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AHR 30 1950.1:' <fll(T> -tif,,|,f,,Eh,naBoulktina...-- ------ City to Tell Parents of Harm To Children From leaiPetrt * . _,,iijiri#d that noM teiulttd lra *Thf city wiU wo** launch * educational 1'K>P'1,,n 10"'"'"Ji jIBle,a, Dr. Fish, jld, the parents wHh "* dtasa " children tod U^dteVt L**i*l* ' ,W on winds* *M*t wiiiNuv. director otjwin paint or nibbling lPtoled thfpr^wtive 'So* division] sticks ouUlde. atlrlbJJlcd. to; aid! fWMievtt ntlrtWwa w. rash f lead among youssl+ i There have b*' ^ ifar this year, lip "* "'".S^tooto'hUclcUjfo.*. ./ i "'t . CM*.!' 1>riv* / 1 Dr Vincent Bore/ a P"bUq {Attributed !} lit the yS ^hlWren ml ..ijntod by the hW WIWlW Ot Who do their own. Jng on the barsW .re^H^MW thc Philadelphia paint. pScdthe 'enhs. out turn many- !"nr Sylvan L Fish, JSSrtThSJS*--, Lfrf of The oornmnnicnhlelsevere _Jin^?hnot'diagnosed as jdisease mctlom *? ^'.ISh. The symptoms areiHor.| | instigation ot the 2* cttS^!--j rl--t- 4*nd general weakness,! 1- -*n irrfJ 1 head Poisoning ; j Hits 41 Children Forty-one caw* of lead * in' in childreu have teen**"* led to the Department of Finnic iLiiaomthehs iPn. tDhiexolans.tll>c*amll^Mjth^s,wDift*' {sinner, disclosed yesiHW- 1 lie said n percent/t the *** |^nSSSlSi^f* ' -flrt'^iisan " u,e survey showed elildren w"*1 ZMSWW me Pdf cent lend. Fie also noted that /nderroal* nr psiint In old er hfan ore likely to hare a -hichrlrad content. I M Jnnousky sold the symp; fottufnf lend poisoning arc stow* <*h pains. vomiting, weakness, nnn at times convulsions. Jie urerd parent* to obtain imme* dlafe trendnent lor the rbHri if Ihe symptom* appear. is?"? CP City^Warns SifMonger ~1 Q{ Lead PoisonincNn Home j Slowly An investigation of these eases, he said, (hows that most occurred among young children, new booklet being circulated by generally trom 20 to 30 months,' the PhiladelphiaHealth Depart who had chewed on surfaces, ment fat an attempt to curb a corned with paint containing, .rising incidence of lead-poison- lead. -H Ing among children. While Interior paints are vlr-; ; Dr. John J. Hanlon, director tually lead tree.*' Dr. Hanlon; of the department'! public said. Many older homes still' eervlces, laid there have beat have surfaces covered with prtnt 35 case* of lead-poisoning al contalninglead." J ready this year, with one death. Sounds Warning -i He said youngsters In the' At the same time last year. teething stage can be poisoned, 15 cases and one death had been by chewing on eld woodwork recorded here. Dr. Hanlon sold. and warned parents to keep their children supplied with: safe Objects to chew on during', this period. The listed symptoms ot lead poisoning as stomach pains and frequent vomiting, spasms, headache, muscular weakness or constant fatigue. yniia yYith Mad Poisonin '/ g/nppSrDf/on Roseann OrlL detected In lime. Sympto daughter of Mr. alS MH.'Nnr- come more pronounced f dso Ortiz, was rc/orted In good dreo in the summer hff ix . condition today/at Children's imased exposure to' tUoUghe Hospital here aher a brain op eration for tea poisoning. (Vitamin D) and higher fetch deuce of colds. ., Both Vitamin D and'the add*' The operalio was to relieve Ity caused by Infections set off pressure on 1 t brain caused chemical reactions which die-' by lead deposi lug there after lodge the lead from the bones circulating. On >ugh the blood where it first settles. The lead stream. Anoth be necessary ' r operation will > replace bone la then absorbed by the Mood, stream and carried to auch or flapa removed f im each side of gans as the brain, (. the skull In the first operation. Lead poison symptoms Include I Roseann, wh<l liven at 529 fever, nausea or lethargy. Chil Williams st, dbnden, is the dren most frequently get lead fourth victim of ftad poisoning poisoning by chewing on sub ,at Children's Hospital this sum inter. \ Lead poisoning Is fa(M If not stances such es wood or plssler which have been painted with outdoor paint containing land, i CP CP N39153