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recinded. but the officials now look for
marked decrease.
The undertakers are still hampered
by shortage Of caskets, and there is
some delay in funerals on this account.
The shortage is not due to local con-
ditions but to the demand in places
where the influenza is at its highest.
A cheerful sight today was the STIR
OF life around the moving picture thea
tres. All the movie fans have bright
ened up considerably since they have
seen the scrubbng and airing aoing on
In the theatres. It looks to them az
II their pet heroines might soon dis
continue playing the role OF the sleep
ing Beauty
The New Century Club Emergency
Hospital will be closed today or to-
morrow. About - patients will be re-
moved to the Country Club, where
there are now 76 empty beds Many
will be discharged as cured, and a few
will recuperate in the convalescent
wards. In the Homeopathic Hospital,
emergency wing. There have been no
deaths at the New Century Club in the
past ~ UOuIc AltlA WIZ a" iNe'
discharged Yesterday. This hospital
has been closed to new cases Tor sew
eral days
The Pusey and Jones Company had
but three patients remaining at the
New Century Club last night and they
were removed to the Homeopathic HOS
pltal. The Pusey and Jones Company
has been very fortunate as TO deaths
among its employees there, having been
but very few TO die compared with the
large number OF cases. Most OF their
cases were treated at the New Century
Club. -.
Master Robert ]. Vance, Of No. iO3
East Seventh street. who was Ill two
weeks with influenza, has fully recoV-
ered.
Harry C. TAYLOR, a clerk for the Levy
Court, Is recovering from an attack
of the influenza.
There were 45 influenza patients IN
The New Castle emergency hospitals
Yesterday
In compliance with the Board OF
4ealth's request, a number Of churches
md theatres were holding house
.leaning day, yesterday.
The Board oY Health has given notice
hat ID will fumigate places OF public
zathering. upon request, after such
places have been thoroughly cleaned.
The conditions are steadily improving
AZ the Country Club with few new
,ases and with dozen and more pa
tents discharged each day. There was
one death at the club on Sunday night
The director OF laboratories Of Belle
,t,e Hospital. New York, thinks the in
nuepza was brought TO Europe by
Chinese coolies employed by the Allies
IN digging trenches. He bases this as
sumntion upon study OF all the previ-
ms "pandemicsn which is the correct
name for a wave OF disease which
snreads over the entire world. All such
vorld-wayes have originated In orient
al countries, which leads him TO think
the influenza pandemic came from Asia.
The question OF vaccines for influenza
mas been a matter which has brought
about heated arguments between mem
bers Of the medical profession all over
the world. Influenza vaccines are ad-
mjttedly in the experimental stage. TWO
committees which were appointed In
Massachusetts, TO investigate the Nalue
of Influenza vaccines as a preventive
agent and as a treatment for the dis
ease. have submitted their reports.
rhey say that while they have found
no proof Of the preventive and RENE
dial value Of the vaccines, yet in some
cases they seem to have been bene7
fetal and no infavorable results from
their use have been found by the COM
mittees. The committees recommend
the further collection OF experimental
evidence Of influenza vaccines.