The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

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 Yesterdays DIsagreeable Weather Grip Now Prevailing All Over Com
 necticut-Much Grip in Philadelphia and Other Places.
 In contrast with the fair weather that has for weeks prevailed In thls section yesterdays rain and sleet was especially dsagreeable. The numper- less cases of grip which physicians are reporting in New Haven families dld not at all benefit by the change, ana
 the report made last night by the l weather bureau that the storm will probably clear up to-day comes as well come news to many sufferers. Mr. Tarr, of the New Haven weather i bureau, said last evening, has recelveo only a small share of a general storm
 which yesterday moved up from the
 Mississippi valley, and will pass orr to- day north of the lake regions.
 Sleet, in places half an inch thick, cov- cred central Missouri and Kansas yes- terday and caused much damage to tel ephone and telegraph wires. In Missou- IT tlEGS were DlOhell ny tpC NNitoiie oA ice. In Kansas, less damage has been done to wires, and wheat will be bene- flted. Stock in western Kansas will not suffer.
 New Haveners may expect clearing weather to-day, with prevailing winds followed by cold wave.
 pr. Tracy, the registrar of the New York board of health, said yesterday that the present winter was typical grip weather, like last winter. From December, to March, 1900, there were 5000 deaths from this complaint. The rate has been about the same this year, and Dr, Tracy thinks it will increase from now until March.
 Reports of grip come in Increasingly from all parts of the state. In the towns about New Haven, especially Branford, Wallingford and Meriden, grip is increasing in like proportion to the sickness in this city. The resources of the doctors in Meriden and Hart ford, as well as in this city, are becom- ing overtaxed by the thousands of cases which they have to contend with, and Bridgeport is in little better plight.
 In view of the prevailing conditions and because the grip Is not easily cured but easily prevented, 1t may be well to publish the following rules which were recommended by prominent physician and will be followed at this time by all who are commonly prudent:
 '"To avoid grip observe these rules:
 Keep warmly clad.
 Keep the feet dry.
 HAuoi5 nflJc a,,d 1ro,nb+s
 Use stimulants sparingly, If at all
 Eat nourishing food.
 'TakA your meals regularly
 Do not overheat your house.
 See that the ventilation is good
 Take quinine in tonic doses.
 If you are taken i'll call in a physi- cian as complications which may en- sue are dangerous"
 Philadelphia, Jan. 10.-Philadelphia physicians say the grip is rapidly through the city. Few deaths have been reported as due directly to the disease but the general increase of pneumonia which has Its inception in the grip is causing much alarm. At all the hospitals grip is reported as on the increase This year the malady is man. ifesting itself in two ways one of which IS the familiar catarrhal form accom- panied by lung and throat troubles. ire quently resulting in pneumonia. The other and more malignant type is a nervous disorder.
 Physicians say that the prevailing weather has been favorable for good health rather than otherwise, but that nevertheless there is more sickness now than there usually is in the months of February and March, when snow is on the ground and the earth and air are full of moisture.
 Last nights New York Mail and Ex- | press says; Sufferers from the grip are constantly increasing In New York. But for the most part physicians say | the disease Is of a mild form, little ! worse, in fact, than heavy cold The death rate has been increased by the grip, but this is due to complications with other ailments. Health Commis sioner Cosby said to-day that very few ieaths from typical grip had been as yet reported. If people were only care- 'ul and went to bed and stayed there 'or two or three days, there would be little mortality due to the grip Dr. Cosby said. Not that I want to make fight of 1t. But without complications, 1t is not much to be feared. I have many cases in my private practice, I 1ear of good many in this office, and understand that the hospitals are