Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-09
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home shall telephone the Board OF Health,
Public Building, and he will send after
he instrument.
A woman suffering from influenza, who
fell at Sixth and King streets, yesterday
afternoon was taken 10 her home, Goa
Penn street, by Deputy Sheriff Thomas IS.
Parker and Detective II. +. Turner.
Miss Margaret Groves, who ~ suffer
ing from influenza. returned from Della
ware College 10 Kiamensi Monday.
Windall Broohamm, an active mem
her Of the Delaware Fire Company and
the Democratic League, died Yesterday
M the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital,
Of influenza lie worked ~ the sun
Shipbuilding plant in Chester.
The Y. w. G. A, Holiday House near
Shellpot has beeu turped over TO the
Delaware Hospital ftr c9nvalescent nurses
They wall be able 4 acE ommodatc about
ihirty
Harry S. Levi, kcnlr secretary d
the Young Mems AelEew A .s:1s ~,
yisit 10 Philadelphia Nst week, IS suffer
ing from pneumonia m Philadelphia.
Word az his critical condition was re-
ceived here last night and Adolph Rose,
Of this city, was sent to Philadelphia TO
remain with Mr. Lew over night as the
latter needs constant attention. Activities
~ the Young Mems Hebrew Association
81 which Mr. Levi was director nave
toen suspended indefinitely until the
epidemic - over
Louis Peleck. an ernpl0ye 81 the
Lynch Consi rIctiOn Company, died ~
the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
Monday night Of influenza. He VAS
SICK only one day His father and two
sisters arrived from Long Island yester-
day morning but too late TO 81 Inn
before death ensured
Henry r. Martens. aged - years, y
t7Ol Pine street died ~ his home of
pneumonia For number Of years
! Mr.. Nations was employed AZ foreman
% the Eastern Malleable Iron Company.
s few vears ago he resigned his position
and engaged IN the automobile business.
The deceased IS survived by his widow
and two small children, Mrs. Martens
and the children were also i'll, are lnprov-
ing.
DELAWARE HOSPITAL HARD HIT.
Two more Delaware Hospital nurses
went down with the disease yesterday,
making n total of "a nursrs now Of duty
Al that institution. One of the nurses
| who Yesterday contracted the dlsease
| Miss Carrie Dybeck, is in q serious con-
! IItlon Her sister, Miss Ruth Dybeck,
/ 4 Delaware Hospital student, died At
| the hospital last week shortly after
| she mad taken mp her duties there. She
| was nursed during her illness by her
| sister, who is also a victim Of the malady.
| The Delaware Hospital has been harder
hit than any other Of the local hospitals.
COULD sor GET PHYSICIAN.
The Delaware Hospital received Two
calls Yesterday afternoon from families
who said they had been trying for week
10 get a physician, but that they were
unable 70 do 50 One family reported
4 that q member was 50 serious that y was
| thought the patient would not 1--we until
last midnight. There were several down
| in the family from where the other request
came and one or two Of them were report
ed 10 be in critical condition.
The Physicians and surgeons Hos
pitai reported three deaths yesterday.
One patient suffering from pneumonia
was admitted Yesterday. One Of the
nurses IS dangerously Ill with influenza.
| The supervisor at the Physicians and
/ Surgeons Hospital said today that a
fireman TO look after the furnaces at the
institution Is badly needed II We
We don't get someone soon, said the
supervisor, the nurses will have to ire
the furnaces themselves. An appeal
Is made for some man to come forward
and take charge Of the work.
Eight men, one woman and i've
children were admitted ut the new ward
Of the Homeopathic Hospital last night
These were convalescIng and we're sent
from the Country Club Hospital one
of the nurses became afflicted yesterday
woRkHoUsE CONDITIONS IMPROVE
Conditions at the New Castle county
workhouse are improving. Five OF tht
prisoners VINO were down with the dis
ease have been declared cured by IN
atten liant physician and have been put
70 work. There are now thirty case
in the Institution.
There are only Sly cases at the New
Castle County Hospital Five we're
discharged Yesterday n cured, anu NJ
new patients were admitted NO
the SIX down with the disease are nurses
The Country Club Hospital reported
six dea' hs Yesterday There were :,
new cases admitted and 20 patient.
discharged and sent to their homes
: The conditions at the club are alarming
Many Of the patients are far advanced
IN pneumonia stages when they resscE
the hospital and heroic measures ar
necessary 10 save their lives. ms a
the case with many other patients BENG
taken IN at other institutions.
4 few Of the local undertakers hav'
. contracted infuenza while those "h'
are able have been taxed to their uni
because of the demands made upon them
WHOLE FAMILY ILL.,
Joseph kolckie. aged so wears OF 50.
Elm street a former employee OF th'
Blumenthal plant, died following q nine
DAYS illness from influenza and lay Il
the bed since Monday, IN which he dice
until last night when the body va
removed The wife and Two sinai
children, who have the ash, "er
! powerleSs n their predicam5nf.
Mrs. Paul Coco. Of 420 EaS1 Thur
street died sunday evening, Leaving
\ husband and four small children
The husband tried in vain up until yestef
day noon to get an undertaken
Police Captain kelleher was notihe
and got in touch with Deputy Corone
McCrery at once, Who instructed thos
! at the homes how 10 care for the bodle
until they were removed ~ the morgl
: last night
Officials OF the cemeteries reporte
they have sufficient labor to dig grave
and do other work needed at this time
DEATHS CERTIFIED BY CORONER.
Deputy Coroner McCrery has givel
certificates in the following cases
PNEUMONIA.
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