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*U t 4.4V. Placards Decry Horrors 100 Jam Hearing on Paint Poisoning P.Jfi\ /' WAl lit Of The Inquirer Staff" Spectator gnflerira In coun- i chamber* in fflf llaM on Wednesday nan packed nan more lhan lOO restless people. Many held up ptococds with slogans drerylnR the horrors at lead paintIpaisotthgl They wanted aonwddns done about a threat to health Hut.hits hardest in the cite'* impo^rMuid irew tod tikes j(n tat among resided* of older housing in Framktord, icntn and Germantown* They were there to hear CHy Health Commissioner Dr. Norman R. Ingraham, preaent his deoartmeirt'a budget draHng with control at lead poisoning, wasn't giving the lead paint i program in\ Dr. Ingraham's j problem a higher priority ! than he seemed to be doing. ' "We are using all the melhods at ear disposal," Dr. written repojt include: k^Home ifslts tor intensive education. Ingraham said. "The only ad- -- Blood lasting ot children .'dttional thing would be to from one uf six years oid. 'have mass blood testing of all --r Mmlle investigation by :the children in the -affected i arras." 60 Inspectors of every dwel I Councilman Isadora Beilis ling in high risk areas. -'was concerned that all the cases ere not being reported :end ceiled for t greater Hi alson between the Depart1 meat of licenses and Inspec. lions, which checks housing [ tor substandard conditions, and the Health Department -- Flve'three-man teams to remove psint where prompt action is needed. -- Intensive surveillance and enforcement of codes. -- Employment of unem ployed people In a crash pro gram. . NOT BEING DONE I "This is not being done," BeUis said. , Lead paint poisoning, Dr. pur RnrrrAi. - , Ingraham'said during -ius4es- Comments and tractions by the spectators to most state ments packed an ctherwise dry recta! at Ms and fig ures with dramatic tenskw Dr. Ingraham bad > amplest tor IM2.JW fa his basic budget to combat lead potsoee ing. Under questioning he said total program, possibly spread nvrr several, yens, would cost more like ft* million. A fact sheet prepared by the UraKfa Department to Tilt. WHIMANINUItAltAM timony. Is a peculiarity of old Tells of poison threat houses. Since little or no leadbased paint is used on interi The health commiaslener or} any mote, the danger ex was chided during the hear; ists in houses painted before log tor not getting a program the lead base was legislated to combat lead paint poison {.out ot existence. ing going na long ago at Jt "The newer paint cracks nary when there was away and exposes the lead- awareness at the dangers. based nndereoating," be said. Dr. Ingraham explained There are also eases where that only one of Ihe nation's small children chew on some major cities. Baltimore, had thing and get down to the tayed awake to Hie dangers Wad base. of lead paint polsiaing over 'The Health Department's the years. show the Justification tor con trol of lead poisoning con tained a map showing a belt cross the city's waist bound ed on the north by Allegheny are. and on the south by Wharton st v Baltimore's program, now Si years old and kept up .. date, la being used ns u mod el lor other cities. D'OBTONA IRRITATED "We are modeling our pro gram after BalUmorc't pro 5g" 8 ,, 0.8 3 riflrffii. SS* CASES DEPORTED gram," Dr. Ingraham said. Within the ht* SM raws I "Wo arc also studying i fine nl lead paitd poistminR were lyirogrtHn in Chicago." reported in tic last live years. \ This drew an impatient re- Ihe map aim showed that sections at Philadelphia north of Allegheny avc. were not wilhont trouble. There were TO cases in Tio ga and Logan during the Iponso from Council Pres ident Pant D'Ortona. V'i don't care about Balti- nfpre god Cmcago and Los Agnclcs unit every piarc ebb." lie said. "I want to same period; 42 rase* to know what 11 being done in West Oak Lane and German delphia." town and six in Frankford. DEMONSTRATE APPROVAL South at Wharton st the The statement drew a small |3S^.g = :s5'5-5;oset,- s ^S"S' g" o 3Ee.!S3 aB "2-,,o-BSg.g| g 3'uSgos 'Bg,fa; B$ o "Sg-I.stl'l.a? on si o*g;b*f glia oBf Rg gSffsJg. t" 6 8-.SS ' S e* `"*8 ? " J lirSitaP&lIi;di!FBae lsri Sfi_2r5iTlSM.VBv I" flS^lSl5Ki t'ittM&ntJV map showed SO cases In South I'liiladeiphia, east of the Schuylkill, and 33 in South west Philadelphia. demonstration' of approval from the gallery. D'Ortona said' the city , needs a "lead poison pro- I ` S"S a-a ^a S5!!o<r Si|2s .-^S5SIII! "'ifD P a f f e c t s c h il d r e n ,, . gram." 11 Uad -pain! polsonins. which "\Ve are not looking for has a peculiar tendency to headlines," he said. "We sheet children liclwecn the know the situation is had. We aers ot one auil ids, is a want to know if even the $1.2 phoenix that most public. million Is sufficient." health authorities thought was lie said that in his 20 years laid to rest years ago when in Chv Cnunrtl he noticed lead was ruled out as a basic that the Health Department substance for painl. , tlwayg got hit the money it ^"SSiSf"it 4Reff|giSl .g|*E" r1'as*t It hi only rerrnlly lliat the authorities became aware that the menace had come hark to tile. "It is only within the last reunvs.ru. "And we've always had to transfer money out ot the Health Department bceausc it wasn't used," he added. ffllfiffU* |ST;Sli-!I5 sS-'S9 ."_ Hg--oS8a 'd 2g Sa !?>.* 3 2 s52e " oS' -o I* o n fi ^ 5.v"o rt year that we Save had lull Councilman Edgar. C. scientific data," su'd Dr. In Campbell wanted to know graham- . why the health commissioner f3-J?83&j3aSS-s S' m (i N39163