Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-11
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ner McCrery took the corpses to the
autopsy room in the Public Building
| and issued death certificates.
! DOCTORS TO HELP CITY.
| Senator Salisbury, today, received the
| following telegram from surgeon General
Blue, Of the Public Health Service;
"Was'ington, ID. G., Oct. 10. 1918, 90
Senator Willard Salisbury, Whining
ton, Delaware: TeIegrams received at
: this Office show that Drs. Richard Cole
Nowton. Montclair. N. j., Il. +. Fletcher,
Jersey CITY, N j., and w. J. Hasten have
rcported 10 the Medical Director at the
du Pont works. DIR. Roy Bair of New
York City and DR. Walter b. Pratt OF
Baltimore, Md, also ordered there IN
addition to Drs. G.. r. Woodworth and
Stephen w. Weyer, Kansas City, Mo,
are leaving Washington tonight to report
DIR. Ellegood, Health Officer.
"Red Cross making efforts to furnish
nurses. Wish to assure you that Public
Health service is making every effort to
secure physicians and nurses, not only tor
Wilmington, but for hundreds OF com
munitics similarly affected This IS
especially difficult at the present tune,
because many doctors and nurses are In
corporated into army, and demands for
assistance are coming from all parts ot
the country. BLUE.
"public Health Service
There arc rs eases at the New Cen
turv Club Hospital Seven were dis
charged Yesterday Three deaths were
reported. Most of the cases admitted
are in n serious condition when brought
in and the concens,ls Of opinion among
the attendants is that they We're neglected
victims of influenza, many nf them, that
could have STAYED of the more serious
disease of pneumonia had proper pre-
ventive measures been taken.
The Harlan plant and the American
Car and Foundry Go, have set en-
ploves to work making boxes for local
undertakers, to be used az caskets
There were "a convalescent patients
at the Homeopathic Hospital last night
More were expected 10 be brought IN
throughout the night There were no
deaths Yesterday.
Health Officer William Shaw is Ill
with influenza.
While two sons OF Nicholas Moock,
Of Newport. were IN a drug store yes
terday purchasing medicine for their
sick father. someone stole their horse
and carriage which had hecn left stand
ing NJ Fourth and du Pont streets.
Mrs. Gertrude u Acton, wife Of Will
liam. ]. Acton died Wednesday AT her
home. 2622 Washington street, OF pneu-
monia. She had been i'll but few days,
an attack Of influenza developing into
pneumonia The funeral Will be held
NJ 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and
lnterment made i'm Cathedral Cemetery.
Conditions at the Country Club Hos
pital are much improved More help
was on hand and the strain was some
what relieved Miss Duncan said that
efforts arc being made 10 get enough
nurses and attendants so as 10 place
them In eight hour shifts At the present
time. however, twcIve-hou shifts will
likely obtain in order that there will not
he any extra changing about and clint
nate ne much confusion IN connection
with tins part oi the work rs possible.
There were II patients admitted yes
,erday and Ii discharged Several 81
the patients now there are IN "a critical
condition
Mrs Elsie Smith. wife of Gushing
Smith, died on Tuesday, At her home II
Mi Cuba. from pneumonia. She Is sur
vived by her husband and by two young
children Russell Smith, aged 10 years.
and tIiadyS Ruth smith, aged = months.
The funeral was held AT her home this
morning Interment was made in Silver
brook Cemetery.
A Polish mother who lives in Brown
town, Mrs. Scymanski, left nine children,
when she died from influenza pneumonia
on Monday The youngest child IS only
one week old, while the oldest IS a boy
of l3 years.
Willard Springer Farra, son OF the
late George d and Annie L. Farra, OF
Wilmington, formerly of Upper Prln-
cirio, Cecil County. Md, died at his
residence, No. 1918 West Fourth street
on Tuesday One week ago MIR Farra
was seized with Spanish influenza. quickly
followed by pneumonia. He was for 4
long time employed as an electrician 1T
the Pullman Car Shops, but recently
was employed at Carney Point a. an
electrician He was well known in VII
mington, his whole life having been spent
hara