Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-23

, ance of this Emergency Hospital IL
concerned Also attached hereto. are
the names of ladies and gentlemen
who so kindly assisted as nurses. or
derlies and helpers because OF the fact
that professional nurses and order
lies were unobtaina blc. II is exceed
insly gratifying to the City which ex-
tends its thanks on behalf of the
public of the City of Wilmington OF
having Il number of ladies and gentle
men who were so wholehearted as to
tender the.r services for tho love OF
humanity and common good cause.
regret that there are Il number OF
persons who have given excellent and
valiant service but whose names we
have been unable to obtain to he add
cd to the list herewith attached.
ON Thursday, October 3rd. Mr.. Jo-
seph Weaver of the Harlan Ship
building Yard. T.. f. G, together with
Mr. Coppage of the Pusey ana Jones.
r. +. {. appeared at meeting of the
Council of Defense and Board OF
Health and inquired if il We're pos
Siblc that the Health Committee
would permit these gentlemen To use
one OF the bu ldings offered us for an
Emergency Hospital for the men
working 1T the Harlan and Pusoy and
Jones ShipbuldinE Plants as the In
fluenza epidemic had reached both
the Harlan and the Puscy and Jones
Plants. and that approximately 90 per
cent OF the men in both plants we're
i'll with either mild or aggravated
cases OF the Spanish influenza I'm
nediately. We took advantage of the
offer of the Ncw-Century Club and
turned this building into an Elmer
geucy HoSpita! and before T.. M
OF this day had so beds all com
plcte with a patient in each one Of
them
After the installation of complet"
equipments at the New Century Club
Emergency Hospital which had now
become I10 complete bed equipments
both Mr. Weaver AM Mr.. toppage
had survey made of all OF their
employees ana twenty men kept at
this work constantly, who In their
surveys found hundreds. Of men.
three. four. five and six in 4 room,
some partly attended and great
many others without any attention
whatsoever. These patients were taken
care OF to the best OF the ability OF
those concerned III the care OF tho
victims OF this epidemic and we con-
slider ourselves quite fortunate upon
the safe recovery OF so great poT-
tion considering the limited facilities
and the limited number OF doctors
and trained nurses 10 cope with the
unusual situation.
During the occupancy OF the New
Century Club Hospital by the ship
building Plants sick. there were adj
mitted 1876 patients Of which 129 were
discharged as cured. II transferred TO
the Country Club for further treat
ment two TO the homeopathic Hos
pital for convaiesCent period. the
remaining rs Of the or .Einal 1876 hav-
ing died The expenditure OF the
Harlan Shipbuilding Corporation to-
gether with the Pusey and Jones Com
pany for the taking care OF their
workers in and oui Of the NeW-Cen-
tury Club Emergency Hospital
amounts 10 s2l.S7l 80. which although
: large sum. is given as an idea Of
the amount OF money expended 70
check and relieve the epidemic and
hold down the number of cases or
influenza.
There should not be lost track OF
the fact that while every effort was
being extended to the alienation OF
the SuferinCs OF the public OF the
City Of Wilmington who were affiic-
ted with the influenza that ii was
necessary tc convey both patients and
nurses from one point TO another; and
in this d rection, unstinted praise is
due 10 the Delaware College, for the
us, OF their ambulance. as we'll as
the Ambulance Unit which accom-
panied this Motor Ambulance and 70
the men who gave unreservediy OF
their time and attention.
Also 70 the Phoenix Ambulance
Corps is due many thanks for earn
est and efficient work IN conveNins
affiicted patients TO and from nospi-
tails : letter of thanks : been sent
to the various orEanizatio"s or per
sons participating in the work # re-
moving Of patients and the convey
inr Of nurses and doctors whore ever
rcctled. wherever names are av2f
a..,e ard 20 those whose names 60
not .Na.'able the Comm 'ttec desires
10 crer thanks for the whoienea' I
eC work accom- phshed
List OF nurses aids and women VINO
offered their services to help the Red
Cross Bureau of Nursing SerFlce, N
the hospitals. community and private
work
Red Cross Nnrses-Miss Mabel Z.
Bowser. Miss Dolly Coleman. Miss
Jeanette Duncan. Miss Dorothy c.
Filbert. Miss Eva 3. Hayes. Miss
Rlanch Lockwood. Miss Mary Z. Mac
williams, Miss NJ. A. Moran. Miss
Josephine Salmon. Miss Ethel Spence.
Miss NJ r. Wexler. Miss Amy wood,
Mrs e Lobb White.
Home Deferst-hrs. Lewis Gun
ningham. Mrs r II Dobh. Miss H
Garrett Mrs. H O. Marston. Mrs. J.
G Palmer. Mss NJ. 7. Powick. Mrs
/. f. Smack, Mrs. James VI. Scuily,
Mrs. u. Q. stack. Miss z. Solloway,
Mrs. James Turk. Mrs Asa j. WlI-
liarns. Miss Sadie Smith.
Visiting Nurses-Miss Marie j.
lockwood. Mrs. Levinia S. Worthing-
Ton. MISS Tola B. Hastings. Miss Mar
gare, Whitcraft. Miss Mary Macklem.
Mss Lille l. Campbell. Miss Anna ID
Hook
Graduate Nurses - Mrs. BaggarIy'
Mrs. Katharine Bridges, Mrs. + *
Burns. Mrs. j. ID. Cruckshank. Mrs.
II Rachei Denston. Miss Mary Fla
herty Mrs S H Foulke. Miss r. r.
Hayman Mrs w J. Henderson. Miss
i Jones, Miss Olive IL Kirkb. Mrs.
II l. Hopkins. Miss Laird. Mrs Il.
H Lane. Miss McIlhenny. Miss T. Nd
Matthews, Mrs T. X. Milligan, Miss
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