New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Health Department Issues
Call as A596 New Cases
Are Found
215 Deaths in Day;
Weeks Total 1872
DR.. Copeland Says Peak
Has Been Passed for
Manhattan District

iVkoIxAl0SA0l1 DlSSA M
Every man or woman in New York
Who has had any sort Of practical ex-
uerience in the care of the sick IS
urged by the Department of Health
20 volunteer as a nurse during the cpl
demic Of Spanish influenza. The NAL
;.iy is spreading and 4,596 new cases
were reported yesterday, as compared
with 1928 the day before. Deaths
.o:alied 215, as against 1S3 reported
en Friday. During the week there were
i,o7o deaths. ~
In call for volunteer nurses the
Department of Health announced that
the city would ray for such services.
There are hot nearly enough trained
nurses avoilable. In some instances
or.ire families are i'll in bed uncared
For ard unable even TO Get food: -
be Nurses Emergency Council is
planning to meet this phase of the
situation by distributing liquid food.
Liquid food is served only to those
families" said Miss Lillian Wald,
every person is down with the disease
or else whore because of the illness
of one or more members it is impos-
sible for the family to provide the
patients with suitable food"
Automobiles are needed. Any one will
ing to loan car should communicate
with the New York County Chapter
Of the Red Cross, 3S9 Fifth Avenue,
where the headquarters of the Nurses
Emergency Council have been eatab-
lished.
Experience Not Necessary
There is no limit to the number of
women needed to help out in this
emergency" Miss Wald said. eve want
women whether or not they have had
any training in the care of the sick
The only qualifications are Willingness
and courage"
missioner, said yesterday that he be-
lieved the peak of the infection had
been passed in Manhattan, but that
tor Brooklyn the worst is still to come
There was slight improvement yes
terday III. the pneumonia epidemic. The
pneumonia cases reported numbered
3f3s.as compared with 3o4 the day be-
fore.
DIR. Copeland yesterday replied to the
charges made by ono Of his predeces-
sors in Office, DR.. S. S. Goldwater, now
director Of Mount Sinai Hospital. DR..
Goldwatcr condemned. in outspoken
fashion, the methods employed by the
Health Department in combating the
disease. fIc said unless there was a
radical change every susceptible per-
son in New York would fall victim.
He also alleged that the Board of
Health has shown manifest desire to
keep statistics down SO that people
would think. the situation was not as
bad as it is.
Copeland Defends Policy
I'VE have had the advice Of really
eminent men, experts in public health,
with the endorsement Of national ex-
perts like Chaplin. Hurry, Rosenau and
Welch. and the approval Of our own
Academy of Medicine, through its able
committee on public health" said DR..
Copeland.
eve can go on very we'll if some lesser
light seeks publicity. Whatever this
man. or any other citizen, proposes,
provided il appeals to the staff of the
De department. of Health and our advis-
crs, viii be adopted. The figures of
We Department Of Health are those
fGtI shed us by the entire medical pro-
srs' : OF New. York City, and we can
i" l~ree that the profession has been
~. N its vigilance and it's duty to the
community to the extent alleged. We
and by our statement that up to
date , per cent of the population is
tAe extent OF the present serious cpl
demic."
New Rules Are Issued.
i
:, set OF preventive and curative meas
ures calculated to aid in suppressing
the r1alady. The preventive measures
c-a:
"keep away from the cougher.
aacczcr or splitter who does rot use
I. handkerchief.
'K..co OFT Of crowds whenever pos
s,blc.
Da-.. use Dishes or towels which
r.;.Ve teen used by others until they
a:"s been washed III boiling water.
''oor'S put your lips against the
tsAenhoro mouthpieee, and don't put
irso your mouth a pencil or any other
.-tic!4 that i.as. been used by an
tt,:or
"Soep in TIC fresh ali and sun
;;ght as much as possible. but wear
5;dfticic3t clothing to keen warm.
"Slccp in well-ventilated room un-
K: plenty of bed clothes.
Walk instead Of using the street
car or subway whenever your Jour
.cy is short one.
"Be temperate in eating and OBJ
.ervc the ordinary rules OF hygiene.
Wash your hands and face imme-
tiately upon reaching your home,
and change your clothes if possible
before ninylinc Win he rest OF the
family
The curative measures follow:
Go to bed on the first indication Of
liness and call u doctor.
''The sick person should have
room by himself
'Carc should be taken TO have the
sicE .nerscn cough sneeGa or expec-
torate in gauze, which should be
burned - once. Persons handling
,hs gauze should wash their hands
,.ftcs each attention.
'Paten- medicines should be
agaidea~
THE patients room should be kept
we'll ventilated; care should be taken
sltat no draft strikes him.
Visitors should be kept from the
1,cx room.
'The patien4 should remain in bed
ian. enoogh after the fever in in-
laenza has subsidized SO that he will
. in no danger o. an atts-k of
seuinons2."
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