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n w :* ififjn 10 b wBiirnitM Bulletin | Philadelphia, Thursday, Novembrr 84. I960 Cily dies Peril limit must hr conshvred a very serious prnblcm, faartlculnrly n-hrn more Hum M per cent of Of Lead Poisoning the rase* hv* nccmrrd among children between IF end 16 months of age," he laid. The* City JfwMh PPpaHwi* Pr, GJIH* saw mor| then half to*Uy fepnrlrd Ihnl: the reoori the caw*s wnc the retail of vie* cf 49 e***** nf Mil poisoning, iif (fans chewing painted surfaces clMding 13 deaths, dblWv*B or chips of pahit containing a Jart .voar */rrrfy Im* beep danccrmi* amount of lead. fMrhftl in 1960. I tV.. Eugene A, Gflffc. mnmttepfowrr. mM there Hnvff Nvn * tntnl nf 91? ww end 41 death* reported in the city Bfaice 1?BA -**Ay iltwwft n*hfdi taler* the 'fa of owe out of evrry five vie- Lead Poisoning. Study Is Pushed! _ w Irtil ,* *. j-'-i . Lead Poisoning Studied Here U. S. and City Begin Check ofAir Here A study nf (hr amount of (cad In ihc air here and it* efforts on poop!? ho* been slarlorl by the U. S. rublic Health Servlet and the CUy Department of ruh/fc llctllh. Hr. Kugenc A. OUtl*. health rtanmissioner, said the joint Study will determine the armoini of lead people hrealhr dally. the possible connection with the 23 per cent of lead poisoning cases in whlrh the sourer Is'tmknwn and whflf part the use of tetra ethyl lead in gasoline plays in the picture. He said Philadelphia and las Angelr* wet* chosen In take part fat the study Iwtvwtsr of fhefr s HMo w c mIw ! PtiCi7ms in air polltilkm tmtrH and the lead pnisoninc eonfmi In effect hrie. TV. .Totm 4, Unni'm, illiwlor of public health wlo**. said Dr. A. r. Brown has brrn asjlsnrd hj* the Federal agency In work with (he local staff In obtaining blood samplincs nf person* fn different occupa tional and residential ralegm Vs. The Hly Inst year rrjmi tnl J9 rases of lead pnfcmntnc of w Mrh 32 oecurred amonc ehlldi-en tinder five year* of age. "TV sMm? of tlie lead In Pw 25 per cent of the m* which produced 12 deaths was Undetermined." said Dr, llanlon, (he cense of accidental poisoning enters its today. '-Dr. Hornmltlife.. dep- oty health commissi , taid.* more than 250 blood will be taken from i iplings /dents of the Northeast thfs wc as part of the study of lead the at-, mosphere. The survey is t-journift venture) of the City's Health department and the V. & riddle Health Service. It mu started after the cause of 25 per cent of the lead poisoninc deaths in the city last .year was listed a* unknown. . Blood samplin' stations wDll be set up in the Northeaststart-1 .tog today. The itallons will be nt St Jerome'! Church, 8100 . -Col/ax at, from 7 to 9 P; M. to- .nightmiWednesday end at the iPennypack Clinic, from 1 to 3 P. M. and from 7 to 3 P. M. Tues- l day and Thursday. Samples -dll be taken only from persons who have lived In Ihe arm bounded hy Roosevelt blvd, Pcnnypack Park, Frank- ford av. and Gram av. for at leastfiveyearn, said Sr. Hanlon. *GH Meeting Coifed 3n Lead Poisoning^ The CHy Departmentof Public Sealth will hold a day-long ymposhtm tomorrow on ihc hiwtiftv Ha r-3xintrol oflead poisoning among Tlie symposium. In be hetd-ah] 'hltadclphla General Hospital,' vill begin at 9 A. M. and wilt >ring together eeperfs from the ields of medicine, health, wclare. industry and various com nutty groups. Dr, John J. llanlon, director if mmtmtnity health services, s*id about Ml rhihlrm In the city suffer from lead r-'n-ining every ,-car and an rrrerar" of one out >f six dies. He sid not of the rases occur in areas of the city n-here homes arc old and the met lor surfaces ar covered n-ith several layers of paint Cily Sets Out To Cut Cases of Ar^thildren Under 2; Uijsofe Paint Blamed Thf City Health Department - wants rm - amendment -to the bealm code to help fight the hazard otjead jmlsoning. - Four persons have died this year from lead poisoning. Nine persons died last year. The accident control division of the Department of Public Health is pushing preparation of the proposed amendment which the department hopes will give , the health code < Strong set of teeth. I it will be shnil/r to an ordi nance enacted several years ago - In Baltimore, winch, according , to Salvatore Mano, assistant chief of the accident control di vision, has been effective in re ducing the number of lead poi soning victim/ More Cases Reported While fatanties this year have been tower/than in I9S1, the number of eases reported hare been highef; 139 this year as against I(tain 1961. -It's leal problem." said Miano, "bet without a law with some tcrtfi In it we're consid erably hmopcred. In the ab sence of fegislatinn, we've been doing the best we can." Appeals to owners of tene ments la-remove layers of toxic paints apd resurface the areas' with lead-free painls have-been inetfecld-e. he said. Unsafe Arint Miano estimated that approx imately Ml per cent of the vic tims lived In homes with unsafe palnl, and that 76 per cent or the deaths were among children one to two sears old. A compulsion on (he psrt of certain children to chewon win dow sills (medical authorities have a name tor it--Plcn) un derscores the ncressity of re moving the dangerous paint, of ten an undercooling applied dec ades ago and subsequently cov ered with new paint That'a why. Department of Health officials believe, one lerge wedge of the city is the area from which most cases are reported.