Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-03
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that the course taken was the only wise
| one.
The RI. Rev. John ] Monaghan,
| Bishop Of the Wilmington Diocese,
stated the Catholicc leroy and teachers
would follow out every decree Of the order
and help 10 stamp out the disease as
| quickly AS possible
Plumbing Inspector Edward Mckay
lost his daughter. Mrs. Clifton j. Ellis,
of No 206 West TNcnty-tifth street
Tue. day. she having fallen n victim Of
the disease Mrs. Ellis ia survived by her
parents two brothers, husband and
two small children
POLICEMEN ARE VICTIMS.
Patrolmcn Gross. Mct;rlnnarv and
| Sheehy. who contracted the ini8cnza
several days ago, have devcloped pncu-
monia and their condition IS reported
| serious
James Del Crosse. aged 20 years
prominent member Of the Italian Neigh
| borhood House died at his home, 60l
Scott street, Yesterday Of pneumonia
| following an attack Of influenza. lie was
| taken III only about three days ago ana
! his death came suddenly and was "A shock
| 20 his many friends He was q member 81
| the baseball team Of tho Neighhorhood
| House
George w. y Smith. If 70s Van
Buren, street deputy register ~ chan
rcrv received word yesterday afternoon
TINT his son. Private Norman = smith
for some years connected with the l'cia,
ware Hardware Company, Is critically III
at Camp Meade Md. FROM pneumonia
following an attack Of lailuouza It's
father left Yesterday afternoon for his
bedside
There are nov fourtpenin0 enza patients
taken care Of AT the County Hospital AMI
All are doing we'll There arc two nurses
IN charge No visitors VIII be- received
until further notice
HOSPITAL MIN ~ REsER'E
The two floors Of the nov ffomTo-
pathIc Hospital building which have
been placed At the disposal 81 the ked
& ross to ho used for Influenza patients
are being held in reserve. They VIII not
10 used until the Wilmington Country
Cluh Is tled with patients The entire
: Country hub building has now been
turned over to the city for emergency
ho pltal use Mrs Joseph Bancroft.
chairman az the Bureau of Nursing and
| Hygiene. of The Red Cross, has issued an
urgent appeal for lunteer nurses y
was thought better because q the short
are az nurses to keep the patients cen
A few cases 81 Influenza have dc
yelnpcd among the workhoiEc inmates.
bnt they are not serious There Is no
pneumonia a the institution Tho ply
s,rIans there are taking every precautidn
against an outbreak Of the epidculc
FIFTY per cent of he force II clerks
are down with the disease IN two q thf
largest Offices of the Pennsylvania ltaii
: road Company
Twenty-Five per cent 81 the Operating
, force IT the Wilmington telephone ex-
! change Il 81 tha seek isf and the service
Is corrcspondInglv crippled
n yiew ~ this situation Il has boon
s,igerstccl by those shn are giving thelT
time. energy and knowledge 70 comhat
the epidernIc 81 influenza that uscrs 81
telephones would help with the work
~ reducing the number Of their telephone
calls In other words great assistance car
: he given hy all telephone users cutting
: out unnecessary and purely personal Calls
. a. conditions are n0w there are many
! important calls DELAYED because tn
, operators arc engaged IN connecting wher'
conversation IS Of no importance y ~
users Of telephones would conhnN thehi
selves only 10 calls Of actual importance
: and really necessary II would relieve M
= STRAIN upon the operators At the exchange
l
and nurses should not be delayed.
n VISITING, NURSES rAxEd TO UTMOST.
Is Miss Marie 7. Lockwood. superlnten
dent of the Visiting Nurses Association =
this city. is kept busy looking after tn
&c MANY poor victims Of influenza. :"
II re her nurses are on the sick list an
y others cannot be had Thus Miss Lock
Y wood is forced 70 make many persona
Sc visits a day IN addition - keeping !
e touch with the work OF her assistants, j
re many families there are five and SIX dow
II, with influenza ard II Is taxing the r.
sources Of the association 10 make eve
81 partial provisions for thse IN need- Mis-
IT lockwood reports the situation a. ser
I'd Gus In Some places IN the city there az
n blocks in which the disease is 10 he toun
N in every house The percentage Of case
u, OF pneumonia Is large
SERUM To PREVENT Ills.
:, There were several applicants at III
II Delaware Hospital dispensary 10 tax
rs the inoculatlon treatment OF the ant
r inf ienza serum The physicians AT III
er hospital have faith IN 1t and all OF theE
N have been treated as We'll as the nurse:
r The preparation is made by one Of n
best firms dealing IN medical supplies.
el guarantee Of its purity. The process
a simple and there are no after-eftects ,
Mt reactions The patient simply reels w
n or three prickS In The arm aS though mad
cl by a needle That i all.
Fouf treatments are gwen AZ laterva
III OF two days
of Their, is every expectation that h
he serum, is beneficial and il can do u
Ill POSSIBLE harm rs a matter Of precay
er ton il is considered we'll for those VII
intend In take the TT meut to appl
early as the supply Of serum Is Unite,
The hours set for treatment at the ho
pital are from to 9 o'clock IN the morn
er ing and from 70 o'clock IN the evcnini
DR.. Emil Mayern1rg Is the physician
ed charge Superintendent b Il. Lyons
TT very much Impressed with the possieilitI
nd Of the serum aud the hospital physician
tn are IN accord.
vs. Splitting on the sidewalks ard ID II
to streets is almost criminal in these epidef
s, 10 times. fer II is one IT the s'Irest A.
quickest WAYS Of spreading dlsea
i'll Incidentally there is a city law again
III It and the police are authorized to ARE
he and prosecute offenders
RED CROSS NEEDS CARS.
The Red Cross Motor Service as
is fer the loan Of ears fer the transportat,
OF emergency nurses, doctors and ms
s.,.rars Int mt for tho removal