The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
DOCTORS ARE ovERW oRKED AND
IT is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
SECURE NURSES.
Additional Assistants Are Needed BY
The Health Department to Aid in
The work.

Tho spanish mi lu"hHa SITUATION III 'H'
Wheeling district is growing steadily
worse according 10 reports given ont IVY
local physicians and others who arc in
any way interested. TIL" obituary col
umnS and death notice li>tS. Of III" local
newspapers if glanced "rfr will bear
the doctor nuI IN Tins r"Ss'''rt. and VIII
also show that ihrr,. is 4 material IN
crcaS" along tn" line.
During the past tW"nly-t"ur hours |
have handled "l":cn deaths SAID on" nj
the most prominent und"rtaE"rs IN IN"
city last evening III speaking OF Inc SIT
uation and VIC are worked To- dchlh' IN
fact 50 much 50 that We haH" h"rn I'M
able ~ Srcur" any rest hthcr under
taking establishments ar" nf IN" sam"
opinion that thor" is Il material lnCreaS"
all along III" line.
One hospital last night reported S"rHn
deaths from he FLU" for a period "r
,w"ntv-fnur hours. Will" another re-
ported that thcrr were jus; few less.
MANY deaths are reported from the out
the nike section. while the other sub
ursan districts also report their share
OF them.
DR.. n. P. Campbell Busy.
DR. H. L. Campbell. federal doctor IN
the LEGAL district. last evening stated
tina, he had made thirty calls and at
tended over forty patients in all. there
being several i'll at som" places. II"
stated that hs had not lost Il single pa
tient from thu flu during the past
three weeks. hut that hc had some very
serious cases and was being kept husE
! indeed.
Or. Randolph !. TI"rs"y. stated that h"
had ber, on III" 20 practically all day
W ;terday and was still busy. with little
chance OF any Improvement. He is OF
tho candid opinion that tho situation 10
worse than ever before with no sign or
! Improvement.
! Dr. o. D. Mccoy. one Of the most
| prominent physicians in III" city. is be-
| ing kept on tho go night and day. prac-
tically and is compelled To snatch
wink OF sleep now and then TO Keep on
! tho move for another day.
DR.. Thomas X. Shields and DR.. Hupp.
at Elm Grove. arc ovcrworkcd. but SEQ
little relief. as they are receiving calls
here and there all hours Of tho day
and night. They arc about the only
doctors in the out-the-pikc district IN
the Elm C;rov" vicinity.
Druggists Also Busy.
Cecil Hamilton. manager or the
Schmidt pharmacy. ono Of tn" largest III
the city, last evening stated that from
tho looks Of things that the situation Is
growing worse each day. and that there
is an increase IN all sections from tbs
| prescriptions shown.
! Chris Blum. proprietor Of the Idg-
! wood pharmacy and also ElumS phar-
macy at Elm Grove. also stated that
! there was general increase in tho num-
Der Of cases in that section.
Quarantine the Homes.
To quarantine the homes and isolnt"
! the cases Is the only way In which to
stamp out the disease il the general
opinion Of nil. Lieutenant John Car
| Isle. we'll known local army officer,
! stated last evening that in tho army
| camps the soldiers are quarantined
and not allowed TO minGle with the men
! who are we'll. that they are kept warm
and given proper attention and that the
| order is kept up until all danEcris past
| and there is little "flu" in any Of the
| camps At the present time.
! The opinion of the majority Of local
doctors is that with guards placed about
| the homes 10 SEQ that III" persons obey
| tho quarantine law. that there would
be but little time until the situation Is
in hand.
Assistants Arc Needed.
! In order to put on Il quarantine that
would be effective it would be necessary
! 10 secure additional assistants for tn"
| health department. and this could be
very easily done. as money could be
collected in various ways in IN cmer-
sency. and II ever there was thing
that was precious. il is human life. and
money should not bc considered in that
respect The city has said that il lacks
| funds with which 10 place guards or
duty at the homes should they be quar-
antined.
The public will stand back OF th'
health department in any action that IL
might take 10 STAMP out the disease
except that OF placing 4 han on, which
has proved ineffective. To close up Z
business after night is not stopping tho
FLU" and TO open restaurant or store
land sell onS article and not another Is
lalso not stopping the spread Of the dis
ease. but II the city will get down &c
brass tacks and ask for aid. there vii
be ready response on tho part OF tn;
| citizens. who will b. only too glad whct
the epidemic is eliminated entirely.