Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-11
WASHINGTON SENDS
THREE PHYSICIANS
TO A|O |NFLU WORK
Pressure by Senator Salisbury
Results in Speedy
Action.
CONDITIONS MUCH BETTER

The influenza situation is immesaurabiy
hotter today Not new ease was
renorted to the Board OF Health thus
morning up TO noon The pneumonia
situation. resulting from "tu patients
failing to take care OF themselves aiWr
recovering. which has resulted IN large
number Of deaths, Is also much improved
today, according to DIR X r.. tllegood'
president of the Board nf Health.
Three nbvsicians arrived here today
from Washington, sent by the Pubhc
Health Service For more than week
l. :. Senator salisbury has been trying
TO have PHYSICIANS and nurses sent to thus
city to help out the overworked phy-
slclans and nurses. esterday when
Senator Salisbury came here and found
that all of the promises made hIm had
been mere vaporings. he started things.
The results were apparent today
The three physicians are DIR A. :.
Warder. of Grafton. West Virginia,
Drs h G Woodward and ;. NJ Neyer
OF the General Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.
DIR Ellegood said to-day that he would
assign one Of the physIc lans TO the
Country Club, TO assist the physician
in charge there and that the other two
practitioners would hc assigned 20 the
host advantage to aid local physicians
who are either I'LL OF who have more
Of practice than they can attend TO
under prcsc conditions
sErt ALTON ENCOURAGING
Dr Fllcgood said at voon, that he
had learned from physicians and visit
ING Nurses Association. that the status
ii the pncumonia patients throughout
the various hospitals and city, was
greatly improved There were not 50
many deaths officially reported 10 the
Board 81 Health today, the total for
tho last q hours being 81 as compared
with ~ of The - hours previous.
Concernuc the closing Of the whole
sale LIQUOR stores. DIR F.llegood SAID
that H. had asked the police author
itics. i couple of DAYS ago, 70 report
10 hun, Il people were congregatlng
IN wholesale stores. in = manner that
would lmpcril the public health, and
that hc had not received any
report from the police lie said that
ii il VT, brought 10 the attention OF
The Board Of Health and shown that
the keeping open OF these places
menace, that the board wcild act
immediately.
Today there were II dru Ks lined
up before lisiee Ghuromnafl I'm City
Court. for "a total of about 100 for the
nNe Gays OF this week.
ONLY ONE DEATH on LYNCH JoR.
At the emergency hospital Of the Lynch
Construction Company up to yesterday
morning 36 men. not all suffering from
influneza. has been admitted, with two
deaths. one from pneumonia and the
other from natural causes 4 medical
director Is IN charge Of the hospital al
all times and al that are admitted re-
IT., I-uy,t4 al
has IS beds and can be made larger 50
! rs to be able to treat 80 in an emergency.
There are now over ,, 500 men empl ployed
| at the construction job more are expected
/ SO as 10 be able to finish the work on
/ schedule Of the sos houses 10 he built
! over 315 OF them are nearing completion
/ The Liberty Loan committee of the
! Company has reported over $50 600 worth
! OF bonds sold
/ FLU" At LOCAL BARRACKS.
I Out Of the large number Of soldier
stationed in the barracks a the pennsyl-
wanna station. only 6S Of them 50 far
have been treated Tor influenza The
Y NJ c. s. building there has been
turned into q hospital and tive men from
thc University Of Pennsylvania last-ycar
students arrived Yesterday morning to
help cope with the situation. Up until
;hai time the1 lad oeen without help
FROM the outside except that which the
ladies Of the Red Gross gave tnem Major
Niler said thl~ morning that he was very
greatful Tor their assistance Ten soldiers
from nc barracks have been working
in the difieIen, hopsitaIS both here and
Clavmont. caring for the sick
The County Hospital reported at noon
today, 81 cases Of colds and grip, with
no deaths to date the State Hospital
no deaths and II cases; the workhouse
35 mild cases. no deaths
Jennie Edwards, aged 80 years. oi
3O6 East Second street, and Maggie
Kane. colored, of 1905 Chippey street
who lad not been attended by physicians,
died today oG influenza Deputy Coro
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