Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-26
GRIPPE SITUATION
SHOWS NO CHANGE
New Cases Number l44, and
Deaths the Same as for
Several Days.
WILL NOT ACT PREMATURELY
Schools, Churches and Theaters
to Remain Closed Until All
Danger Has Passed.
WILL NOT ACT PREMATURELY

spanish inhuenza. according TO yes
tcrday's reports. is travelling in
straight line. There were IA new
cases-virtualIy the same number re-
ported every day for the past week.
Ihcrc were thirty deaths. OF which
hufnoer Twenty-Five resulted from the
epidemic. This also is virtually the
same number Of deaths occurring every
day for about the same length of time.
The condition is such that Dr. ROY
n Fiannagan. Chief Health officer.
who had just returned from Chariot,
tesNiile. made one of his fret official
acts the calling on the telephone Of
the commanding officer OF Camp Lee
and asking him not TO lirl the quar-
ahtine to-day at / O'Clock against this
city. Camp Lee lifts its quarantine at
that time today. But on account OF
lhe request OF the City Health Depart
@nent @ ms restriction remains. and the
not pour out in Richmond this after.
noon. ms city remains, SO TO speak.
,,s, Huaran.ined Nun asains, camp Lee for at
department is grateful to the camp
authorities for their cooperation.
,neI the sho,,id asIths do ,,5 not come down as
but the situation is improving. As
Tor :eopeeninE churches. schools. thea
.9rs '.hl, and nd, other places Of assembly.
! am reminded OF the case in Phila-
delphia. There things were opened up
demic worse than the first. You see.
things arc very much better: some
thing has caused il. therefore, we shall
not prematurely, cease doing, anything
may not know exactly what to attrib-
open things up this week ANYHOW. and
been watching The situation al! Al the re
are greatly improved. but we want
to stop men dying at such a rate
Richmond Health Department express
cd the hope that workers will not mis-
take the recovery of the majority OF
ing work Visiting nurses enai are eos stiii fp in
need Soup mus, still be furnished
oy the kitchens established by the
that it is only by visiting all cases
that needy ones are discovered. She IS
anxious Tor inyestiGntors 10 state corr
time and that of her STAFF is.ethr ou & r;
necessity. burned up in work taking
too much time. Persons willing 10 Of
tn make their numerous calls at this
time should call Madison 305 or 56s
1000 CASES. 4sl DEATHS
SINCE EPIDEMIC STARTED
city from the epidemic since October
is +Sl: the total number of cases
Fsp9r'sd Fen %lria,r is 1909 nsomplete reports
that. outside OF the cities there has
been reported a total Of 37,l63 eases
Of and SIS deasSs
from these causes. Many places have
not \. been heard T. from; and it, is, esti-
that these figures indicate about so
per cent OF the actual cases and deaths.
state Board Of ' Health in ONCE to are still Til
very incomplete, their general tenor
indicates that there is a gradual i'm
provement in the influenza situation at
practically all points in Virginia. The
need for nurses is now more urgent
Than the need for doctors. as physIi-
been sent TO most OF the places asking
for, such aid. Nurses. however. are
ferent points and especially at the in,
Drovised hospitals where their useful
ness can be multiplied many fold in
who are in this way able to give at
tention TO many of the details Incident
10 the care of patients.
The State Board OF Health requests
that graduate or practical nurses avail
able for duty communicate with its
phone. Ample salary and all expenses
are being offered. The need is most
urgent. and any nurses who can serve
flying consciousness OF performing Il
real patriotic duty. Families who have
secured the services Of private nurses
as soon as possible. in order that they
may be free to servo in hospital centers
or as visiting instructive nurses.
Through the agency Of the State
board emergency hospitals have been
organized at Clifton Forge. Covington,
Buena Vista. Coeburn and Penning-
ton Gap. These hospitals are doing
good work, and by means OF their es-
tablishment the time and energy of
doctors and nurses are being made far
more clcacious. Moreover, the lives
of many persons undoubtedly are being
saved through the better attention
which patients are thus able to re-
Since The Outbreak OF influenza in
Virginia. the State Board of Health.
working in cooperation with the
United States Public Health Service.
has sent relief 10 siSty-one points
which called for help Seventeen
doctors have been sent to assist tenn
pararily at twenty-five different points.
and medical students have heen sent to
assist at forty four points Eleven places
have also been furnished with nurses
through the same agency. and two
ha"e been detailed to
work at FIVE points which needed their
services.
I. has been found. both in the mill
itnrv camps and elsewhere. that much
of the high death rate resulting from
influenza has been due to the impru-
dence OF persons who fought against
going to led after they had tempera-
ture or who got up too soon after they
had been SICK.