The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-22
Epidemic Serious at Upton,
Dix and Other Army and
Navy Stations.
CIVILIAN CASES FEWER
Warnings and Instructions
Sent Broadcast by Federal
and Municipal Officers.


from other environments in various parts
OF. the country told the same story Of the
spread of the epidemic.
The disease is not spreading nearly so
rapidly in the civil population. Only
twenty cases were reported to the De-
partment Of Health yesterday, a num-
Der equal to that Of the day before
Eight cases In one family were dtscov-
cred In The Bronx last night by DR..
Steinman OF Lincoln Hospital.
/, Ono Of the fourteen dead at Camp Dix
was a war nurse. Miss Ella Augusta
Stowe OF Is Madison avenue. Bridge
port, Conn. She did not contract the
disease while nursing any OF the stricken
patients. but was among the first In
camp to be taken i'll. She was gradu-
ate nurse who entered the service last
June.
I The deaths occurring yesterday were
All from among those cases which de-
yeiored at the start Of :he epidemic. The
medical authorities declar, they have
thc epidemic under control. rs there have
been no deaths among new cases. One
Hundred and ninety -four new cases de-
veloped yesterday, Of which fifteen are
pneumonia cases. None is severe. how
ever.
The men who died yesterday, all Of
whom are members Of the Thirty-fourth
Or Western Division, are:
August Boder. 13Sth Infantry: Johr e
Hammond, 1880 Infantry; Noha Wal
lace. 1880 Infantry; w. j. Jardey. l33d
Infantry; Lawrence I. Fox. 1880 Infan-
try; Harry Schleman. 1}3d Infantry |;
Elmer Tryon. Company 40. Depot Brig
ade; N. Antinks. Company rs. Depot
Brigade: Samuel Palmer. Medical d.
Vision. Base Hospital; l.. T. Marley.
Infantry; w. E. Rine, 1880 Infantry.
and Allen Mattson. 136th Infantry.
Under Control at Upton.
The authorities at Camp Upton assert
that the epidemic is well under control
there. Five deaths occurred yesterday
IN the camp from pneumonia. which had
developed from influenza. There are
said to be fifty cases Of pneumonia In
the hospital Sixteen new influenza
eases were reported yesterday, one Of
the patients being surgeon and the
other fifteen nurses. During the day
128 influenza patients were discharged
as cured. but were placed In GONZALES
cent houses for further scrutiny.
A campaign Of instruction embody-
ing the use of lantern slides and mo-
ton pictures has been started at the
camp to acQuaint the enlisted men with
the best methods Of warding off the
disease. Col Mallory. camp commander.
has ordered an indefinite postponement
Of the proposed week Of free per-
formances of "Yip. Yip. Yaphank." at
the cantonment theatre.
There were twenty-eight cases of in
fuenza among sailors removed to the
Marine Hospital on Staten Island yes
terday.
Dispatches from Aver. Mass, an
rcunced the death Of two officers and
sixteen privates at Camp Devens yes
terday as the result of influenza and
pneumonia. The camp is under strict
quarantine and few passes are being
issued to the soldiers to visit the town.
In Washington, D. c.. the first civilian
case to be reported was that Of John w.
Gore. railway brakeman. He Is sup
posed to have contracted the disease
during visit to New York city,
About 1900 men in he Great Lakes
Naval Training Station near Chicago
have been infected. but only one death
has been reported. From Newport. r. l..
came word that the influenza epidemic in
the Second Naval District had resulted
in five deaths yesterday and that 1874
new cases had been reported. eighty Of
them being from the Naval Training
Station.
Official reports from Washington like
wise show that the disease Is prevalent
at the training camps at Boston and
Philadelphia and at the Marine Training
Camp at Quantico. Va.
Patients in the Bronx.
The Bronx patients are Mrs. Bessie
Baron. age "a. of 514 East l39th street.
har to
IL: Celia. 10; Elsie. s: Milton. Z; Eva.
8, and Philip. months They were all
taken to Lincoln Hospital, where they
were placed in an isolation ward. Louis
Baron, the father of the family. Is also
H. He may have Spanish Influenza,
but he Is quarantined In his home pend
ing the development of more positive
symptoms
Susie Baron was the first to become
III. She developed high fever Wednes-
day night. but her mother. thinking that
the little girl merely had a bad cold,
tried home remedies. The child did not
respond TO the treatment, however, and
on Friday night all the other children,
together with the father and mother, de-
yeloped similar symptoms. 1t was not
until then that Mr.. Baron sent for a
doctor.
OF the twenty cases reported to the
twelve in Manhattan, eight in Brook
Iyn. none In Queens or The Bronx. Three
OF the Brooklyn cases came from Bos-
ton and four out of the total reported
for the city were uniformed cases."
soldiers and sailors.
There was one death reported In Man
haitian from pneumonia which followed
Influenza. The number OF deaths from
pneumonia is considered exceedingly
small at this time of year.
Life Insurance Agents Active.
In the public health educational cam
paign to prevent the spread OF the dis
ease Surgeon-General Blue of the
United States Public Health Service is
fued yesterday through the Metropolitan
3.ife Insurance Company's agents the
following request
please maintain the best physical
condition possible and avoid crowded
places where there Is danger from sneez-
ing. coughing and splitting. People
stricken with chlls. fevers. headache
backache. sneezing and reddening OF the
eyes will please 20 to bed Immediately
and call a physician"
Charles L. Hubbell. chairman OF the
Public Service Commission. has caused
to be circulated through the various de-
partments OF the commission warnings
against the peril OF Spanish influenza
and instructions to prevent the spread
Ing OF the disease.
Dr. Copeland. Health Commissioner,
who has experienced some difficulty In
establishing the correct diagnosis of
come OF the doubtful cases. has issued
the following suggestions to physical ns