Evening journal., 1918-10-02
EPIDEMIC At DIX
RAPIDLY waning
Only 3l4 New Cases of In
fluenza and 81 of
Pneumonia
OUTLOOK CHEERS
ARMY OFFICERS

CAMP DlNs MIlbnlslOWu, n. J.t OCt.
Although fifty soldiers died yesterday,
making a total Of l92 who have sue
cumbed to influenza and pneumonia, 4
big decrease in new cases convinces
medical officers OF the camp that the
epidemic is rapidly waning Only 3il
new cases OF influenza were reported
yesterday and 81 cases OF pneumonia.
All day lines OF empty ambulances have
stood In front OF the camp sanitary
train headquarters. During the last
fortnight they have been busy day and
night, but yesterday only an occasional
call summoned the vehicle to carry a
patient from some barracks TO the
base hospital. Far from looking on
this picture OF idleness with envy,
troops considered Il the most cheering
sight the camp has witnessed In many
days. At headquarters officers were
delighted with the reports that showed
very apparent abatement OF the NAL
ady in all secaiOns OF the camp.
one nurse, the second TO die from
influenza contracted while on duty at
the. base hospital, Is among the VIC
tins reported today. She was Helen
Frances Donovan, OF Bar HarbOr, Me.
Eastern soldiers whose deaths are an
nOunced include: Privates Ralph Z.
Hedden, MOrristown; James Pendleton,
Atlantic City; Corporal II. +. Molay,
Lambertvllle; Privates James Hardinf,
Hagerstown, Md; 5. C. Yearsley. Port
Penn, Del. and Treacy Scott, E9hratl,
Pa.
Use Of vaccine in combating pneu-
monla viii be universally adopted here
for all soldiers who desire TO take this
treatment, according 10 announcement,
from Major General ScOtts ofllce yester-
day afternoon. Medical officers are now
convinced that the earlier experiments
with this LipO-vaccine have completely
demonstrated its value, and quantities
Of the vaccine, prepared I'm the sur
geOn Generals laboratories at Washing
ton have been rushed 10 Camp Dix.
According to the order Offering this
treatment TO soldiers the reaction from
this vaccine Is practically nil and only
one dose Is required. II has been tried
out at Camp Upton and at Camp
Wheeler with excellent results, medl-
cal officers assert. The new treatment
can be administered only 10 men in
perfect health. Il Is a preventive, not
cure for the disease. No effort viii
be made at this time to make the
treatment compulsory, as Is the case
with ilOculati0n against typhoid and
smallpox, but every man who so desires
may avail himself Of the protection.
Thousands Of healthy soldiers here
are sleeping in their shelter tents to
night. The tiny shelters are stretched.
not in fields and woods, but over cots
in the barracks, dOrmit0ries and the
big sleeping tents, this being one Of the
newest plans Of the sanitary corps for
checking the spread Of influenza. The
scheme is officially known as "the
Cubicle system" and aims 10 keep each
man as far as possible without inter
fering with ventilation isolated from his
neighbors The plan has been extend
ed TO the mess halls, and In order that
soldiers need not get the breath OF men
opposite them at the tables. long
screen Of cneesevloth has been stretch
ed down the center OF each table.
Camp headquarters has announced
tat only In cases OF very exceptional
circumstances will visitors be admitted
10 the base hospital during the present
epidemic. Those admitted viii include
relatives summoned 10 soldiers critically
IN, but promiscuous visiting, either by
soldiers or civilians, among those only
slightly in is impossible at present.
The increasing number OF GONZALES
cent soldiers has increased the need for
fruit and othed delicacies at the hos
pi.als. This fact Is called TO the atien-
tiOn Of a generous public today by wei
fare organizations and hospital officers.
Demands for fruit within the last -
hours have nearly doubled.