Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
EPIDEMIC'S GRIP
ON CITY SLOWLY
BEING LOOSENED
Fewer Victims BeingAdmitted
to Hospitals; Death
Rate Lower


DR.. ]. NJ j. Raunick, city health
officer, will probably be requested
within the next twenty-four hours to
prepare a written report on the in
fiuenza epidemic situation in Harris
burg, so that 1t may be presented in
Council on Tuesday. Commissioners
at meeting this morning suggested
to Mayor Keister that he and Com
missioner Hassler communicate with
DR.. Raunick making the request.
The city officials declared they are
willing to do everything possible to
cooperate with the health bureau
and that to determine what action
should be taken a report would be
necessary. 1t is likely that Dr.
Raunick will be asked to give his
opinion as to when the quarantine
orders in the city may be lifted. The
Commissioners said they are willing
to have every precaution observed
but are anxious to know when busi-
ness may resume as in normal con-
ditions.
Fewer New Cases
There are only forty-five cases at
the Emergency Hospital, Fifth and
Seneca streets, to-day. One patient
was admitted until noon and five had
pSNh NioSiat bCus OiIlCe late XeSIer-
day afternoon twenty burial certif-
Gates have been issued by the local
Bureau of Vital Statistics, in twelve
cases of deaths caused by influenza
and eight by pneumonia. Yesterday
there We're eighteen deaths from in
huenza and five from pneumonia re-
ported.
Slowly but surely the influenza
epidemic is losing it's grip in Harris
burg as daily the number of new
cases decreases, health officers said
to-day The situation is improving
steadily and yesterday only ten new.
patients were admitted to the Emer-
gency Hospital and eight to the Har-
risburg Hospital
SiXty-one patients are now being
treated at the Emergency Hospital,
Fifth and Seneca streets. One death
occurred there late yesterday. In the
children's ward there are twenty-siX
babies now.
DR.. Raunick, city health officer,
has again issued a warning to per-
sons recovering from Influenza,
urging them to take every precau-
ton before Venturing out doors or
resuming work. A number of per-
sons who have not needed this
warning from physicians, contract
ed pneumonia and died, while others
are in a critical condition now for
the same reason. In discussing this
phase of the epidemic situation DIR.
Raunick said the number of deaths
may continue to reach a high total
unless precautions are taken by
those who are recovering from mild
attacks of influenza.
Coal Region Hard Hit
The noon bulletin of the State
Department of Health reports an in
crease in influenza cases in the soft
coal regions and in Shenandoah and
Pittsburgh with great need for
nurses reported from Lackawanna
and LuZerne counties. Since the out
break of the epidemic it has caused
2,4O0 deaths in Schuylkill and
Northumberland counties. Condi-
tions are reported as improving in
Chester and other eastern cities.
Four officers of the public health
service were to-day given orders
from Washington to report for duty
in this state and two will go to
Westmoreland county and two to
Cambria, while five additional officers
will probably be in the Pittsburgh
district by tomorrow. Efforts to OBJ
tain physicians from Ohio to aid in
western counties are under way.
Acting Commissioner Roger to-
day renewed his appeal for nurses
to care for convalescent cases, set
ting forth that grave danger may
attend persons getting out of bed
too soon.
Notices that the State Capitol is
closed to visitors were placed at all
entrances to-day and no meetings
Will be held here next week.
Six more deaths from Spanish in
fluenza were reported at the Harris
burg Hospital this morning. Eight
patients were admitted for treat
ment. The deaths are:
John Zuponic, 323 Russell avenue,
Middletown. He died yesterday
morning. He was an employe of the
Mid1letown car shops.
George Radosenovich, 245 Myers
street, Steelton, died at o'clock last
night.
John Lingle, aged 26 years, 917
North Sixth street, died at 7.20 last
night.
Mike stubic, 645 South Third
street, Steelton, died at 2.55 this
morning.
Theodore Bowers, 622 North
street, died at 5.45 this morning.
Mrs. Martha Miller, aged 80, West
diINiGW, ulSu dJ O.4O lnlS morning.
Miss Katharine Naughton, the as
sistant superintendent. is reported
to be improving.
Washington, Oct. 25.-Further
subsistence of the influenza epidemic
over the country was Indicated IN
reports received yesterday by the
Public Health Service from forty
four states The situation still rs
serious in many localities. however,
and more particularly in the larger
cities.
There was practically no change
to-day in Army camps, 2,772 new
cases being reported. a decrease of
one from yesterdays total \ Pneu-
monia cases decreased from TAP
yesterday to 500 to-day, and deaths
were S07 against S27 the day before.
The total OF influenza cases reported
now is 29S,275; pneumonia cases,
4S.32S, and deaths. 1914.