Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-03

'OnttnueU from rage Vhe
in order to preven, serious shortage.
Twelve men are i'll at the Shawmont
station. which supplies Roxborough, Ger
mantown. Chestnut Hill and Mana
yunk. This is one-fourth Of the force at
this station.
Federal officials Confident
officials of the Federal Public Health
Service are confident that they will have
the disease in check very shortly. 1t
took most communities by surprise, they
say, and there was reluctance for some
time to quarantine against the disease.
That now has been changed. and the
surgeon general believes that by the end
of the month the spread Of the mall
ady win have been stopped.
In three hospitals in West Phladel-
phia 1870 patients are suffering from the
disease, All but ten of the ninety cases
at the Misericordia Hospital have de-
veloped pneumonia and are in n serious
condition. OF sixty cases at the Uni
versity Hospital, thirty-fve are soldiers
and twenty are nurses. The death rate
at this institution has been extremely
low. however. .-only two deaths occurring
among the III cases treated Presby-
terian Hospital has forty cases
With all public gatherings prohibited
in Camden that city is waging a hard
fight against the maady which has at
| tackled thousands In the city and nearby.
Gloucester has 500 cases in popula-
| tion OF 1900 persons.
shipyards Crippled
Influenza has spread to shpyards In
| New England and north Atlantic States
! to such an extent that Director General
Schwab, Of the Emergency Fleet Corpora.
] ton. today described the situation al
SERIOUS" In the yards at Fore River
Mass, he said, there were about 5000
cases. or 10 per cent Of the workers
| At the Hog Island yards apprC ximatel ly
per cent of the 80 600 men have beer
unable to report for work this week OF
account of the disease, 80 new casel
being reported. Like conditions exist In
other yards in the two districts, Mr.
Schwab said, but the disease has no
spread to any great extent to shipyard
In the south Atlantic, Gulf Great Lake!
and Pacific coast districts.
The shipbuilding program will be in
terfered with materially in any var,
! where the number of cases reaches
per cent OF the men employed, the di
rector general said.
The Bell Telephone Company here ha
issued an appeal TO patrons to make NJ
calls by telephone that are not abso
| lutely necessary, because Of the deple
ton Of its forces by the disease Their
are approximately 500 on the daily alb
seLtee list of the company. and In orde
that Government business and calls TO
phvsiciHns may be cared for, the com
pany has asked that other calls be KEEP
at a minimum.
Chester has closed all public places Il
protect it's citizens and shipworkers o
the sun Shipbulding Company. No
only schools, theatres and motion pictur
shows, but saloons, poolrooms, dane
halls. club and lodge nails. soda afoun
tains, churches and Sunday-schools hsy
been shut. sixty saloons and twent
poolrooms are affected.
Wilmington, Del, has approximatel
10000 cases Of the disease. and lates
reports showing double the number O
cases OF the previous day. all publ
gatherings and amusement places wer
closed.
Eight hundred cases are reported O
the Harlan plant Of the Bethlehem ShiI
J building Corporation.
III Reports TO the surgeon general Of III
army In Washington show decrease