New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Coal Can Be Used to Heat
Fumes and Offices as
Preventative Measure
116 Deaths Reported
Here During "a Hours
Camden Closes Theatres
and Public Places-Om-
cials Rush Serum Supply

~s0AS A%Aoll AJGl A1Il SOPply
Restrictions by the fuel adnrnlstra-
tlon nj thu uss OF conl fr7 heating
s4iartnsn~s and business houses at this
INN have heen wAivaf,. ana thosn Nho
require haat IN thai' dwelling places
ur offnass srn urged to- uSa 1lsrsssas-y
tuel to sWDrd the cnndrtinls 1eadins to
trtiiHlE1R snd pngunu,riR. Delns w
tu,in, F'uol Administrators Tor New
ulk, cnnssntsd tn tho suspension Cd
tlta rnnl cunss1vnt;ifn order here YES
tf-rdH3o 1allrwitry cunfewnra with
Health Curnmis0 unrr Copeland
With total nf anS rfnw a,ases OF in
ffrasrzzn und 1A1 or rnelrrpsnrn rsy,orrcS
wffirrn twsrt,S-fotrr hnSm~. tho fact ttat
W,'w 3In& ~ seriously rnenaced cam no
longer he in Doubt. While the Health
fiunrmissipnfn' said that n steady in
s.lAaEn must be tgx,pected until the MAXI
mum is 1usz;hed, hn did not attempt ito
cnnrsml "a 1slaQ anxir-y
Huge ito Handle EpdIsn5r
III fhis lmrHase Cam be kept gradual,
as It fras heesnr" he added, s.i4a Will en-
abh ths dsYa1aingnt through its hos
pitahs md ths pr1vatea physicians to
dsfnl with individual cases- The num-
h-r OF Inflicted pa1snns att one time will
rot he SO g1unE rs I'D swarnp medical
and zlu1~irs Earilitirs- We have every
reason to feel encouraged and to be-
lleve that there WILL be NO serious i'm
palrmcnt in tho health OF the comnu-
nifty"
he SERIOUSNESS of Spanish Influenza
has been analyzsd by Lieutenant J. J..
heegan, of the United States Navy
Medical Corps at Chelsea, Mass. He
has found that the disease attacks from
80 to 40 per cent OF the population
and that from to 10 per cent of those
affected develop q ''massiveo and fatal
form of broncho-pneumonia-
1t was reiterated at the Department
of Health Yesterday that while the
commissioner has no present intention
OF closing public gathering places this
attitude must not be construed as proof
grave DR.. Copeland is striving, it was
said, to arouse the people to the need
Tor taking every precaution to guard
the health of the community, while
avoiding raising panic or causing
hysteria-
Death Rate Still Low
Up to the present the number Of
deaths from influenza and pneumonia
combined is only slightly in excess of
the number reported at the correspond
ing period last year, when no epidemic
existed During the week ending Sep
tember % this year such deaths to-
tailed 191, while a year ago the figure
was 1876.
Fifty-eight persons died from in
huenza IN the twenty-four-hou period
ended yesterday, and the same num-
Der were reported victims Of pncu-
ronla- The influenza deaths were re-
ported as follows: Manhattan, 20: The
Eronx, s.; Brooklyn, 27; Queens, 3, and
Richmond none. The fatal cases Of
pneumonia were: Manhattan. "a; The
Bronx, 8; Brooklyn. 22; Queens. 3;
Richmond, 3.
The distribution of new Influenza
cases is announced as follows: Man
haitian. 397; The Bronx, 215; BROOKLYN
210; Queens, 80; Richmond, 81. New
pneumonia cases are: Manhattan, ST;
The Bronx, 9; Brooklyn, %; Queens, 8;
Richmond. IL.
Including yesterdays figures, there
have been ITS death from influenza and
III deaths from pneumonia since both
diseases were made reportable by the
health authorities September IS. A
grand total of 3,251 cases of influenza
and 500 of pneumonia have been re-
Ported i'll the same period.
The Health DEPARTMENTS new nro-
ventive vaccine for influenza is Just
getting under way and is being turned
cut as rapidly as possible by the city
laboratories.
Camden Theatres Closed
The Camden Board cf Health yester-
day ordered all theatres, churches and
public gathering places closed because
of the influenza epidemic The number
of cases now under treatment is an.
preaching 10000, and all physicians
have cancelled regular office hours tc
devote all their time to victims of the
disease. Employees of the New York
Shipbuilding Corporation will be treated
at the Camden City Municipal Hospital
which has been turned over to the com.
rany by the city
New Jersey State officials have or.
dered that all cases of Spanish infu-
enza be reported to the state health
authorities, and has issued a warning
against the common use of drinking
cups and public towels.
While attending the funeral of Will
iamssJ. Carter. of Staten Island, who
died of Spanish influenza two days ago
his mother. Mrs. Mary Carter. sue.
cumbed to the same disease
Sailors Are Stricken
Eleven negro members of the crew
on steamship lying at Pier 32, NORTH
River. are at Bellevue to-day. suffering
from influenza, The steamer arrive,
from Bermuda within the last few days
Fifty deaths from the disease are re.
ported for the twentyrfour hour perioc
at Camp Dix. and army surgeons are
Offering anti-toxin treatments to al
those desiring to be inoculated.
Camp Uptor reported 139 new cases
and soldiers and civilians have begun
to wear masks to prevent the furthel
spread of the infection.