Evening journal., 1918-10-05

mother and baby girl safely through
tie ordeal. The child was born at 3
o'clock A few minutes afterward a
physician arrived and said Miss Sulli-
van had done one OF the finest Jobs he
I had even seen In confinement case.
l Miss Sullivan came back 10 the emer-
gency hospital. Later this morning a
call came to the hospital from the home
OF Charles S. Hurlock. Seventh and Pop
lr streets. Miss Sullivan attended this
call. Charles s. HurlOck, Jr., aged AZ
years, had been suddenly stricken with
the disease. His case was complicated
with heart trouble and he died in q
short time.
Thomas Lee Horsey, manager Of the
srryice department, is the representa-
tive OF the Pusey and Jones Company
plant at the New Century Club, assisted
| by John J. McGowan. There were two
deaths at the New Century Club last
night, George Derogatls. No. COS Lin
coin street, and a man by the name Of
Conner. A sad feature is that a mar
rled sister OF Derogatis, also died last
night at the Wilmington Country Club.
The entire New Century Club building
| Is now occupied by the hospital. About
are undergoing treatment there. The
men in charge are helping with the
orderly work, and helping the under
takers with bodies, and have had as
little sleep as the doctors or nurses.
Although urgent appeals have been
made, the emergency hospitals have
found very few men to volunteer as
Orderlies. A suggestion was made this
morning that the city health officers
undertake temporary duty as orderlles,
to help out the emergency.
Not Enough Caskets for Dead.
A shortage Of caskets is another hand
leap TO the situation. This is not due
to the Delaware epidemic, so much as
to the general epidemic throughout the
country. One spectator noted a body
being transported in a large basket on
a truck.
The women OF the city are bearing
the heavy burden Of care Of the sick
and suffering with fortitude and eff
cheney. Women In all ranks Of life are
giving their time and braving con-
tagion 10 nurse sick neighbors and
care for their children. Women OF
wealth are setting aside all thoughts
Of personal comfort to give, help, even
OF a menial sort, in the emergency
hospitals.
Two Babies, One Mother, Die.
One of the tragedies Of the influenza
epidemic occurred at the Country Club
Hospital yesterday. Two women, who
were suffering with influenza in an
aggravated form, became mothers.
There was no physician 10 be had, and
although the nurses and women aids
did all in their power to help the suf-
ferers, the two babies and one Of the
mothers died.
It was related yesterday that the
absence Of physicians from the Coun-
try Club building was a serious mat
ter; that the patients there were in
need OF more attention than could be
given by the loyal women volunteers ;
that it was imperative to have more
and constant medical supervision; and
that a special call had been made for
physicians TO come here and help with
the great work Of humanity.
| Al least three deaths yesterday in the
/ Country Club Hospital are attributed
TO the impOssibility Of securing med
lcal aid.
Through the services OF the State
/ Council Of Defense, DR.. G. II. Wells,
! health expert, has obtained two nurses
! from Philadelphia and expects two or
! three more. Or. Wells appealed di-
rectly TO Miss Francis, who has charge
Of the nursing division for this district,
and although Philadelphia was sorely
i'm need OF nurses, the urgencies OF
Delaware so impressed her that she
consented to assign what help she
could 10 this city.
The physicians are notified that there
are some pneumonia jackets that they
may obtain for their patients by call
ing Mrs. Marquand, at Holly Oak. The
number is limited to less than nfty.
The State Council Of Defense
through Dr, Wells, is taking up the
matter OF help for the emergency hos
pitals with the u. s. Labor Employ
ment Bureau. There Is immediate need
for orderlies. scrub women and other
workers about the hospital units.
The dupont powder plant at Car
news Point has thus far not been ma
terially affected, but very few cases
having been reported from there.
Because some of the patients at the
emergency hospital at the Country Club
became delirlous yesterday and struck
some of the nurses when they attempt
ed TO put them back into the cots when
they cot out, it became necessary to
make a call for male guards. Accord
ingly. John Purcell, John Constella and
two other guards Of the dupont Build
ing, volunteered to give their services
az the club. They were taken out yes
tarday afternoon and began their duty
at once.
Don't Spit on Sidewalks.
While some people may have worked
themselves into a panic over the cpl
demic. there are too many Whining
tonlans who appear perfectly indiffer-
ent to the fact that they are helping
TO spread the sickness and suffering
IL is impossible TO walk half a dozen
/ blocks on a down town street without
seeing two score men splitting on the
sidewalks. Watch any group Of men
/ standing on the sidewalk. loafing or
waiting for a car, and there Will be
/ seen a continuous performance u spit
/ ling on the sidewalk Many OF these
men have colds and coughs. In Chi
cagO. the police are arrestirg every
pedson who spits on walk or street
or sneezes and coughs without holding
la handkerchief over his, nose and
mouth. Mucous is one Of the best car
rlers Of disease germs.
In hundreds Of homes children are al
/ lowed TO go to play in the houses OF
other children where there is influenza
cases. Last night in house where
/ there was sick child, birthday party
was given for another child.
Hundreds OF cases have been con
tracted by persons visiting the sick