Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-02
8O7 FLU" DEATHS
HERE Up TO DATE
Last Hospital at New Castle Closes
and One Remaining in This
City Goes Monday.

With the closing Of New Castle last
remaining emergency hospital, and the
probable abandonment OF the one re-
manning IN Wilmington that at the our
try Club. il IS about tune that the eplogue
Of the influenza epidemic here ls written
The h spital IN the New Castle Club was
deserted by its last patient last night.
and the process Of cleaning up and
thoroughly dislnfecting the place Was
finished today
Slxty-tlve influenza or pneumonia
patients were treated al the two hospitals
in New Castle during the i've weeks OF the
epidemic There were eleven deaths there,
but many of the victims had been taken TO
the hospitals in advanced stages OF the
disease.
Thirty-five eases remain IT the Country
Club, all Of which will he discharged or
removed to their homes Sunday and
Monday Eve left the hospital today,
and one new case was admitted There
were no deaths
Interesting data is now available on the
disease in this citv Board of Health re-
ports show that from October 4 TO 10
4 VI Novem Der ? to-day so7 deaths
occurred from influenza or pneumonia.
TO. the week ending September ~
there were deaths and for IN ending
October 1 there were 81 deaths; for the
week OF October II. there were 229; week
ending October 10. there We're 2s9
October -. ending. l65, and Tor the week
ending November > there were ID deaths
/ Eleven succuInbed TO the disease IN the
past twenty-four hours, out 81 a total
/ number Of 23 deaths from all causes
j During the corresponding periods last
year there were deaths tor the week
/ ending September Is. week ending Dcto-
Der +, there were J deaths, Oct II. deaths
were /, October 10, deaths numbered
! ?, October %, there were ! and on Nov
enber >, week ending, there was one.
The largest number of fatalities from
i the disease throughout the { untry At
! large. including data from the ehlef cities
/ only. was during the week ending October
i % when 20,295 deaths were reported
| For the week previous there we're l9,949
| fatalities The week prior to this not more
! than halt that number OF deaths Was re-
ported.
i The expenses incurred, and they have
/ been heavy of fighting the epidemic IN
/ Wilmington and vicinity, Is now the CHIEF
! concern of local and state health officials
! Bills will amount to between si0,0O0 and
i S50,000 covering the entire period 1t Is
/ reckOned
! The public can have but a small con
! ception Of the enormous expense attached
to combating the epidemic, SAID State
Health Commissioner Wells Food alone
for hospital corps and patients will run
into high figures Then there is the hire
OF physicians. nurses, labor and the cost
of laundry work. medical aud hospital
! supplies and score OF incidental expenses
/ Many bills are still outstanding and it will
| be weeks before We can arrive At the
exact cost Of the whole work
! This matter Of expense will be taken up
later with the City Council! though
/ IL was not considered At the last meeting
! It IS believed that the State Council ot
/ Defense which has incurred al the bills
and is paying them, will ask that the City
make an appropriation to cover at least
part of the cost of the flu, var