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m A'm I- J Council Asked to Control Use of Leaded Paint City Council was urged ye*-. In each ea*e of lead poisoning, George X. Schwartz, sponsor ot.League of Women Voters and terday to pas* an ordinance es-tlandlords and tenant* the ordinance, who said it would|p*n Haley and David Steinberg, tabllshing controls overt leaded)wrrned of the h'wrd. Most provide another tool to prevent ** * Varnish and paint to prevent illness' and children became iU from chew- tragedy among children. lacquer Association. death among children. ing on paintdd lurfaccs, he said. . Dr.'Theodore Ingalls, pedia-j The appeal was made by city Despite warnings and at trician- and professor of prevena officials, civic leaders and rep tempts by Department represen tfve medicine at the University! resentatives of die paint indus tatives to persuade tenants and of Pennsylvania, said he had) try at a public hearing before landlords to take action, the studied the problem for 251 City Council's committee on campaign was largely a failure, years, and found it could not bel Public Health. he laid. solved by education alone. I One of backers of the most vigorous the bill was Dr. Nor Scant Compliance -Others supporting the ordin-i ance included, Don Flower, di man R. Ingraham, commission "After making recommenda rector of safety for the Lead In-, er of health, who said his de tions for removal of hazardous partment's allenlion had been paint from dwellings in lead poi culled (a ] ,023 cases of lead poi soning cases, the department soning in llie last IS years. Of'succeeded hi gaining complete the number, 82 children died compliance in only 31 percent and a number of others guttered of the eases, 21 percent by ten serious mental retardation. ants and 10 percent by land The bill would prevent the lords." Dr.'Ingraham said. dustry Association; Harry Verd- ter, executive director of the safely council of the Chamber, of Commerce of Greater Phila delphia; Dr. David Komfeld, of the Philadelphia Pediatric So-, ciety. Mrs. H. R. Cathcart of the aale at toys coated with paint Many children were returned containing more than 1 percent from "hospitals after treatment of lead by weight. It would re to the same hazardous environ quiro bouse paint to be so label ment only to become seriously led if potentially dangerous. ill again," he edded. 11 (Removal of faint "If the department of health ft j Another section of the ordi nance would permit the Depart ment of Health to order remov- ,alol ksdpaintfronvthcinterior of homes when its presence is determined to be a health ha zard. / Dr. Ingraham said his depart ment had, in the absence of leg- is to he expected to have rea sonable success in the control of this grave illness which has affected a number of the city's chltaren, kilUnglame-ana-leav ing others with permanent crip pling brain damage, effective legislation it imperative," he s.t.a.ted. ,, tsbtion, attempted to educate Others fat Support the public to the dangers of lead Others who urged passage of poisoning for IS years. the bill Included Councilman JO S3SU3 U{ spout 3J3M. JO{ed pops?! ja IFAoiuar j o j suonepuautuipaas ojaqkiuqj' payodar `qiiaaq jo j3uo{ss]unt203 `nut) wSuj u itgituoN va *si(nsw ajrabap* U| h j j m inq 'giuaA asaqj ttuuap Aemiap' *un uaaq esq uSjeduioo{uttotisanpaay treoiCsnsui uqi Uf susuo go`t dl ajaqi tpiqm jo *8upiosjod puai jo Ttncox aqi w uonepiujM (uiuata tnopas pasajjna waqio puu pa|p uajpptp z% rqdiapnJd . - til 'Hujiajh aip s j b UMpuqa 'X[[ensfl. *ntooq aqi uo sSuopq mb[ ul tuoojpaq uufieit Jaq jo 8u}|]ao. qan* 'll sujnbai q)[eaq ugqnd oq pun j ibj aqi uo luiEdpapBai o; paaexi sum Apu(eta syojja {Buoiisonpo aiaqxa jnq Io u io o io m. Wl pue `w AisnoiiaisXui atuuaaq 'Aib ii oj o) Use* iou sj mb[ SupRod joqjoiiy jopesequiy .uuauacuy uaqj 'aahi atpoog -pig ejBQ usqav o3 treaA maj b paznunc zuq qi|eaq aq Oj patijuuaiap cj }jttaqm *Eip Atirooijaa s u m 8ujuostod peat jo J3 sjopaiuj ucnoq.Uiojj iu[ed papsa; bao u i -St o p aqi saAjieiuasaidai Xjjenput itqud -ai oj Xiuoqinu luatuyudaa queaH aqt jo o sj b puu; C|epijjo qituaq jo Suppuq aiS puu 'cnowuzuq A{iU|itiaiod j| pajaqui aqi suq lltq aqi 1U|ad papuat qijm Stiguap aqoiiutudasnoqajqnbajt peatjojuaaiad aausujpiopasodcuduqipunoaajojag wo uuqi uottt SujujBiuoa itned qn. pa r QQQl / j 03 J_____-~?aam -JB03sibnjqaiuaaqiSuiuueqAquaJpyqa stqiVloisewHJunooXiiS`Suniostodpua; HuutspaiaMp|noMasu|paMdOLtdattx jo (onuos 01 sagddu qitiii ajcunpBjnit | 133u ej s nqx Tuauiaaiojua fuSat Aq paqauq oaqas *tq aqi jo quaaiad t A|uo uj aauutid. Apto sgiom ssuipatuos 'suonifui paam tuda ajaidtuoa gum ataqi 8u|uos[od qsm guq qatqM 'aupipam SAiiuasaiij