Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-07
EDITION


PHLshNLPuiA, Jah. 4 lhr report oI
IL. irAr Turner, OF tie Bureau OF ,
liaih isiied yesterday, shows a dccid-
I'd nc;rast. Ia IN. death rate IN the city
Tor the stfk ending January 4. The In l
r tas.. In the total unbrr OF deaths over
Tie pr Gus week IS eighiy-eight, and
roinpgrei viii The corresponding week
pi last year IL Is l26.
1ho grip has Played an important part
IN sending up the death rates, while only
nue. desth iiom lutluenza 10 recorded.
Yet the deaths traceah!e to the grip
would undoubtedly number more thau
one hundred. Pneumonia, or iufamma-
ton oil the lungs, has increased alarm |
ingly aud consumption has takea q great |
lump. SO have heart disease, couvul- |
sions, Group, debility and Old age. In
0uenza may develop into any OF these
diseases ani the great Increase in the
deaths from these causes Is the ground
Tor the teiet that it has been claiming
victim alter victim.
New York, Jan. G.-The doubling of
The death rate the past week is ascribed
to the grip aud the people are asking,
What will the next week bring forth?
With the cemetery people overcrowded,
The undertakers' facilities exhausted |, the
doctors overworked and the hospitals
pveriowing, the prospect Is indeed
gloomy Que. The only hope of relic! lies
In the prospect of a change in the
weather.
'Give us a week Of cold weather. the
aoctors say, "and the grip will be Il
thing of the past. There is no doubt
that the prevailing long siege of fog,
mist aud mud has had great deal to do
with the increased death rate. Accord
ing TO Sergeant Dunn, there were only
eight clear days during the month OF
December aud the constant humidity
VAs something extraordinary.
The mean temperature for tho month
Of December-il. i-was higher than
during the corresponding month in any
year since ISL In connection with til,
doctors promise to annihiate the infiu-
enza il they eau have some cold weather
It is chsering to note Sergeant Dunu's re
port OF the approach OF a cold wave
A recent addition to the literature o
the grip" Is the discovery OF an articl,
published in 1879, In which DIR. Sails
bury, Chicago physician, gave exac
drawings OF the grip Microbe. In th
article Dr. Salisbury makes the statemeD
shat infusorial catarrh Ia purely a parasi
SIC disease, arising from . peculiar ami
malculn organism, armed upon one side
with ella This animslcul@, TO use
non-medical metaphor, resembles a mi
croecopll cocoanut with whiskers.
After obtaining a toothold in the mu
cous surfaces OF the nose, lhey inultipl
rapidly, causing intense paroxysms q
sneezing. The organisms travel from
the nasal surface down into the fauces
1AryDx, trachea and larger and smalle
bronchi. The doctor stated that all rem
edies ordinarily used for colds and coug h
are verse than useless 10 this disease, tn
only effective remedies being those whc
retard the growth and reproductivenas
of the parasites.
CHESTER, Pa, Jan 6.-Dr. f. W. Leh
man. chairman OF the City Board O
Health, says that the number OF cases @
ia grippe are fewer than they were l
~ day, ago, but hat the present cases al
OF = more selious nature than has bee
the case since the introduction OF the ep
demie in Chester.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. Cit Is In
possible to tell just how many csses
the grip are in Allentown, but 1t is es'
mated thas the number is considerab
over 1000 and may be 700.
Boston. Jan. "a canvass of 20
The public schools of this city, having
total oil Q. 269 pupils, shows that ov
LOCO are absent, mostly on account
"la grippe" DR.. McCullum, the stat
tcisn OF the Board OF Health, saws III
lo0 ZOO Is very small estimate OF /
Vi pUieSBs III pOhlpu VI ~ d
suffering from the grip.
-- PRINCETON, y. j., Jan 6.-Thcrs Ina
been number of cases OF ia grippe"
Princeton College All have been OF
very mild form, however, aud as
NO serious sickness has resulted. Or
few Of the students now have the
sast.
REApINo, Pa, Jan. Cit is estima,
that there are now no less than {
cases Of Influenza In Heading, and repo
arc coming in to-day oil the eItens
prevalence 81 the disease in the aurroul
ing country dtBtrictS5
ALBASI, n. Y, Jan. G.-La Grippe
creating profound sensation in tie D
hawk Valley. At Amsterdam there
1900 cases. --.
BALTIMORE, Jan. G.-La Grippe
spreading throughout The cry. Iher,
no official estimate as yet vi tie NUN
oil cases, but, counting In the not v
well defined attacks, some physicii
say that there arc at least 5000 pers
af1icted with 1t.