The Bide -A- Wee was on outer Bradley St That polo was before the shots were developed - I remember some kids I knew had it. We didn't do a lot of things to prevent getting illness that are done now. Alice -----Original Message----- From: Shirley Farone <twigs@bright.net> To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 7:13 PM Subject: Poliomyelitis - a 1921 case in Watertown >I have an article here about a 23 year old man who, in late September of >1921, had polio -- only the third in Watertown during that year. The >article remarked about September being rather late to have a new polio >case. He was taken to an area hospital called Bide-A-Wee. Does anyone >know where this hospital was located? > >I noted with interest the last two paragraphs of the article: > >"We know that the disease can be transmitted from persons to monkeys by >means of excretions from the noses of those who have the disease. Whether >there is any other mode of transmission we do not know. Using the >information we now have, the best we can do is to refrain from spitting on >the sidewalks and coughing and sneezing without using a handkerchief to >cover the nose and mouth. > >"There is an anti-spitting law in this city but it can not be enforced >until the public appreciates its importance. Those who have been arrested >in the past for the violation of this ordinance have gotten off by >demanding a jury trial." > > >Do you remember how terrified we were of this disease in the mid-to-late >40's? I suppose it was the same in the 30's. My parents (farmers) held >the theory that it had something to do with the beaches and water -- >consequently, we never got to enjoy the beach. > >Shirley > > > Diaries, old letters, poems, autographs, etc. - more coming >See our webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~twigs2000/ > > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >