Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-07
DECREASE SHOWN
IN DEATHS FROM
INFLUENzA|ND.C c.
Nine Fatalities Reported This
Morning, as Against
27 Yesterday.
HARDLY
BELIEVE CRUX REACHED
Senate and House Galleries Closed
and Public Court Hearings
Are Postponed.

and Public Court Hearings
Are Postponed.
Influenza fatalities in the District
showed an encouraging reduction today,
although the authorities are by no means
hopeful that the crux Of the epidemic has
been reached.
Nine deaths were reported during the
morning, representing the total fatali-
ties since Sunday. Deather reported
Sunday totaled "a. and from noon Sat
urday until midnight Saturday 81.
There have been ninety-one deaths in
all reported since Saturday morning
up to noon today.
Under the regulations of the Commits
sioners making the reporting of in1u-
cnza mandatory, a total of 1,e01 cases
has been listed with the health depart
ment. A total of 665 cases has been
reported since yesterday.
Mandatory Order Brings Reports.
Health Officer Fowler says that
urday under the mandatory order of
the Commissioners making influenza
reportable, there has been no way to
make even an estimate of the number
of cases in the city.
AS a further precaution against the
disease, both the Senate and House
galleries were closed to the public to-
day. Jury trials and equity hearings
also were suspended by the District of
Columbia Supreme Court until Monday
next.
Recent Deaths Reported.
Deaths reported from midnight last
night up to noon today follow:
Lucille Tawes. twenty-five years,
Garfield Hospital: Eleanorc NJ. Kerr
Hardman, twenty-SiX years, lis 9TH
street southeast: Burney Cohen. two
L. Manweiller. thirty-three years,
Casualty Hospital: Nathaniel Cross,
two years. $40 New Hampshire avenue
northwest; Clinton II. Chapman, TWEEN
ty-eight years, 25 Sth street southeast;
Pearl Z. Evans. forty-two years. Sligo
thirty-four years. 127 4th street south
east: James Tamisiea, twenty-three
years, GalIaudet College.
Deaths from Saturday at midnight
up to midnight last night: Helen ".
Kirley, twenty-seven years, 1880 18th
twenty-five years, Kendall House,
14th street; Walter W. Ballard, jr.
one year, Hotel Powhatan; Ira z.
Myers. thirty years, s23 9Th street
northwest: Grace NJ. Lee, fifteen
years. Casualty Hospital: Sarah f.
west: Julia A. Pitts. twenty-five
years, 726 Maryland avenue. north
east: Annie r. Bray, twenty-seven
years. 116 5th street southeast: l'is
Lechisctte. twenty-one years: Wash
ineton Asylum Hospital; Thomas I.
University Hospital: John S. Hutchin-
SON twentv-siN years. Blue Plains:
Marion f. Farrow. thirty four years.
1912 D street southeast: Ruth Rizer.
thirty-four years, 1864 Belmont street
northwest: Anna e. Byrd, thirty-two
years. 623 NJ street northwest; George
V. Minick, twenty-five years, Sibley
Hospital: Irvy L. Marshall. thirty-six
years, 1904 c street northeast; John J.
I.ally, thirty-four years. Garfield Hos
pital: John Weinberg. twenty-three
years, Georgetown University Hos
years, sO9 9Th street northwest: Lee
F. Lynch, twenty-nine years, Walter
Reed Hospital; Joseph Drury. twenty
years, Walter Reed Hospital; Gene
We've Knudsen, twenty-one years. Sib-
ley Hospital; Grover c. Crown, thirty
three years, SOB 14th street northeast;
Thomas n. Corkhill, forty years, 912
H street northwest.
DR.. Mustard Opens Headquarters.
DR.. Mustard of the public health
service, who is Jointly working with
Health Officer Fowler in the battle
against the spread of influenza, has
established headquarters in the Dis
trict health Office.
Discussing the situation and what
has been done and will be done by his
is being organized, which will include
the Red Cross. dietary kitchen visit
ing, home and school nurses organ
izations and others who will pool
their efforts.
He said already fifty nurses have
up all their other work. An arrange
ment has been made by DR.. Mustard
whereby the chief clerks of every
government department will make a
daily report to his Office of all cases
of influenza among the clerks and
others employed BY the government
in Washington, and how the federal
government is handling the epidemic
in each service.
1t was said by DR.. Mustard that
in all cases where clerks or others
of the various departments report as
indisposed or sick they are immedi-
ateiy sent to their homes. A rigid
enforcement of the rule prohibiting
the use of the public drinking cup has
been ordered isa all departments. The
Red Cross efforts will be made Joint
" with that of the public health
service.
Outside Aid Summoned.
Five we'll known physicians Of the
public health service from outside of
the city have been called to WASH
ington and will work under DR..
Mustard's directions as the heads of
the six zones into which the city is
being divided to fight the contagion.
tie, Dr.. Roberts, DR.. Saunders and DR.
Lucas.
"I have completed a survey of the
city of Washington's soda fountains
and public drinking places" said DR..
Mustard, "and am convinced that
these places using over and over
each day and night drinking glasses
that have not been sterilized are the
most serious menace TO the public
contagion has been spread and will
further spread. / Will insist with
Health Officer Fowler that all such
places sterilize their glasses or put
in individual paper cups or contain
ers. For the present l would warn the
public against patronizing any soda
fountains.
Health Office Announcement.
Health Oficer Fowler announced
this morning that with tho approval