Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — U. S. PLACES BAN ON FOLK LEAVING N. Y. [ARTICLE]

U. S. PLACES BAN ON FOLK LEAVING N. Y.

No Person Can Depart For Another State Without Federal Board's Consent. New York, July 19. —To prevent .the epidemic of infantile paralysis here from spreading to other parts of the country, all persons leaving New York city for other states will be required to furnish certificates stating the premises in which they live or have lived, are not and have not been affected by the disease, it was announced here tonight by Dr. Charles E. Banks, senior surgeon of flie U. 3. public health service. Five additional physicians are now on theiy way here, it was said r .to aid the federal health officials in their effort to safeguard the lives of residents of other states. Dr. .Banks asserted that government physicians would be stationed at all railroad Stations to enforce the new regulations.