Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-09
GRIP SITUATION
IN CITY APPEARS TO
Be WELL IN HAND
Few New Cases Reported, But
Conditions Do Not Warrant
Any Relaxation.
NO IDEA OF LIFTING BAN

rbe endemic influenza situation IN
.his city appears to bc we'll IN hand.
.itizens who have not been attacked,
IRE rs n rule exercising common sense
md irving To avoid the illness hv taking
precautions. that undoubtedly are pro
ircting them Those who are III are
recovering rs rapidly as the disease viii
permit. hut the present form OF grip
caves Il patient with such weakness,
that he Is unable to resume hts customary
amnlovmcnt within tive ~ three weeks
Dr Il T. tllcgood. president Of the
Hoard of Health. today sad that there
were practically no new eases reported
to him through the Board If Health
channels. What new cases there arc ar
IA the families " here some one has already
had the disease
Concerning the lifting 81 The tan
~, bubble places. Dr Ellegood SAID that
he Was not ready 10 make any statement
~ present He referred 70 the necessity
inr keeping every public place closed
until All danger was over, and thor" n"
too man, thousands Of people Ill. either
with The grip OF some other aliment.
a. discuss the opening NJ of the theatres.
churches and other public place,
Before thcN are opened they viii
hayp 10 he thoroughly fumlgatcd and
cleaned" he said That Is q jolt that
will have, to hc do ethoroughlv and thcrc
viii not nc any ncgligcnc" permitted
Although not stating when he thought
all danger might he over, nc ndi'ated
that the condition here, might require
All places remaining closed for ten DAYS
" twc weeks longer. But tho decision
icncnds entirely On how the city rallies
from The epidemic
~ MD IRON OUTSIDE.
Il i lust i week since the Public
Health Service At Washington promised
ia send nurse, and physicians to this city
hut no ono has yet appeared The local
health authorities firing IL being prom
lscd and that has not in any instance
materlaliged are not making any more
appeals for help. but arc struggling along
- hosi they can, depending upon the
'oyaitN of their own people to clear w
he conditions
There we're ii deaths u the Country
Tub last night. but some Of these were
ttken t. the emergency hospital when
rher,, was really no hope, he hospital
phys,clanS say. Of saving them. This IS
me Of the things that the health authori-
,le- wish could he prevented.
sE,p DING sslN 10 HosITTAi-.
som, physicians hustle patients 70
.l,e emergene, hospitals when they have
PASSED all chance 81 recovery. SAID q
health Official TODAY Ii really is i
ria1e 10 iostle !; lying man over some 81
The rough street III an ambulance 10 the
ho>pital when his last hours could be
MAD, more comfortable II nc was left
where he ha. been Ill Tor several days
There are u sailors from steamship
wing III the Delaware riSeT. that we're
spnt 10 The Country Club Yesterday vi
Of the men were suffering from the IN
~tiisenza, and practically all 81 thom are
expected t0 develop pneumonia The
sailor. arc last Indians. and coming from
the climate tnev are accustomed - has
1nadt them more susceptible to tie
.il.eaS, than others The chance Of their
recovery. IT was SAID today. was slight
down STATE NOT ~ DANGER
Dovn-Statc people who came - VII
minqton today resent the intimation that
the lower sect ION Of the State Is to be
swept with tho epidemic They SAY the
citizens OF the lower counties arc dong
All they can to prevent an epidemic from
SVccning those sections. and that they
are Drohtlng from the experiences of the
sufferers IN tins city
The Liberty Kitchen Of the " omen :
Con,msttec OF the State Defense Council.
in tbc Public Library Building the use OF
WhJ.h has Offered 10 the Comfort Commit
Zee oi the Red Cross Is being utilized 20
goo III service during the epidemic Up
watis OF 100 quarts OF nourIshing soups
md broths are being dispensed daily to
thf sick who either come after II or II Is
lie vered TO them
There are - case, OF iuhuen1a AZ Belle
1ottc Mir Hol7ner wife and child VII
ha b. Eastburn and wife John Dean and
VII William Cook and .fc " cslev
CJ r1vright and wife and Harry Iamleon
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