Evening journal., 1918-10-11
INFLUENZA GRIP
ON CITY Seems
TO BE BREAKING
ooatlnued from lis 20.

influenza or pneumonia, This show
that the epidemic wave is alone respon
sible for The untowsrd conditions, Th'
city is normally healthfuL otherwise,
senator Salisbury today received the
following supplemental kilograms
WASHINGTON, oct 10, 1918
Seostor Wslliard salisbury, Whining
ton, Del
kilograms received this ofloe show
laSt Drs Richard Cole Nowton, Mont
clair. \. J.; z. p. Fletcher. Jersey City,
n J.. and w. J. hasten have reported
70 medical director, dupont works, Dr.
Roy Bsir. New York City, and DR.. Wal
ter b, Pratt Baltimore. Md. also or
dercd there, In addition 10 Drs, @, r,
Wood~orth and stephen w Weyer,
Kansas City, Mo-. are leaving Washing
bon tonight to report 10 Dr. EllegoOd.
health officer, Red Cross making of-
forts 10 furnish nurses. Wish TO assure
you that Public Health Service Is max
ing every effort TO secure physicians and
nurses not only for Wilmington, but
for hundreds OF communities similarly
affected. This Is especially difilcult at
present time because many doctors and
nurses Incorporated into army and de-
mands for assistance from all parts
country,
signed BLUR
Public Health Service.
The Board OF Health viii meet at 3
o'clock this afternoon. A delegation OF
under!skers Is expected 20 be present
at the meeting 20 give facts which win
warrant the board in taking the steps
asked by the undertakers az the meet
ing yesterday. A chief request Of the
undertakes Is for a cooling place, where
bodies may be placed In the unavoid-
able delays caused by there being so
many bodies to be buried, and also by
The difficulty In obtaining caskeis.
Another subject for discussion will be
whether the wholesale liquor places
shall be closed. The Board OF Health |
realizes that there Is deplorable |
amount OF drunkenness In the city, and /
links something should be done, but /
hey have not decided what.
The official total for deaths in VIII /
mington, due 10 influenza or pneu- 4
monia, as recorded by the Board OF |
Health, is pa deaths from Friday noon,
one week ago up TO o'clock this morn
ing. The 81 pneumonia deaths recorded
the previous week brings the officially
recorded deaths In Wilmington due TO
influenza or pneumonia, since the out
break Of the epidemic, up 70 a total OF
30i. The increase In deaths was
not unexpected by the Health Board, as
ponum0nia would be developing from
early cases OF influenza just about now
Il does not signify that the epidemic Is
growing worse. On the contrary
officials see a real change for tho better
for the flrst time since the epidemic
started.
Since the establishment OF the emer-
gercy hospitals a total OF fourteen
patients have died at the New, Century
Club, and a total OF i5 patients have
died at the Wilmington Country rIb.
The total Is small when compared With .
the hundreds OF patients which have
been nursed at the two Institutions.
Both hospitals are dlscharglng a grow
ing number OF patients daily. Most Of
the patients In these two hospitals have ,
been In a very serious condition when ,
admitted. There are about 15 patients I
in the New Century Club now. =
Conditions at the Country Club Nos Z
piial are improving There Is more help,
and thus the strain has been lessened Z
for the workers Miss Jeanette Duncan, y
In charge. is hoping to get enough
nurses and attendants 20 give the work I
ars eight-hOur shifts, instead Of the i2- 4
hour periods OF duty. Sixteen patients
we're discharged from the Country Club lC
Yesterday. compared with the twelve n
admissions. 4,
Maggie Kane a colored woman. living "a
ln Chippey street died from influenza b
Yesterday without having received b
medical attention. Her death was re-
ported to the coroner. C
When asked as TO the situation OF al
he influenza and pneumonia epidemic al
asst night. Or. r. +. Ellegood President n
n the Board OF Health. said: "There nj
S a marvellous and decided change for IN
he better. There were by far less calls al
or the care OF new cases Of influenza
yesterday than there have been at the o,
anne period OF time since the epidemic III
lroke out On the other hand, the sit p
lation with regard 90 patients with b.
neumonia IS serious. Many OF the al
ases OF pneumonia developed because eI
he necessary precautions were not ID
aken by those who had influenza, and
neumOnia speedily followed" In
DR.. EllegOOd expressed the opinion ~
lat quite a number OF people having N
le influenza do not take sufficient care
themselves after they have been l.
'0nOunced out OF danger. Many OF st
EN- come out OF the house and in M
me cases return to work too soon, IN
d pneumonia has resulted In quite a ch
" such cases. n,
The problem Of burying the dead as M
result Of the devastating epidemic OF
past two weeks was discussed at va
iterday's meeting OF the Board OF liz
alth. Lar
The discussion followed the reading
a letter from Harvey E. Nichols, ~.
I'd OF the Delaware Funeral Direc 4 4
s. Association. urging the board to
'ure a place for placing the dead
I'll sufficient supply OF caskets is
ailable. The board asked the asso-
'ton to send a committee Of its mem Sna
rs 10 appear at the board meeting s
IS afternoon n the casket shortage eni,
'es @ not improve by that time. nsr ns-
Inc shortage Is due. so undertakers -. -.
~, 70 the well-knovn law ~ s1n,,I,, sA''
.la ~ ueinaha, the latter exceeding Inc 49,, ~
- :. niSr ~ large margin. The caskets III III
re- bought from Phladelphis f,rros ana
'hlcn, under the stress OF Inc ,nns' ena- day.
ency' cannot meet the demand OF their III
Despite the apparent SHORTAGE ho init
yer. many undertakers have r, terd
ged TO bury the dead without either NJ
e''iier late