Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-07


The Warm open weather Causing
Much sickness EvsPyWhere-The
Grip en- the Increase.
The warm open weather seems to cause
much discomfort everywhere. Hard colds,
the grip and many other complaints are pre-
valsnt. People fear the grip as they never
feared anything before but there is no doubt
but most cases are nothing but hard colds.
The influenza appears to be slightly increas-
Ing and many people think that everyone
must have an attack OF 1t sooner or later.
No deaths have been attributed directly to
the grip, but, in many cases, 1t has left ita
victim 20 prostrated that pneumonia, con-
sumption or some other disease followed
soon after and proved fatal.
- OF the greater part of the sickness now in
town, It IL said that IL has affected children
and aged people especially. There were six
funerals yesterday and a. far as Ia known
there will be ave to-day. None of these
deaths, however, can be placed to the &C.
count of Ia grippe.
The greatest number Of deaths are due to
pneumonia. In many cases the primary
cause was pneumonia. Twenty-Five deaths
Carr from January / up to Sunday. They
were: Pneumonia 13, heart failure 8, typhoid
fever /, meningitis /, cancer of face 1. maras.
mus 2. The average monthly death rate
from pneumooia during 1889 was 10. So far
this month there have been 10. This is for
Ave days. Two more deaths in which influ.
enza was attributed a. the primary cause,
occurred on Sunday. They were Mrs. Ambrose
Walker of 81 Atwater street and Frank Pecor
Of Grand avenue,
La Grippe has boldly attacked the police
force. On Sunday night fifteen officers were
unable to attend to duty, and the same num-
Der were of last night.
Charles p. Msrwin> of the firm of Hubbell,
Merwir & Co., builders, who has been very
i'll for ten days, has jpst resumed business.
Lawyer 8. Harrison Wagner has had q
very severe attack of the grip, but has nearly
recovered. Mrs. Wagner ia also recovering
from the same complaint.
The wife of Conductor Smith of the State
street horse railroad has been Ill for week.
She was attended BY DR.. Roberts of Fair
Captain B. e. Brown of the Grays, who
has been confined q number of days, is i'm
proving.
James Parsons, d clock shop contrac.
tor, had q sldght attack snd has
been confined to the house for nearly two
weeks with ssveRe attack of neuralgia in
u Mr. i:'I Sherlock o|f the New Haven Steam
Heating. company has been i'll for several
days with the complaint and is still confined
Mrs. Reed Of 1877 whslley avenue, who ha.
been i'll with the grip, has recovered. She
was attended by Df. Mcneil.
Chief Hendrick, who has been Ill for two
weeks, is nearly recovered. he is now with
his as,, s1oshsr-in-law General Dickinson in
Most Of the physicians are still taxed be-
yond their capacity DO attend to the many
Miss May Hart of bridgeport, daughter o.
United States Express Agent John J. Hart
has been in critical condition with the dis
ease, but is now growing better. Her fathel
has been taken with b mild form Of the com.
plant.
,Ss eripps Many employs a. th
armory are sick with It.
There are several bundled cases Of the dis
ease In Waterbury.
Elvirs Vogel died Saturday evening 81
Wagner's Union Hotel, Bridgeport, wher,
she had been employed a. cook for nearly {
year. She was taken down with the prevail.
Ing influenza one week ago. She was former
York banker.
II was hard work to get out the Hartford
Times on Saturday. A dozen mlen wer,
grippsd, but over half Of them, hardly abb.
to work, braved It through I'LL the papel
went to press.
President Isaac Holden of the Bridgepdrl
Scientific society was attacked with HtEA
grippe on Friday last, and II still remains
With him.
In Middlstown about forty students It