Two new cases of poliomyelitis were reported Sunday morning to Health
Commissioner Edward Porter. This brings the number of definite cases in
the area to eight.
ALTON
EVENING TELEGRAPH
OCTOBER 24, 1944
QUARANTINE AT
JERSEY MAY BE
LIFTED SUNDAY
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Schools Reopen Monday
Polio Expert Com-
pletes Survey
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Well into its last week of
quarantine resulting from an outbreak of infantile paralysis,
Jerseyville today received the benefits of a survey by one of the
nation's outstanding authorities on the disease. Dr. Edward A. Piszczek
of Chicago representing the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis.
Present plans call for the quarantine, which has resulted in closed
schools and confinement of all children to their homes, to end Sunday.,
with schools resuming Monday.
Dr. Piszczek, who has conducted a number of surveys for the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, was in Jerseyville and Alton today
observing the situation in both communities and conferring with medical
men and authorities there.
He confirmed all cases of infantile paralysis so far diagnosed by local
physicians at the same time inquiring into each.
As the result of his survey he disclosed today that he would urge
adoption in Jerseyville of a city dairy regulation ordinance.
Cases he had seen, he said, had been predominantly among persons using
raw milk.
JERSEY PANTHERS WILL
RESUME GRID SCHEDULE
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Jersey Township High Panthers will
renew their football schedule this week after a two week interruption
due to the "polio quarantine." Friday evening they will go to
Pittsfield to meet the conference leaders.
The last game of the original schedule is at Pleasant Hill, Friday
afternoon, Nov. 10.
Jerseyville has three un-played games with Carrollton, Oct. 12; White
Hall, here, Oct. 20, and Winchester, there, Oct. 26.
Plans are being considered for rescheduling the un-played games.
(All
articles edited of names of victims to protect the privacy of their
families)
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