New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29
An INCREASED DEATH RATE.
EFFECT OF THE RUSSIAN INFLUENZA
ITS VICTIMS GROWING IN NUMBERS DAILY
MANY MEN IN THE PosToFFICE AND
FIRE DEPARTMENT SUFFER
ING FROM II

| MANY MEN IN THE POSIOfrl'b h4'N
FIRE DEPARTMENT SUFFER
ING FROM 1T.
Tho mortality reports at Sanitary Headquarters IN
dcotc that the prevailing epidemic OF influenza u
dangerous to life. No report OF death honl liL''
enza has been sent to the Health Department s', u
there has been marked increase III the oea'io I'm
| bronchial troubles and 1t Is not unlikely "'"' UiO
! influenza has been contributing cause inero WV
762 deaths in the city last week anu ooo uo",'N'
the previous week. An increase OF nearly loO uca"i,
g., .h it, in \ week is remarkable enough to attract
| attention AT any time. The deaths from pneumonia
last week numbered 139, while those from the sah'
disease in the preceding week numbered d. I'm
sumption caused 131 deaths last week anu ~ Ia '''
nrccednc week. These two diseases VIII" a''
readily aggravated by influenza, have caused al III
| croasc NJ AZ i'm the mortality In a single "eeh
! bronchitis caused % deaths In the olS IA W
r-oeI, ending December 21 and so deaths lasI "eoN
II was admitted at Sanitary Headquarters yeSVe'uaS
that President Wilson, Of the Health BOaru' ""
| ing from the influenza and that lie had Oech '''iV"'
| III but II was denied that his condition was oii'
4 report that Mr. Wilson had suffered dangerous
| ,arlo ,r.s pronounced false by sanitary Superm
| tondent Ewing who had visited him IN MS noino III
West Twenty -third-st lie said that Nlr "HSon "" o.
nooo'.or, and would be at sanitary Headquarters LII
| a few days. ~ from q
! mild attack of the influenza, OF iron
cold He said: Il inclined to thhk thao mo
Influenza now giving much trouble III the ci's' -
mild form Of la grippe and that 1t is caused oy
| ' aIit, in the atmosphere which has been trans
nited IN rs from Europe. 1t may be that In CROSSING
bo ocean the atmospheric poison has been chahgeo 30
that IT, cau,es mder illness here than IL dld aDroau
T have not heard of any person who Is DANGEROUSLY IA
from the influenza but nearly everybody Is having eA
| perence with the disease
| Assistant Sanitary superintendent James had an
attack of the influenza the other day, but he cureu
hi1f ouicklv bv doses Of quinine and aconlte. and
nv freouent spraying Of his nose with boraN soiu-
| tion DR. r. s Tracy Register Of vital statlsucs,
has warded off the disease thus far by taking gram VI
ouinine every morning and evening Dr. cyrus hu
son yesterday denied that he had sunered from Vi9
| irepenza Chief Inspector Bullard and ChemlsC
Martin have been ill with the trouble Coiohel
Fmmons Clark has had suspicious cold ana nneni'
hers of his family have suffered from the same co
| plant.
superintendent Murray said yesterday that his at'en
ton had not been called to any unusual sicNes' ~
| the police force. Il policemen nave sune'eu - -
the influenza, the disease has not anectea "'eni
seriously enough to place them on the SICK hs'
Postmaster Van Cott denied yesterday that nc h"U
the Russian malady lie had to acknowledge nov"
ever that he had neuralgia in the head ana 'ariou'
| other symptoms Of similar disease.
Assistant Postmaster Taylor has strong grasp Oh
Local subjects connected with POstOce affairs ana no
| one has vet succeeded in getting the grip on hi'i
The Russian influenza, however, is undoubtedly preVd
lent in the Postonice. Assistant superintendent har
rison went on duty on Friday night with cola IN
his head He tried to loosen its hold, but the III
| Auenza or something else still makes MN surfer
Assistant superintendent Van Pelt is supposed 10 DC
suffering from the real variety. Assistant AuulUor
Jerrvp Woods SAYS: No, haven't the grip, but I'm
getting it, He expects to get few days vacation
| at the same time.
But it Is among the clerks that the Russian grip
proves that it differs from the Brooklyn Bridge cable
variety I'm letting go. one clerk wrote 10 hiS
spncrntendent: 81 can't get out of bed with pains
all over me-" Several others have become disguised
with working several hours overtime every day 10
finish up the holiday work and they have taken inc
influenza They believe that total cessation OF
work IS the best remedy for it and they are applying
IL fearlessIy 1t is to be said to the credit OF the
force that most Of them waited until after Christmas
Two correspondence clerks and forty other en-
poyes of superintendent nazes department have been
duty part of the time for the last week uhuer 'o
pressure of the :" grip" Yesterdays record was
twenty three absentees. Few of the etter-carrlerS
have shown any signs of the malady.
surveyor Lyon was reported TO be sick yesterday
with the grip
The influenza has taken firm hold on the Fire
Department and there are now probably twenty men ~
Others are or less affected Dr. FRANK IL.
Ives Of the Fire Department has charge OF the cases
of illness i'm the section of Broadway and south OF
Eighty sixthst In this section he mas now Iourteeh
cases Of what he considers the genuine Russian inu
II suppose" he said yesterday, that at any other her
time the trouble which has put the members OF ihs
| Fire Department on the sick list would be called
| simply catarrhal bronchitis. But | THINK that the
men now i'll have the Russian article. Al The symp-
toms Of the disease exists in every one OF these cases
| They high temperature tever, n~eaudcmc ~ & auu
aching limbs. / hope, however, TO have every man
now the sick list and on duty again on Monday DAY.
In the Chambers 81. engine house FRANCIS heIly'
Of Engine Company No. and PhlIp Z; i,TerinG ManIGm
of Hook ard Ladder Company NO. l, are suiIe.Ins @ @
from the grip Chief Gcquel, whose headquarters
are and FOry has anS been croH of
| have been sent to their homes, and third fireman
to a hospital. from Hook and Ladder COMPANY, no, no
a. The foreman and several other members OF i the
| company are also complaining that they have the
grip or something akin TO It. ...
St Assistant Foreman Gerrity is confined to his bed
and Engineer striebel and Firemen Duffy are both
Reilly, who makes his Headquarters at the house OF
Engine Company No. l, in West Twen-
iyGn9itl a1tle Fremen na coggle @ McCurley Ripple.
German McGnness and Sherick of Engine Company
Nm o6 in West Thirty seventh st, are more or less
troubled, but of them has yet been put on the
There are several victims in Engine Company No. q
in West Forty third st. but they manage 10 Keep on
yn sg y Foreman sGS McSamee. Engineers Bett and
Ryan and Fireman O'Brien Chief campbell whose
r. in West Twenticth-st, Is on the Ist ana Semen
Rooney Fltzmaurcc and Mcguire and Driver Isnkey
arc sick enough 10 be IN bed. -. ,
! Fireman Green, Of Engine Company NO 3 In west
Sevcntetl st. went home yesterday under the doctors
care. lie is in for siege OF the influenza, In
several other engine houses fremcn complain OF not
feeling well. They all tell the same story OF culS
and fever loss Of appetite aching limbs burning eyes
and splitting headache
MORE NEW CASES ON STATEN ISLAND.
Inquiry among physicians reveals the fact that there
| at least 200 Of " la grippe" on Staten
Island Among those reported Yesterday as having
! the influenza were Dstrict-AttOrney elect Thomas W
Fitzgerald. Colonel John A. Duff aud thirteen members
Of the police force.